Silas Marner Is it a Fairytale
“Silas Marner is nothing more that a fairystory. ... In the Novel ‘Silas Marner,’ it is fair to say that the novel has some fairytale elements and some realistic elements, so it is fair to state that, saying “Silas Marner is nothing more than a fairy story” is not entirely true. The base of the book is fairytale, for example it is about good vs. evil, Silas is the good character, Dunstan is the fairytale villain character- Dunstan dies as his punishment and Silas lives ‘happily ever after,’ So once again, good prevailed over evil. Another element that makes the book very fairytale is the basic concept in all fairytales that there is a grumpy old man who then becomes happy. In this case, Silas is the grumpy miser who then becomes happy when Eppie comes to him. ... The characters in the novel ‘Silas Marner’ are a bit of both, they have realistic characteristics and also fairytale characteristics. The characters in this novel who are more ‘fairylike’ are symbolic and try to tell us something, like for example Eppie is a totally fairytale character, she hasn’t many realistic elements. ... ” This gives us a feel of the realism towards her character, as we think, that although she knows Godfrey is rich, lives in a big house and has a wife so Eppie will have a motherly figure, she refuses to go with him and chooses to remain with Silas even though she knows he is not as well-off and has no wife or a big and beautiful house or garden. ... An example of him always doing good and thinking of others’ feelings before his own is when Eppie and Aaron talk about getting married, he says “I could never think o’ taking you away from Master Marner.” Here we cans ee how he thinks of Silas and Eppie’s love before his own and Eppie’s love, which shows us what a good guy he is and how much he cares. ... When Silas is in court for WILLIAM’S actions, William doesn’t bail him out, care or try and do anything about is what-so-ever. ... He is especially the opposite of Silas because when Silas begins to become kind humble and more involved with community, Godfrey becomes an egotist and rude. Godfrey finds it hard to understand people and says that Silas is low class, poor and cannot be a father. When referring to Silas and Eppie, he is very brutal and cannot understand as to why Silas wants to keep Eppie. ... ” Godfrey also wishes his wife was dead because when he talks to Silas, Silas says something about ‘the woman outside.