Silas Marner Writing Assignment

Eppie 's arrival , Dolly Winthorp is the essential epitomy of faith . She provides instinctive faiths that contrast 's Silas own distrust of God and mankind . More than Nancy , however , Dolly not only maintains a strong faith and follows a code of living that makes her a good person , she serves the community and actively cares for others

Nancy , when she initially appears in the novel , is both immature and misguided in her principles . Her introduction reveals as much about her character but also suggests what is to be her salvation . In chapter

br three , for example , it is revealed that Godfrey a fine open-faced good-natured young man who was to come into the land some day (Chapter 3 ,

. 2 , may lose Nancy 's affection if he behaves in the same way as his brother for it was well known that she had looked very shyly on him ever since last Whitsuntide twelvemonth (Chapter 3 ,

. 2 . What this extract also tells of Nancy is that she inherits from her family a very strict code to living : the Lammeters are brought up in that way that they never suffered a pinch of salt to be wasted , and yet everybody in their household had of the best , according to his place . It is also said that Nancy would be a saving to the old Squire , if she never brought a penny to her fortune for it was to be feared that notwithstanding his incomings , there were more holes in his pocket than the one where he put his own hand (Chapter 3 ,

. 3

In chapter ten there is a portrait of Dolly Winthrop that truly demonstrates her difference from Nancy . She is described as being in all respects a woman of scrupulous conscience ' and unlike Nancy , so eager for duties that...