Fill in the gap: "the child was sent to me: there's ＿＿＿＿＿ with us – there's dealings." Silas, Chapter 16

Answer: "the child was sent to me: there's dealings with us – there's dealings."

Fill in the gap: "the love of accumulating money grows an absorbing ＿＿＿＿＿" Narrator, Chapter 2

Answer: "the love of accumulating money grows an absorbing passion "

Fill in the gap: "the weaver, as everybody knew, was partly ＿＿＿＿＿" Narrator, Chapter 8

Answer: "the weaver, as everybody knew, was partly crazy "

Key quote: "In that far-off time superstition clung easily round every person or thing that was at all unwonted" Narrator, Chapter 1

Analysis The narrator shows how superstition shapes the rural community of Raveloe. Anything unfamiliar is treated with fear, which helps explain why Silas is feared as an outsider.

Key quote: "human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barriers of system" Narrator, Chapter 17

Analysis The simile "like all other natural growths" suggests that belief grows naturally rather than following strict rules. The narrator presents faith as personal and instinctive.

Key quote: "Gold! – his own gold – brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away!" Narrator, Chapter 12

Analysis Silas mistakes Eppie's golden hair for his stolen gold . This moment of symbolism shows the child replacing his money as the thing he treasures most.

Key quote: "The idea of Marner's money kept growing in vividness" Narrator, Chapter 4

Analysis The narrator shows Dunstan's greed taking hold of his mind. His desire for the gold grows stronger until he decides to steal it.

Key quote: "certain pallid undersized men, who...looked like the remnants of a disinherited race" Narrator, Chapter 1

Analysis The simile describes weavers like Silas as strange and almost inhuman. This shows his isolation as an outsider who does not belong to the village.

Key quote: "when a man had deserved his good luck, it was the part of his neighbours to wish him joy" Narrator, Conclusion

Analysis By the end, the community accepts Silas and shares in his happiness. This marks his reconciliation with Raveloe after years of isolation.

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Silas Marner (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

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Fill in the gap: "the child was sent to me: there's ＿＿＿＿＿ with us – there's dealings."
Silas, Chapter 16

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Fill in the gap: "the child was sent to me: there's ＿＿＿＿＿ with us – there's dealings."
Silas, Chapter 16
Answer: "the child was sent to me: there's dealings with us – there's dealings."
Fill in the gap: "the love of accumulating money grows an absorbing ＿＿＿＿＿"
Narrator, Chapter 2
Answer: "the love of accumulating money grows an absorbing passion"
Fill in the gap: "the weaver, as everybody knew, was partly ＿＿＿＿＿"
Narrator, Chapter 8
Answer: "the weaver, as everybody knew, was partly crazy"
Key quote: "In that far-off time superstition clung easily round every person or thing that was at all unwonted"
Narrator, Chapter 1
Analysis
The narrator shows how superstition shapes the rural community of Raveloe. Anything unfamiliar is treated with fear, which helps explain why Silas is feared as an outsider.
Key quote: "human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barriers of system"
Narrator, Chapter 17
Analysis
The simile "like all other natural growths" suggests that belief grows naturally rather than following strict rules. The narrator presents faith as personal and instinctive.
Key quote: "Gold! – his own gold – brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away!"
Narrator, Chapter 12
Analysis
Silas mistakes Eppie's golden hair for his stolen gold. This moment of symbolism shows the child replacing his money as the thing he treasures most.
Key quote: "The idea of Marner's money kept growing in vividness"
Narrator, Chapter 4
Analysis
The narrator shows Dunstan's greed taking hold of his mind. His desire for the gold grows stronger until he decides to steal it.
Key quote: "certain pallid undersized men, who...looked like the remnants of a disinherited race"
Narrator, Chapter 1
Analysis
The simile describes weavers like Silas as strange and almost inhuman. This shows his isolation as an outsider who does not belong to the village.
Key quote: "when a man had deserved his good luck, it was the part of his neighbours to wish him joy"
Narrator, Conclusion
Analysis
By the end, the community accepts Silas and shares in his happiness. This marks his reconciliation with Raveloe after years of isolation.

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