From the beginning of the book, Silas is crookedly accused of stealing money. Due to his passivity, he is forced into the life of a loner. When he is interrogated about the stolen money, he remarks: "'God will clear me: I know nothing about the knife being there, or the money being gone. Search me and my dwelling: you will find nothing but three pound five of my own savings, which William Dane knows I have had these six months'" (p. 10). It seems that Silas relies too much on God to prove his own innocence. He comes off as naive due to his trusting nature. It is ironic that at the precise moment in which the money was stolen, he has a cataleptic seizure allowing for William Dane to escape with the money, unseen by anyone. Silas

good or evil that might enter there."

and stood like a gravern image, with wide but sightless

not close it: he was arrested, as he had been already

"[Silas] went in again, and put his right hand

It is almost mesmerizing how all these events occur in Silas Marner's life even though he is portrayed as such a passive character. Throughout a good portion of the book, he is absent from the plot. Yet the book seems to revolve around him without any of his actions contributing. At the end of the story, Silas himself has become well-liked and speaks more in the finals chapters than he has throughout the whole novel. Silas Marner's character evolves, from the beginning of the story to the end, without any outwardly efforts on his part.

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)