Silas Marner- George Eliot
What is the situation that Godfrey Cass finds himself in and what, if anything, does he intend to do about it? Explain this predicament with reference to Chapter 3 of Silas Marner.Godfrey, who ironically describes as ˇ§a fine open-faced good natured young manˇ¨, disregards the fact that he already has much to hide. His secret marriage to Molly Farren, who is a drunken opium addict, is considered a ˇ§blightˇ¨ on his life. Meanwhile, his arrogant brother, Dunstan, who trapped him into the marriage, constantly blackmails him and ˇ§saw in his brotherˇ¦s degrading marriage the means of gratifying at once his jealous hate and his cupidity.ˇ¨ Hence, Godfrey is panic in facing this dilemma and does not know how to cope with this situation. The consequence of his misdeed worries him a lot. He wavers and dithers in whether disclosing his secret marriage by himself, which is certain that embarrassment would result. His second thought is to keep the secret and to be uncertain when betrayals
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Approximate Word count = 666
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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