A Comparison of Silas Marner and Godfrey Cass

Godfrey and Silas were both self-imposed loners. Godfrey had to keep his first wife a secret from everybody, especially Nancy Lammeter. This meant that he had to keep more than a polite distance away from her. His brother, the theif and all around scoundrel blackmailed poor Godfrey to keep his secrets hidden. Silas was betrayed by his whole previous life. The church had let him down and his closest freind had robbed him. This supposed …

…Even though he lived on the outer part of the village, people came to see how he was doing with the raising of Eppie. People were surprised at how personable he became. Of course Eppie meant the world to him. He was very defensive about how he would be able to raise her. Many times he had commented on how he must be the only man she knows as a father and no one else.