silas marner

In the book Silas Marner, written by George Elliot, many important themes are presented. It deals with things such as greed, prejudice, superstition, love, isolation and others. All the characters have different traits and all fit in to these themes. Prejudice is the most prevalent theme, in this book. All of the people in Ravelo were extremely prejudice against outsiders. Here are three characters that were victims of prejudice. First, there’s Slilas Marner, an …

…falsely accused him because of what he looked like. All of these examples show that prejudice existed through out the town of Ravelo. People were rejected only because of the mere fact that they were outsiders. They were even accused of committing crimes because they were different. The towns’ people who thought them selves better shunned Silas, Molly, and the peddler. Therefore, being an outsider means that you will have a difficult time being excepted.