著者

阿久根 政子

出版者

久留米信愛女学院短期大学

雑誌

久留米信愛女学院短期大学研究紀要 (ISSN:13487310)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.29, pp.7-15, 2006-07-01

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George Eliot describes elaborately the everyday life of simple people in the story of Silas Marner, as the same way of other works, besides treating delicate psychology, feeling and thoughts of the people in the story, related them to the developing interior change in the characters. Her moral thought is to expand sympathy. It is stressed that the individual human cannot live in isolation from the community, and there is a significant importance attached to the interpersonal interactions and the necessity to mutual cooperation together among human beings. This essay will examine the process and the reasons that Silas Marner became isolated from his community, and how he restarts from the despair after being robbed of all his coins. In conclusion this paper will emphasize the necessity of love and sympathy in this process.