Write a research essay on the novel Silas Marner by George Elliot.
You are required to provide an academic, well researched and accurately referenced essay, which demonstrates your capacity to apply theoretical and historical information to the analysis of the novel.
You MUST employ textual analysis (direct quotes) from the novel to answer the question successfully. You will be assessed on your ability to draw out pertinent quotes from the novel, connecting them with your own ideas as well as with other scholarly research to justify your answer.
Please do not re-tell the narrative of the novel. You must assume that your reader knows the text well.
Question:
Discuss the theme of greed in George Elliot’s novel, Silas Marner. In your answer make sure that you explore the relationship between greed and Christian morality and that you use extensive examples from the novel to justify your answer.
