Silas chapter 1 quotes

Cards (17)

  • A place where many of the old echoes lingered
    Place of nostalgia for GE
  • If he came from distant parts
    Distrust of strangers
  • Dazzled by his own light as to hold himself wiser than his teachers
    Emotional arrogance of william
  • Narrow slanted eyes,,, VS that defenceless doe like gaze
    WILLIAM DANE VS SILAS APPEARANCE
  • They solved on drawing lots immediate divine interference
    Lack of proper justice and just divine providence
  • God will clear me
    Lack of divine providence
  • Inherited delight he had in wandering the fields began to wear a character for temptation
    Separation from romanticism by LY
  • Ardent faith/a young man of exemplary life
    Religious at LY
  • Never strolled into the village to drink a pint at the rainbow
    Willing isolation by silas
  • Could cure folks rheumatism if he had a mind
    Associated with devil medical
  • Fix on them the gaze that was enough to take their legs in terror
    Isolated outsider silas terrified
  • Pallid young man with short prominent short sighted eyes
    Blinded by work
  • Bent treadmill attitude of the weaver
    Workaholic silas
  • Fine old church and large churchyard in the heart of the village
    Faith is central
  • Nutty hedgerows, highly desirable tithes
    Natural abundance
  • If he had any reputation for knowledge or sowed any skill in handicraft
    Emotional isolation, associated w devil
  • Quite an hours journey on horseback from any turnpike
    Physical isolation