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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelGeorge Eliot was regarded as one of the most
intellectual English novelists because most of her
novels had made her success. One of them was Silas
Marner. This novel which resembled to her own
experience, is a novel which tells about the ordinary
village lives. In Silas Marner, Eliot creates a little
child as a central idea to change the attitudes of
somebody, in this case her parent, Silas Marner. In
this thesis, the writer is eager to know whether or not
Silas Marner's attitudes and character change from the
first till the end. In order to find out the answer,
she uses the literary theory of characterization, the
psychological theory of psychosocial development and
the theory of love, to analyze Silas Marner's attitudes
and character. From the analysis, the writer finds out
that the attendance of a child in Silas Marner's life
has changed his attitudes and character. From a
solitary man, he becomes a concerned father and
reconciles his relationship with others as well as with
God. Meanwhile, his good character is revealed more
obviously as he proves to be an unselfish man toward
Eppie and neighbours. From this, it can be summed up
that Silas Marner's attitudes change to be the better
one after he meets Eppie. However, his good character
still remains with him although he has many problem to
face in his life.