ENG324Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Abel Magwitch, Wwho, Jane Austen
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Art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow-men beyond the bounds of our personal lot. george eliot, the. Natural history of german life : connects to realism as they and the pastoral come together, eliot wants people to be represented as they actually are. Industrialism: lantern yard vs. raveloe: lantern yard is a neighbourhood in the town silas stays. Raveloe fictional town: by moving to raveloe, it seems that silas is traveling to the past as lantern yard is much more industrial, and takes on a new life with his loom. The people seem intrigued by it because it seems like something very modern. It is a bitter sweet escape because by the end of the book, the industrialization era hits and silas" past way of life is gone: the only thing that remains from his past life is the prison.
