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How does Dolly Winthrop influence Eppie and make raising the child easier for Silas in George Eliot’s Silas Mamer?

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Dolly Winthrop advises Silas Marner about how to care for Eppie. She strongly urges him to ensure that Eppie is baptized and receives religious instruction. She makes suggestions and allows Silas to care for the child on his own. 

Silas Marner takes Dolly’s advice to heart, and the baby is christened. To love another , human being and share in her life provides Silas with a richness he never experienced with his gold. One day, Dolly warns Silas not to spoil Eppie, but Silas cannot bring himself to be strict with her. Dolly suggests Silas put Eppie in the coal hole for a while. This form of punishment becomes ineffective because Eppie thinks the coal hole is fun. Eppie becomes all Silas’s hope and joy, and, therefore, raising her becomes easy for Silas under the good guidance of the generous and wise Dolly Winthrop



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