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Answer : Chance and coincidence play a vital role in the plot of the novel, Silas Marner. They direct the action of the novel and determine the course of action. They play an important role in the development of the life protagonists Silas Marner and Godfrey Cass. Chance and coincidence are determining factors in the life of Silas Marner. At the beginning of thé novel he is perfectly an innocent man. He ieads a pious life possessing an ardent religious faith. He is engaged to Sarah. But his friend William Dane has a liking for the girl and wants to marry her. Because of Dane's machination, Silas is charged with theft. He denics the crime. The members of Lantern Yard draw lots to be certain of Marner's guilt. It is sheer chance that the lots the lots declares him guilty. At this, Siias's faith in God and man is shaken and he that there was no just God and departed from Lantern Yard in despair for good. With this departure the real action of the novel starts. It is pure chanc...

Answer: Silas Marner and Godfrey Cass are the two protagonists of the novel, Silas Marner. They belong to the different strata of the society Silas belongs to the working class and Godfrey to the higher class. But certain tings are common to both of them - they are unable to face the reality of a mysterious universe and there is absence of love in them for the fellow human beings . At the beginning of the novel when we meet Godfrey for the first time we find potential evil in him. His character deteriorates for lack of parental care and attention. He courts Nancy Lammeter and wants to mary her, But he secretly marries Molly who is a drug- addict. Molly gives birth to a child. Godfrey tells her in a fit of passion that he would Godfrey by appearing al the Red House and revealing to Squire Cass that she is the wife of his oldest son. She cannot reach the Red House because she dies in the snow. He commits ancther sin by not acknowledging his child when Marner appears before him wit...