Godfrey Cass is revealed as Eppie's biological father

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Godfrey Cass is a central character in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner," whose concealed paternity of Eppie becomes a pivotal revelation that drives the story’s moral and emotional climax.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel
fictional character
appearsIn Silas Marner
appearsInChapter multiple chapters of Silas Marner
appearsInGenre Victorian novel
realist fiction
associatedTheme class and social respectability
marriage and legitimacy
parenthood and adoption
biologicalChild Eppie
conflictWith Silas Marner
creator George Eliot
familyName Cass
fullName Godfrey Cass
hasChildWith Molly Farren
hasFather Squire Cass
hasSecretMarriageWith Molly Farren
hasSibling Dunstan Cass
initiallyFailsToAcknowledge Eppie
laterAttemptsToClaim Eppie
laterMoralAction admits paternity of Eppie
livesInFictionalCounty Warwickshire-like rural England
moralFailure prioritizes reputation over acknowledging child
moralThemeEmbodied consequences of moral cowardice
redemption and confession
responsibility for one’s child
narrativeRole central character
moral foil to Silas Marner
nationalityInFiction English
occupation landowner
paternityConcealedFrom Eppie
Raveloe community
Silas Marner
paternityRevealedTo Eppie
Silas Marner
pivotalPlotFunction hidden father of Eppie
relationshipToEppie biological father
non-custodial parent
relationshipToSilasMarner Eppie’s rival claimant as parent
residesIn Raveloe
setInWorkPublishedIn 1861
socialClass rural gentry
storyClimaxInvolves claiming Eppie after confessing paternity
turningPointEvent revelation as Eppie’s biological father

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Silas Marner plotElement Godfrey Cass is revealed as Eppie's biological father