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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