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English Coursework: How does George Eliot Present her Views on the Rural and Urban Communities? 'Silas Marner' was written during the Industrial Revolution. At this time, there was much movement of people from villages into towns because of the high availability of jobs. Silas' journey begins in the urban community of Lantern Yard and ends in the small village of Raveloe. Mary Anne Evans, under the pseudonym George Eliot, expresses her views on rural and urban life throughout the novel. The events that occur in each community are quite similar although Eliot presents their reactions as very different. Lantern Yard is a community within a town. We recognise that the church is at the centre of the community and therefore very powerful. We also learn that everybody in the community is part of the church. There is also a sense of a duty towards the church; Eliot says that the ill...

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