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What are Godfrey's arguments for adopting Eppie? Compare these arguments with those of Silas and Eppie.

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  • Godfrey attempts to broach the subject of adopting Eppie in a number of ways, first saying that his family owes Marner a great debt
  • then that Marner seems too old to work at the loom.
  • When these approaches fail, Godfrey states plainly and coarsely that they are offering to take Eppie into their care as their own child . 
  • Godfrey insists that he has a claim on Eppie and confesses that he is her father.
  • Godfrey tells Silas that he is standing in the way of Eppie‟s welfare/
  • Eppie firmly refuses the Casses‟ offer saying that Marner was the only father she knew and would not leave him.
  • Marner asks Godfrey why he waited 16 years to take Eppie back/
  • Godfrey says that he is repenting now/ Marner argues that his repentance does not make Eppie rightfully his/


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