사일러스 마너(조지 엘리엇) - 16

The villagers considered this a good example of Silas's strange, frightening power, but as it had worked for Sally, they started visiting Silas to ask for help with their own illness. But Silas was too honest to take their money and give them useless medicine. He knew he had no special power, and so he sent them away. The villagers believed he was refusing to help them, and they were angry with him. They blamed him for accidents that happened to them, and deaths in the village. So poor Silas,s kindness to Sally did not help him make friends in Raveloe.

 

미지의 세계를 보면 사람들은 두려움을 느끼게 되고, 그것은 특히 외부와의 접촉이 없는 폐쇄적인 사회일수록 심합니다. 이런 현상은 사회나 인간에게도 동일하게 적용되죠. 그런 두려움을 종교나 정치에서도 자주 이용하는데, 우리의 사일러스 마너는 너무 착하죠. ㅎㅎㅎ