What is the situation that Godfrey Cass finds himself in and what, if anything, does he intend to do about it? Explain this predicament with reference to Chapter 3 of Silas Marner. Godfrey, who ironically describes as ¡§a fine open-faced good natured young man¡¨, disregards the fact that he already has much to hide. His secret marriage to Molly Farren, who is a drunken opium addict, is considered a ¡§blight¡¨ on his life. Meanwhile, his arrogant …showed first 75 words of 676 total…

…showed last 75 words of 676 total…narrator indicates that Godfrey already has experienced this regret to some degree. For we learn that Godfrey was talked into his secret marriage partly due to his weak deposition and partly because of Dunstan, who used the idea as a trap to gain leverage with which to blackmail Godfrey. Godfrey does not put all the blame on his brother, he also curses ¡§his own vicious folly¡¨ and really feels sorry for what he has done.