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…showed last 75 words of 878 total…fits, he left the door open again and when he came back, Eppie was waiting for him. His opened door first brings a curse, and then it brings him a blessing in Eppie. Symbols are obviously a big part of Silas Marner. Through the examples shown above, symbols portray all the major themes of the book. Eliot uses symbols to make the story more interesting for the reader. She knows how to spice it up.