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1、,Uncle Toms Cabin Stowe,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American author and abolitionist, whose novel Uncle Toms Cabin (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the U.S. and Britain. It made the political
2、 issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North. It angered and embittered the South. The impact is summed up in a commonly quoted statement apocryphally attributed to Abraham Lincoln. When he met Stowe, it is claimed that he said, “S
3、o youre the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!“,Hariet Beecher Stowe was partly inspired to create Uncle Toms Cabin by the autobiography of Josiah Henson, a black man who lived and worked on a tobacco plantation in North Bethesda, Maryland. Henson escaped slavery in 1830 by fl
4、eeing to Canada where he helped other fugitive slaves arrive and become self-sufficient, and where he wrote his memoirs.,His creation motive,American social background,Stowe eventually acknowledged that Hensons writings inspired Uncle Toms Cabin. When Stowes work became a best-seller, Henson republi
5、shed his memoirs as The Memoirs of Uncle Tom, and traveled extensively in the United States and Europe.Stowes novel lent its name to Hensons homeUncle Toms Cabin Historic Site, near Dresden, Ontariowhich since the 1940s has been a museum. The actual cabin Henson lived in while he was a slave, still
6、exists in Montgomery County, Maryland.,personage introduction,Integrity, good-natured, religious Uncle Tom is a pious, trustworthy, slave. He never wrongs anyone and always obeys his master. A very spiritual person, Uncle Tom tries his best to obey the Bible and to do what is right.,Uncle Tom and El
7、iza Eliza,Eliza is a beautiful slave owned by George Shelby, Sr., the same person who initially owns Tom. Eliza has a son, Harry. Elizas husband, George Harris ,lives on a nearby plantation,Story introduces,Pious old Uncle Tom is sold by his well-intentioned Kentucy owner Mr Shelby in financial stra
8、its. He is bought first by the idealistic Augustine St Clare. In his New Orleans house, Uncle Tom makes friends with St Clares daughter, the saintly Little Eva, and her black friend, the impish Topsy. Never was born! persisted Topsy. never had no father, nor mother, nor nothing. I was raised by a sp
9、eculator, with lots of others.,Eva dies in a highly sentimental death scene from a weakened constitution, and St. Clare is killed in an accident. Tom is sold to Simon Legree, a Yankee and a brutal cotton plantation owner. Two of his female slaves pretend to escape and go into hiding. Tom will not re
10、veal their whereabouts and Legree beats the unprotesting Tom to death just before Shelbys son arrives to redeem him.,A parallel plot centeres on Eliza, her child, and her husband George who escape to freedom in Canada using the underground railroad. Other important characters are Miss Ophelia St. Cl
11、are, a New England spinster, and Marks, the slave catcher.,The Anysis Of Uncle Toms Cabin,Uncle Toms Cabin” is an anti-slavery novel by American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. She was an active abolitionist and it is important to mention that abolitionism, the movement to end the slave trade and eman
12、cipate slaves was rather popular that times. There was no more slavery in the northern states; however it was still very strong in the southern. And even in the south in those states bordering the northern there already existed some movements for emancipation. And in one of such states - in Kentucky
13、 - we meet the heroes on the first pages of the novel.,The main theme of the book,The main theme of the book is the cruelty and immorality of slavery and it is revealed practically on every page. A great part of the novel is dedicated to the discussions about slavery, and we can notice the rough div
14、ision into those characters who are against it and those who consider it to be natural, normal and convenient and black people to be a “degraded race” who are like animals and even worse, they have no feelings, no family values and affections.,Another major theme,Another major theme of Uncle Toms Ca
15、bin is the moral power and sanctity of women. Through characters like Eliza, who escapes from slavery to save her young son (and eventually reunites her entire family), or Little Eva, who is seen as the “ideal Christian”, like an angel the author shows how she believed women could save those around
16、them from even the worst injustices.,Observation 1,We can also observe some other subthemes throughout the text, such as the moral authority of motherhood and the redeeming possibilities offered by Christianity, the author emphasizes the connections between these and the horrors of slavery.,Observat
17、ion 2,Stowes puritanical religious beliefs are revealed in final part of the novel, when she explains the nature of Christianity and how she feels Christian theology is fundamentally incompatible with slavery. This theme is most evident when Tom urges St. Clare to “look away to Jesus” after the death of St. Clares beloved daughter Eva. We can draw a conclusion that Christian themes play an important role in Uncle Toms Cabin.,The End,Thank you for listening!,
