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Uncle Toms Cabin Analysis

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Uncle Tom’s cabin is a novel about slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. In this novel Stowe wants to conveyed her views and opinions about slavery, she wants to persuade the readers that slavery is evil and inhuman and should be stopped no matter what as it is an exploitation of human beings. The Fugitive Act of 1950 was passed and this act forbid anyone in the United states to help any runaway slaves, Stowe wrote this novel in 1952 to attack this act. In fact, this book is a key for the success of abolishing slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin can be called a religious text, religion and faith plays a very important role, Harriet Beecher Stowe firmly believed that religion i.e. Christianity is a mandatory factor in abolition of slavery. Stowe …show more content…

Stowe presents to us a lot of strong women characters like Mrs. Emily Shelby, Tom’s first kind master in the novel Mr. Arthur Shelby’s wife, she requested his husband not to sell Tom and Harry even though it didn’t work out in the end she was kind enough to tries to buy back Tom from his cruel master like she promised. Eliza is yet another strong woman who is willing to risk everything for the safety of her precious son and her family. Cassy was another slave girl who is introduced as Legree’s mistress, Legree is the cruel and last master of Uncle Tom, Cassy was the only one who Legree would listen to and she could stop him from punishing Tom. Eva St. Clare, the daughter of Augustine St. Clare is described as a beautiful angelic girl, she is one of the most amazing good hearted character in the novel and she is also very pious even thought she was just 5 years old, she is much wiser and kind hearted than her mother Marie who was a self-centred and cruel to her slaves and basically everyone. Through these strong women, we can sense some sort of feminism in this novel. The wives can persuade their husband into doing the right things and they can be such a strong influence in other’s life and can changed the life of some people forever. Feminine morality and paternal sentiments are crucial in abolition

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