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1、uncle toms cabin,mrs. stowe,sub title,character analysis,character classification,3,the summary of novel,1,2,conclusion,4,the summary of novel,tom was a slave of mr. shelby who was a slaveholder in kentucky, he sincerely believed in christianity. once mr. shelby was encumberedinkmbby debt, he decide

2、d to sell tom and another female slaveson. knowing the news, eliza and her son ran away immediately but tom would stay to be sold to haley a slave trader. as a result, he was sold to new orleans by haley.on board the boat bound for new orleans, tom saved the life of young eva.st. clare, evas father,

3、 purchased tom with gratitude. in st. clares home, tom lived a happy life for two years. eva and he became good friends. but after eva and her fathers death, toms fate was changed again. he was sent by evas mother to an auction market拍賣市場 to sell. tom was bought by a slaveholder named legree. legree

4、 was cruel to slaves and addicted to alcohol. at last, when tom protected two female slaves from being captured, he was beaten to death viciously by legree. when he was dying, his former masters songeorge shelby got the plantation and bought toms body with huge wealth.at the same time, eliza and her

5、 son met her husbandgeorge harris, who disguised himself as a spaniard and brought a gun with himself. he shot a slaver on his way to canada. at last, he and his family got together in the canada-a free country.,mrs. stowe herself is deeply influenced by christianity; she held the belief that people

6、 are born to be equal and should enjoy freedom. so the main characters she portrayed in uncle toms cabin are all christians to different extent： perfect christian, non-perfect christian and half-christian,character analysis,tom,uncle tom is an old slave and the protagonist of the novel. his two most

7、 prevalent qualities are his inherent goodness and piety. he is a pious christian and resembles jesus in many aspects. he consistently forgives the wrongs committed against him and turns to god in time of crisis.,first, tom and jesus are all sold by the man they are familiar with.,comparison of jesu

8、s and tom,second, both tom and jesus have strong faith in god and never give up under pressure.,third, tom and jesus are all redeemed by the person who esteems them.,more important, toms temperament is quite the same as jesus.,little eva,the five-year old “l(fā)itter eva” is characterized as a beautiful

9、, angelic child. evas name is “evangeline st. clare”; “evangeline” ivndili:n symbols the ideal image of an angel. the little eva is full of love and friendliness to others. she tries to do her bit to help others. somehow she always tries to put herself on equality with every creature that comes near

10、 her. she hopes that the people around her are all happy she is an evangelist to everyone.,mrs. stowe shows the idea of trying her best to change the society for the better and save people with christian spirit and actions. she hopes to spread the universal love in christianity by eva.though eva die

11、s at a young age, her death is not sad. the reason is that for mrs. stowe, who believes in christianity from her childhood, death is a better reflection of heroism. and for her, death stands for victory rather than failure. the death of eva is the same of jesus death. mrs. stowe hopes to save souls

12、of the evil by evas death,and to call on people to do as or more than the child does.,mrs. shelby, st. clares mother, legrees mother maria gives us an impression of a great mother who is full of love. these mothers have the common merits-they are all kind, moral, saintly and so on. they are all the

13、ideal mothers of children.,ideal mothers,mr. shelbys wife is a deeply devoted woman who strives to give a kind and moral influence upon her slaves. she appalls when her husband negotiates selling his slaves with a slave trader and realizes that slavery is wrong and very unchristian. when she finds t

14、hings cannot turn for the better, she feels sorry for the slaves that would be sold and indignant with the slaver.,mrs. shelby,st. clares mother,she is a lofty and pure mother and names st. clares name as her name to hope her son would be the same character of hers.her husband does not approve of he

15、r participating in the matters of slaves. she is against slavery because she thinks that we are all men born of women, and not savage beasts, but she does not object any word of her husband or expresses any different advice on her appearance. she greatly influence st. clares attitude to slavery. she

16、 does not want to come into conflict with her husband, and she wants to fight against slavery in a peaceful way. st. clares mother is full of love for her children. she trust in jesus and educates his children with this painting. such behavior shows that she is a christian,legrees mother,she is also

17、 a pious, gentle christian mother. however, her hard-working nurture cannot exterminate her sons vicious nature. like his father, legree despises all her mothers exhortations and becomes violent and peremptory. her heart is broken even though legree treats her so cruelly, she still forgives him. thi

18、s also agrees with the spirit in christianity. although jesus is sold by juda and gives his life, he still forgives juda and prays for those who sentenced him,.a common trait among those considerate, pious mothers is that they adore christian and all are against the institution of slavery except tha

19、t it is not so obvious in the case of legrees mother. slavery is a cruel action in their mind. most of them are the spiritual guiders for their sons and husbands. to st. clare, her mother was a direct embodiment and personification of the new testament-a living fact, to be accounted for, and to be a

20、ccounted for in no other way than by its truth. to george, when he is forsaken temporarily by the god, his wife always serves as the bright lamp to guide him and restores him. however, to legree, “that pale, loving mother,-her dying prayers, her forgiving love” ,-wrought in that demoniac heart of si

21、n only as a damning sentence, bringing with it a fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation.,george harris,george is elizas husband who lives in a neighboring plantation. though he is not a very pious christian, he is also on his way to this direction. he still has a kind-hearted temperam

22、ent and is likely to become a good christian. when he takes his family to canada and studies in a france university, his feelings and thoughts are reflected sufficiently, “when i wander, her gentle spirit ever restores me, and keeps before my eyes the christian calling and mission of our race.”,qimb

23、o and sambo,qimbo and sambo are simon legrees two cruel overseers who have been trained to brutalize their fellow slaves. their characters are easy to find in bible who are crucified at the same time beside jesus christ. in bible, a criminal is moved by jesus and believes in him; his soul is saved at that moment. in legrees plantation, qimbo and sambo follow legrees orders to flog tom until tom is beaten to death. at the last moment, tom still