UncleTom'sCabinPPT課件

1、Full nameHarriet Beecher StoweBornLitchfield, Connecticut, on June14,1811DiedJuly1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesPen nameChristopher CrowfieldOccupationTeacher, abolitionist, author and novelistSpouseCalvin Ellis StoweNoble worksUncle Toms Cabin (1852) 湯姆叔叔的小屋 About the author第1頁/共15頁 (

2、1811-1896)was a teacher of Hartford Female Academy and a positive abolitionist.1850,she and her husband moved to Maine, where about anti-slavery discussion made her excited, so she used free time to write the Uncle Toms Cabin. This novel made her fame. The impact was summed up in a commonly quoted s

3、tatement attributed to Abraham Lincoln. When he met Stowe, it is claimed that he said, So youre the little woman who wrote the book that made this Great War!第2頁/共15頁名人評價1. 構(gòu)成那次巨大戰(zhàn)爭南北戰(zhàn)爭導(dǎo)火線的，想不到竟是這位身材矮小的、可愛的夫人。她寫了一本書，釀成了偉大的勝利。 美國總統(tǒng)林肯2. 斯陀夫人的湯姆叔叔的小屋是文學(xué)史上最偉大的勝利。 美國著名詩人亨利郎費羅3. 第一次聽到了美國女作家斯托夫人的小說黑奴吁天錄，美國南

4、部黑奴們的悲慘命運和他們勇敢抗爭的故事，心激動不已，緊握著眼淚濕透的手絹，在枕上翻來覆去，久久不能入寐。 著名作家冰心第3頁/共15頁Works Uncle Toms Cabin, 1852-湯姆叔叔的小屋 A Key to Uncle Toms Cabin, 1853 湯姆叔叔的小屋題解 Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1856德雷德：陰暗大沼地的故事 The Ministers Wooing, 1859牧師的求婚 The Pearl of Orrs Island, 1862 奧爾島上的明珠 Old Town Folks, 1869老城的人們第

5、4頁/共15頁Major characters第5頁/共15頁Brief Introduction This book is about the early nineteenth century, Kentuckys farmer Shelbys failed business, was forced to sell slaves to repay debts with Tom and little Harry. George Harris, his wife Eliza and his son Harry were fleeing to Northern Canada, twists and

6、 turns, and finally safely met each other and lived a truly free peoples lives. Honestly , sincere Uncle Tom got a new owner StClare and his daughter Evas love, but unfortunately Eva was ill and died, and Mr. Clare was killed when he was going to give free to Uncle Tom. Uncle Tom died from abusing a

7、nd beating by the devil incarnate of the farmer SimonLegree. 第6頁/共15頁Plot第7頁/共15頁Literary Themes Equality of all people Evil reality of slavery Christian love can overcome all (even something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings) The moral power of women第8頁/共15頁The Cabin symbolizes “

8、family” The cabins symbolic meaningUncle Tom, Eliza and Mr. Shelbys families .第9頁/共15頁1.Uncle Toms family was totally destroyed because of his compliance to the evil slavery. He was honest and loyal. He had been sold three times and every time he was very compliant. In the end, he was dead miserably

9、 in the south. He no longer had the chance to come back to his cabin, to his family.第10頁/共15頁2.Eliza family was saved by herself because of her brave resistance to the evil slavery. At first, her son was arranged to sold to Haley together with Uncle Tom. But in contrast to Uncle Tom ,she bravely too

10、k her sun, jumping across Ohio River with the help of the floating ice, and ran away surprisingly. 第11頁/共15頁Ohio River第12頁/共15頁3. Mr. Shelbys big family, includes his own families, his slaves. Mr. Shelby was good to his slaves. It made them a big family. It implies the potential that the white and t

11、he black could live together as a big family without clashes and distinctions between them in America. 第13頁/共15頁But, this big family combined with the white and the black was finally destroyed by the evil slavery. Uncle Tom was sold to the south and finally died miserably, Eliza and her families ran away. American should b