Book Review on Uncle Tom's Cabin
While Harriet Beecher Stowe's, Uncle Tom's Cabin, deals with the wrongs of slavery from a Christian standpoint, there is a strong emphasis on the moral strength of women. Eliza, Eva, Mrs. Bird, Miss Ophelia, Aunt Chloe and Mrs. Shelby all exhibit power and understanding of good over evil in ways that most of the male characters in Stowe's novel do not. This emotional strength, when compared with the strength of the male characters, shows the belief of women as equals to men.
While the book emphasizes the evils of slavery, its main theme discusses the issues of feminism and religion. The novel's women are presented as more moral than its men. Mrs. Shelby provides the voice of morality for Mr. Shelby and she continues to play this role throughout the novel. Stowe knew her society did not see women as equals to men. Therefore, although she uses female characters to guide the male characters, she never allows them to gain full authority......
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