Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a feminist who is in favor of abolition movement and sympathize with the experiences of slaves. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe thoroughly analyzes the slavery and racism in America, which arouses and strengthens the humanitarian spirit. As a feminist, Stowe wants to show the moral power of women to break the prejudice about female at that time. Therefore, many female figures in the novel represent Stowe’s Christian humanitarian ideas, and the most typical character is Eva.
Eva’s full name is Evangeline St. Clare, which has the same meaning with evangel. Eva. As she was called, Eva is a girl with kind nature and innocence. She is the only one in the novel who treat everyone equally, no matter what their races are. When Tom first met Eva on the ships, the similarities between them soon made them good friends. In St. Clare’s house, Tom spent one of the …show more content…
When Legree brought Tom to his knees and tried to destroy his pure faith to Christianity, Eva was the only salvation in Tom’s bloodied heart. Without Eva, Tom could not withstand for such a long time. This lovely angel conveyed gospel during her lifetime, and acted as the gospel in Tom’s heart after she passed away. It is Eva who made Tom able to face the cruel torture and the death.
When racism was unconsciously inherent in practically all people, Eva is color-blind and treats black and white the same. Through Eva’s behavior, Stowe intends to approve that God creates everyone with the same materials, black have the same thoughts and feelings as well as white, and all races have equal and immortal souls. Eva conveys love and mercy to Tom, Topsy, and all other slaves in the manor, which bring happiness and hope to them. Throughout the novel, Eva is a gospel messenger who keep those helpless souls from the underworld with her incredible and indiscriminate
Eva’s full name is Evangeline St. Clare, which has the same meaning with evangel. Eva. As she was called, Eva is a girl with kind nature and innocence. She is the only one in the novel who treat everyone equally, no matter what their races are. When Tom first met Eva on the ships, the similarities between them soon made them good friends. In St. Clare’s house, Tom spent one of the …show more content…
When Legree brought Tom to his knees and tried to destroy his pure faith to Christianity, Eva was the only salvation in Tom’s bloodied heart. Without Eva, Tom could not withstand for such a long time. This lovely angel conveyed gospel during her lifetime, and acted as the gospel in Tom’s heart after she passed away. It is Eva who made Tom able to face the cruel torture and the death.
When racism was unconsciously inherent in practically all people, Eva is color-blind and treats black and white the same. Through Eva’s behavior, Stowe intends to approve that God creates everyone with the same materials, black have the same thoughts and feelings as well as white, and all races have equal and immortal souls. Eva conveys love and mercy to Tom, Topsy, and all other slaves in the manor, which bring happiness and hope to them. Throughout the novel, Eva is a gospel messenger who keep those helpless souls from the underworld with her incredible and indiscriminate