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1、Christianity in Uncle Toms CabinAbstract : Uncle Toms Cabin is a famous work written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a nineteenth century American female writer. This thesis will mainly focus on the study the theme of this book -Christianity and the effect of this pronounced religion sense. In this thesis
2、, analysis from different angles will be made to reveal and illustrate Christianity in Uncle Toms Cabin. /1/view-13009734.htmKeywords : Christianity; character; plot;preachy1. IntroductionMany articles have been written to discuss the anti-slavery spirit or feminism in Uncle Toms Cabin. Since many c
3、ritics have said a lot about one of the theme of this novel- Slavery, this thesis will mainly focus on the study of another theme of this book -Christianity and the effect of this pronounced religion sense though Uncle Toms Cabin. In the following accounts, analysis from different angles will be mad
4、e to reveal and illustrate Christianity in Uncle Toms Cabin.2. Christianity -The major theme of Uncle Toms CabinChristianity, in Stowes novel, rest on a principle of university love. If all people were to put this principle into practices, Stowe insists, it would be impossible for other people to op
5、press and enslave another. Thus, not only are Christianity and Slavery incompatible, but Christianity can actually be used to fight slavery. To endure a person, in Stowes opinion, was to make a Christian of him or her. From the plots of this novel, we can find that the author pays attention on the r
6、eligion influence. Now lets look at the analysis and illustration of these hidden explanations:2.1 Christs incarnationUncle Tom, the central character, is above all a Christian, he is obviously the Christs incarnation with black skin, and his experience is quite similar to that of Jesus Christ.(1) W
7、hen Toms first master, Mr. Shelby sells Tom to pay for the debts, he betrays his most loyal slave since boyhood. Jesus is sold by his apostle Judas who is prompted by his desire for money. So they are all betrayed and sold by the ones who are close to them. Whats more, Tom struggles with his faith,
8、as Jesus does in the last hours of his life when he says, my God, why have you forsaken me?(2)Through the plot of the novel, Toms distinctive characteristic is forgiveness, which is so unusual that its almost divine; this is what we can see in Jesus Christ. Jesus forgives those who treat him cruelly
9、 for he prays, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.(MARK 12:36). Also in the novel, Tom forgives everyone who have treat him badly before. Besides the above examples, we could find more through reading the novel.2.2 Christian loveChristian love, in Stowes opinion, is a principle of
10、university love. Through the plots of the novel; we can find that Christian love is stronger all through the novel. One example from the novel can reveal this hidden explanation.Eva, one of the central characters of the novel, the name Evangeline definitely promotes the idea and image of angel. She
11、always dressed in white, resembles an earthly angel-beautiful. While in spirit, she is full of love, like a good guardian angel. Once her father asks her which way she likes best-to live as they do at her uncles up in Vermont, or to have a house full of servants, as they do. Eva answers that their w
12、ay is the pleasantest because it makes so many more people round you to love. The reason she asks her Papa to buy Tom is to make him happy. When she hears the story of Prue, she doesnt want to go out in her new carriage again for the terrible story sink(s) into her heart. The love and goodness of wh
13、ich she constantly speaks influences those around her, convincing people to their inner value and that of the people around them. Eva even managers to convince the impish slave girl Topsy that she deserves to be loved and Eva touched the heart of her stern aunt, Miss Ophelia. In CharterXXVI when Eva
14、 is dying, she asks that all the slaves surround her beside, where she gives each of them a golden lock of hair and tells them they must Christian so that they can see each other in heaven. If you love me, you must I want you to remember that there is a beautiful world, where Jesus is. I am going th
15、ere, and you can go thereYou must be Christians If you want to be Christian, Jesus will help you. You must pray to him; you must read-. Just as her name Evangeline suggests, she is an evangelist to everyone, full of Christian love.From Eva, this example, Stowe has portrayed the Christian love, in th
16、e novel, there also other examples.2.3 Christs deathAs to the Christs death, this novel presents Tom and Eva these two major characters of a sacrificial death linked to Christs. The two most morally perfect characters in the novel, both die in the atmospheres of charged religious belief, and both die, in a sense, to achieve salvation for others. Both Tom and Eva are explicitly compared to Christ: Ophelia says
