01:350:442 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harriet Beecher Stowe
3 Feb 2016
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19 th century lit: truth and fiction in realism. What lessons should st. clare learn: st. clare"s story is one of passivity. The lesson is that not doing harm is not enough; one must actively seek to do good. Seen as incapable of changing, at least until eva"s death: eva novel. She i the ultimate tool through which the politics of sympathy work in this. Tears are a major political tool for stowe: crying together over eva finally bonds topsy and miss. There is, again, an equating of characters, but this can be a. Miss ophelia represents the northern abolitionist racist. She wants change but she in incapable of loving topsy initially: marie. A kind of foil to eva as well. Marie does not sympathize for others but constantly demands that others sympathize for her. The mold for the typical southern racist: tom. Besides eva, tom is the most pure character within the novel.
