An Analysis of Characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin from the Perspective of the Bible

ABSTRACT

"Uncle Tom's cabin", a famous American writer, the wife of the Stowe worked. This study centers on the literature creation background and character disposition two angles; through understanding the objective and the subjective of the US Civil War to analyzing the influence that the war bring to people.The Bible influences western life and culture deeply. Mrs. Stowe (1811—1896)----the author of Novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is also influenced by it. On the basis of Bible, the author attempts to analyze the backgrounds of times and the purposes she composes it, and analyze several characters, such as Uncle Tom, Little Eva, Eliza and some pious christian mothers. With the analysis of these persons and the comparison with the characters in Bible to reveal the christianity in this novel. At last, the author explores Mrs. Stowe’s solution to institution of slavery and the results. However, in her times, her non—resistant policy to topple the slavery fails completely.

Key words: Bible  christianity  personal character

摘要

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，是美国著名作家斯陀夫人的一部现实主义作品。本文主要从创作背景和人物性格两个角度入手，本文将首先关注的故事的背景，并对美国南北战争的客观与主观的认识。《圣经》对西方生活及文化的影响至深，《汤姆叔叔的小屋》的作者斯陀夫人也深受其影响。本文以《圣经》原形以及基督教义精神为基础，先试图分析斯陀夫人所处的时代背景及她创作这部小说的意图，再分析小说中的几类人物形象，如汤姆叔叔、小伊娃、及几位虔诚的基督教徒母亲。通过对这些人物特点的分析，以及所表现的基督精神，揭示这部小说中强烈的宗教理念。

关键词：圣经；基督教；人物特点

CONTENT

ABSTRACT 1

Chapter I.  Introduction 1

Chapter II.  The introduction of "uncle Tom's cabin" 3

2.1 Background and the introduction of the author 3

2.2 The summary of the novel 4

Chapter III.  Character Analysis 5

3.1 Tom 5

3.1.1 Uncle Tom’s Honesty 5

3.1.2 Uncle Tom’s Loyalty 6

3.2 Little Eva 8

3.3 Ideal Mothers 9

3.3.1 Mrs. Shelby 10

3.3.2 St. Clare’s mother 10

Chapter IV.  Character Classification 12

4.1 Christ’s incarnation 12

4.2 Christian freedom 13

4.3 Christian love 13

Chapter V.  Conclusion 14

Work Cited 15

Convey thanks 16