01:350:442 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Readwrite, William Lloyd Garrison
3 Feb 2016
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Harry: a paradox -> sympathy vs. caricature, head vs. heart, rationale vs. feeling, harry presents an almost picturesque view of slavery in the way stowe describes his beauty. He seems almost commodified, but the description of his beauty also calls for a sympathetic viewing of his character: appeal to sympathy and sentimentality is the basis of the politics of this novel. Shelby and harry vs. eliza and harry. Pro-slavery tracts vs. anti-slavery tracts that both utilize religion (the bible) to meet different ends. Topsy vs. eva: eva is almost a perfect foil of topsy, topsy is an the most offensive and stereotypical representation of slaves present in the novel, eva is portrayed entirely as pure and good. No union with slavery garrisonian argument (also called the separation argument: stowe is making a counter-argument. Relationship between tom and eva: the most pure characters within the text, there is a leveling that occurs between tom and eva.
