Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 1

Talk about domestic spaces in Stowe

Answer 1

named for a domestic space, micro-sovereigns

Question 2

What motivates Stowe in her anti-slavery?

Answer 2

Her Christianity

Question 3

How does family function in Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Beloved?

Answer 3

Family is the recognizable humanizing trait, the grounds for empathy–Mrs. Bird and Eliza bond over Mrs. Bird’s lost child

Question 4

Where do George and Eliza end their story?

Answer 4

They make it to freedom, then travel to France and then Liberia

Question 5

What are some nicknames for Eva?

Answer 5

The Golden Headed Angel

the “true democrat”

Question 6

Uncle Tom’s Cabin publication info?

Answer 6

1852, Serialized, antislavery journal The National Era, instant bestseller as book

Question 7

How does Stowe deviate from “domestic fiction” norms?

Answer 7

not a female main character, focus on slavery,

but still emotional and sympathetic style

Question 8

How does Stowe deviate from “domestic fiction” norms?

Answer 8

not a female main character, focus on slavery,

but still emotional and sympathetic style

Question 9

What are some of the rhetorical strategies Stowe uses in her didactic moments?

Answer 9

Essay moments
Addresses the Reader directly
appeal to religion
appeal to mothers
appeal to the national security

Question 10

What does Lincoln say upon meeting Stowe?

Answer 10

So this is the little lady who started the war. (ish)