Analysis of Eliza's Female Character in Uncle Tom's Cabin_英语论文

摘要

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这部小说中，斯托夫人用细腻的笔触描写了奴隶制度的罪恶与不道德，并在某种程度上激化了美国内战的爆发。本书中伊丽莎是一个拥有四分之一黑人血统的混血貌美女黑奴，为了自己的儿子不被卖掉，毅然踏上了与儿子逃亡的道路。学者对于该小说研究的侧重点一直放在黑暗的奴隶制以及对不公平命运的抗争，但是却一直忽略了女性形象在历史发展中的重要性。斯陀夫人笔下的女性人物虽不及男性在身体方面的优势，然而却在道德层面上占有极大优势，在反奴斗争及拯救社会的斗争中发挥了比男性更强大的作用。通过对于伊丽莎的分析，我们不仅能看到以她为首的女性在整个反奴隶制抗争中起到的重要作用，又能深深体会到母爱的光辉，所以，本论文以女性在历史进步中起到的重要作用为主，以母爱为辅来分析伊丽莎的女性形象。

关键词：汤姆叔叔的小屋  伊莉莎  反奴隶制运动  女性形象 

Abstract

In the novel “ Uncle Tom's Cabin”, Harriet Beecher Stowe described the sin and immoral slavery with exquisite brushworks, and to some extent intensified the local conflicts which led to the American Civil War. Eliza is a beautiful mixed-blood slave with a quarter of the black, in order to avoid her son being sold, she stepped on the road of fleeing with her son resolutely. Scholars have been focusing on the darkness of the slavery and the struggles with the unfair fate but neglected the importance of female image in historical development. Mrs. Stowe's female characters, though not as strong as men's physical advantage, has great superiority in the moral level, in the struggle against slavery and the struggle against unfair society they have played a more powerful role than male. Through the analysis of Eliza, we not only can see women led by her played an important role in the anti-slavery but also realize the glory of the maternal love deeply. So, the paper is mainly analyze Eliza female image by focused on the important role in historical progress of female and maternal love. 

Key words: Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Eliza; anti-slavery; female image

Contents

Abstract 1

摘  要 2

Chapter 1  Introduction 3

1.1Introduction of Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3

1.2  Literature Review 3

Chapter 2  Analysis of Eliza from Female Perspective 6

2.1  Feminist Background 6

2.2  Stowe’s Feminist View point 7

2.3  Eliza’s Feminist’s Consciousness 8

Chapter 3  Analysis of Eliza from Maternal Perspective 9

3.1  The cause, process and result of her escape 9

3.2  The holy maternal love 10

Bibliography 12

Acknowledgement 13