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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin proved its credibility and worth through its tenacity in remaining one of the more astute anti-slavery novels written to date. Since the time it was written, this novel has turned into a window through which people living in the margins of the slave-based society, along with people living in years to come, could witness and formulate opinions on the horrors of slavery. A large part of the audience benefiting from the wise insights into slavery Stowe provided in her novel were women. Stowe partially relied on the motherly care and concern women would undoubtedly feel while reading about the lamentable lifestyles and fates of slaves during that time period to cause even a small ripple of protest throughout America. What seems to be ironically, Stowe introduced Marie St. Claire, a cruel mother and wife figure, and firm believer in the institution of slavery, as one of the key characters in the novel. Why would Harriet Beecher Stowe include an evil character such as Marie St. Claire in an anti-slavery based novel intended to appeal to women who would naturally more readily associate themselves to a novel in which there was a benevolent woman protagonist? This author justifies Marie’s presence in the novel as an important character by portraying her as a whimsical woman in order to influence the female reader into believing that her opinions, along with her personality are not credible; thus, Stowe subtly compares Marie to the more sympathetic and kind Mrs.
Approximate Word count = 853
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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