Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beacher Stowe

Frederick Douglass offers a calm, concise, yet compelling account of his experience as a slave. Perhaps this is because he targets a primarily educated audience from the North. His logic might reason that abolition propaganda will not be supported in the South and only intellects, the voting population, have the capacity to produce change. Also, it is evident that Douglass has a bias against slavery, but that does effect his prose the least bit. When he detects it he offers a convincing explanation. But first and foremost, in order to obtain his audience’s sympathies and support, he must prove himself a man worthy of being listened to. This means Douglass must show he knows more,

ained him somewhat because he lovingly adored both as they influenced him greatly. At her death bed, Eva’s Christian message catalyzed Augustine’s conversion to Christianity and changed the relationship between Topsy and Miss Ophelia. It also reinstalled Christian values to the slaves and reader. Another symbolic event is Augustine’s untimely death. Tom loses the chance to be a free man and must serve under Simon Legree. This can be though as a holy mission: he gave religion back to Cassy and broke the cold hearts of Sambo and Quimbo. Legree loathes Tom for his righteousness and tries to break his convictions. When Tom refuses, he fatally beats him. The significance of Tom’s death is parallel to the crucifixion of Christ who was sacrificed for humanity’s sins and kept his faith. As a result of his sacrifice, Master George frees his slaves, George, Eliza, Madame de Thoux., and Cassy reunite, and Legree mysteriously becomes deranged.

onsequences from their masters. This shows that Southerners created an environment that cultivated liars, a contradictory way of the Bible. Douglass displays his disgust for Christian hypocrisy and makes it his audience’s concern by convincing them their Christian brothers are bastardizing the religion. Though Douglass does not base his argument on religion, he openly insinuates that the North is responsible for the South’s behavior. His piercing final thought is threatening yet extraordinarily witty: "Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord. Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"

For Stowe, her whole foundation for abolishing slavery relies on religion. She uses Christianity as an agent to bond two people together. The majority of women and slaves are Christians and have a kind heart; those who are not are lost and convert. Stowe also challenges the prejudices of race by showing blacks can convert whites as well. Her religious background influences her to incorporate religious symbolism too. Eva symbolizes something heavenly—she is like a God-sent angel. Her compassion and goodness present a challenge for Miss Opheilia, Augustine, and Marie St. Clare because her convictions are well-developed: she shows that slaves are human beings and are equal to whites. When she poses questions concerning slavery, they are answered dumbly by these three adults. With this, Stowe is able to establish the fact that slavery is nonsensical with no basis. Eva also seems to represent a divine messenger, particularly for Augustine. Her resemblance of his mother p!

On the contrary, Stowe caters to the white ego. Her characters with "white blood" presume the least hardship and are more intelligent, namely George and Eliza. George undertakes the role of a mastermind and gallant man in his runaway venture. He easily assimilates with the white race as Eliza is one of the few slaves with beauty and mannerisms lacking the uncultured pretenses the rest of the slaves have. To placate her Southern plantation owners, Stowe has two generous slave owning families take in Tom, and for the sake of abolition propaganda, she places Tom under a particularly brutal ownership later on. Like Douglass, Stowe offers incidents of physical savageness inflicted upon slaves by their owners. It is if she means to say artfully," There are more generous slave owners than not, but it is those inhumane few like Simon Legree that make slavery go away altogether a must. We are not all bad—they are." Mischievous Topsy also plays a vital role in flattering her white contemporaries. Stowe brings in this ignorant and evil stereotype of slaves to maintain an impartial facade by showing a different kind of slave—the devilish kind. To her advantage though, she demonstrates that with patience, Topsy can be converted.

Stowe also lauds feminism by awarding strong roles to her female characters. She particularly uses it as a symbol of maternity and strength. The maternal

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