ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AMERICAN LITERATURE

ELIZABETHAN ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Mrs. Shelby’s first name?
A
Emily
B
Rachel
C
Margaret
D
Danielle
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mr. Shelby’s wife, Emily Shelby is a loving, Christian woman who does not believe in slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aunt Chloe, Uncle Tom’s wife, is a good, faithful, Christian woman, an affectionate mother, and an excellent cook.

Detailed explanation-3: -Emmeline, a beautiful fifteen-year-old slave girl, has been raised in an upper-class household by a Christian mother. Separated from her mom at the auction block, Emmeline is bought by Simon Legree, who intends to keep her as his sex slave, a younger replacement for Cassy.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, she depicts her main black characters, Eliza, George, and Harry by deliberately whitewashing them. While running away, Eliza is able to get as far as she does because she appears “so white as not to be known as of colored lineage, without a critical survey” (35).

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