SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Use him as a rattle box
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Climb on him
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Use him as a rocking horse
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work him to death
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Detailed explanation-1: -Clare, little Eva’s father, from Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eva’s death isn’t a martyrdom; she dies of natural causes, and Stowe gives us the sense that she’s gently being taken up to Heaven. Nevertheless, she’s so much of a Christ figure that we can’t help feeling her death foreshadows Tom’s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inasmuch as Eva is a symbolic figure in the book, she serves as a figure for love and sacrifice. She is a Christ-figure (as John the Baptist in the New Testament foreshadows Jesus), for Eva’s giving of herself precedes and signals Tom’s giving of himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -At one point, Eva appears to recover, but the episode proves only a deceptive lull in her decline. However, she continues to treat the slaves generously, telling Tom that she would die for the slaves of the South if it would alleviate their suffering.