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The Character of Augustine St. Clare of Uncle Tom's Cabin

 
  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

leaves little room for interpretation of the author's moral

point of view.  Yet, there remains one big moral question that is not as

easily answered. This is the question of the character of Augustine

St. Clare--a man who espouses great ideals on the evils of slavery,

 yet continues to hold his own slaves.  Is he a hero because of his

 beliefs or a villain because of his actions?  And just how important

is this question to understanding and responding to the novel, as a

whole?

            If St. Clare were a minor character, showing up in just a

chapter or two, as another stereotype, i.e. the southern slaveholder

who doesn't like slavery, he could almost be dismissed as just another

interesting element, one more point of view, on the issue of slavery. 

But St. Clare dominates over one third of this book--his speeches are

Stowe's mouthpiece for her abolitionist politics.  He and his moral

ambiguity cannot b... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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