Uncle Tom's Cabin, Eliza and Marie

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This essay pertains to two women characters, Eliza Harris and Marie St. Clare, who are featured in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The wrier argues that Eliza, a slave, fits with nineteenth century societal expectations for women as she is a good mother, a loving wife, and a devote Christian. Maria, a white plantation owner's wife, on the other hand, is selfish and cruel. Four pages in length, one source is cited.