对《汤姆叔叔的小屋》里的人物的性格分析.doc

【标题】对《汤姆叔叔的小屋》里的人物的性格分析----《汤姆叔叔的小屋》里的基督精神 【作者】杨丽弘 【关键词】圣经；基督精神；性格；原型 【指导老师】沈 黎 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionWestern culture was strongly influenced by Greek culture and Hebrew culture. In Hebrew culture, there is a book called Bible, which is an important work in the world. It consists of two parts: the Old Testament and the New Testament. It includes the essence of Hebrew culture. During the eleventh century, Hebrew people became prosperous and dominated a vast region. At the same time, they spread their culture, and Christianity became a powerful and influential religion. Many famous artists and writers chose the stories in Bible to compose the immortal works.? Harriet Beecher Stowe?(1811---1896), an American female writer, was also influenced by the book. Stowe was born in a Puritan family. Her father Lyman was a clergyman who was famous for supporting abolitionism, and ever held the post of director of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio. Her husband Calvin Ellis Stowe was one of the leading professors in the seminary. Two of her brothers, Henry Ward and Edward, were celebrated preachers. And her older sister—Catherine, she was a pioneer in Women’s education. The families were all opposing to raising slaves and they were all famous abolitionists.1Coming from a family with good Christian tradition, she was deeply influenced by Christianity and became a pious Christian. As her families were all opposing to raising slaves, she was influenced by them and held the anti-slavery belief. She stuck to the belief that slavery should be abolished. Mrs. Stowe believed and loved religion and paid attention to the problems of society and morality. As she was influenced by Christianity, she believed each man was born to be equal and should enjoy freedom2, so she was strongly against slavery, which conformed to the ideas in Christianity. Because, in Christianity, people are equal in soul and should enjoy freedom. To learn more details about slavery, she even went to the