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antoine8
antoine8
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High School - 10th Grade

In "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Miss Ophelia says that she’s against slavery, but she is prejudiced.  Examples?

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Posted by antoine8 on Thursday January 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM and tagged with characters, ophelia, prejudice, themes, uncle tom's cabin.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    The easiest example from the novel showing that Ophelia opposes slaveholding (or at least the current situation) is when she lectures St. Clare on how they should be treated, flatly stating what ought to be done. That she is still prejudiced is illustrated soon after that, when she says, "Why, I don't know, it seems so dreadful!" about Eva hanging on Uncle Tom. It seems wrong for Eva to touch him; that's prejudice.

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    Posted by gbeatty on Thursday January 3, 2008 at 5:34 PM