UNCLE TOMS CABIN

MOVIE REVIEW QUESTIONS

SINCE MOST INSTRUCTORS ARE ASKING FOR A SHORT PAPER, IT IS BEST TO FOCUS ON ONLY ONE QUESTION.

1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES UNCLE TOM'S CABIN ADDRESS THE MORAL ISSUES OF SLAVERY?

2. STOWE'S BOOK, ON WHICH THE MOVIE IS BASED, WAS THE FIRST TO DEPICT SLAVES AS REAL PEOPLE. DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERS SHE USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE RANGES OF HUMAN EMOTIONS AND ASPIRATIONS?

3. HOW DID UNCLE TOM'S CABIN DEPICT THE IMMORAL IMPACT OF SLAVERY ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH?

4. DISCUSS THE ABOLITIONIST AND SLAVEOWNING CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE. BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW OF THE PRE-WAR SOUTH ARE THEY REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTHERNERS?

5. WHY DID LINCOLN REPORTEDLY REFER TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE AS "THE LITTLE WOMAN WHO MADE THIS BIG WAR?

6. HOW WERE "GOOD" AND "BAD" SLAVEOWNERS PORTRAYED? WHAT DO THESE PORTRAYALS SUGGEST ABOUT NORTHERN BELIEFS ABOUT SLAVE OWNERSHIP?