Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Chapter 16: samenvatting

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1. At breakfast, Marie calls Mammy selfish despite denying her rest and keeping her apart from her husband and children.
2. Marie gives Miss Ophelia household instructions and defends strict discipline, while Ophelia insists that enslaved people have human and spiritual claims.
3. Eva decorates Tom with flowers, and St. Clare challenges Ophelia’s discomfort with their closeness.
4. Before church, Eva gives her gold vinaigrette to Mammy for her headache, despite Marie’s objections.
5. At dinner, Marie praises a sermon defending social ranks and slavery, while St. Clare attacks religious excuses for profitable oppression.
6. Eva describes reading Scripture with Tom, and St. Clare reports hearing Tom pray earnestly for his conversion.

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St. Clare openly recognizes the gap between explaining right conduct and practicing it. His remark clarifies why his criticism does not itself change the household’s arrangements.

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