everyone's feelings but her own and takes advantage of her servants. A hypochondriac, constantly claimingto have headaches, she cannot understand either her husband or their daughter. She doesn't pay much attention to either of them, except to complain. Because Marie can't act for anyone but herself, shefails to prevent Uncle Tom's sale to Simon Legree. OPHELIA- Ophelia St. Clare comes from Vermont to manage her cousin Augustine's NewOrleans household. Her thrifty New England ways contrast with the easy-going St. Clare style. One ofOphelia's functions in the novel is to contrast the North and the South. An abolitionist, Ophelia finds slavery"perfectly horrible," and she rails against it in her running debate with Augustine. ALFRED AND HENRIQUE ST. CLARE- Alfred St. Clare, Augustine's dark, forceful twinbrother, is a stern but decent slaveowner. The contrast between the twins contrasts their two approaches toslavery. Similarly, dark, handsome, proud, and angry Henrique, Alfred's son, contrasts with his blonde,loving cousin Eva. Henrique is cruel to his slave, Dodo, but Eva reaches him with her love. TOPSY- Ignorant but energetic, Topsy is brought by Augustine into the St. Clare household tosee whether the high-principled Ophelia is actually capable of managing a slave. Topsy, who can't tell thedifference between right and wrong.ADOLPHE, ROSA, JANE, DINAH, AND MAMMY- The well-treated slaves in the St. Clarehousehold seem to be divided into two groups. Some, such as Adolphe, Rosa, and Jane, are light-skinnedservants who borrow the St. Clare family's airs as well as much of its wardrobe. Others, such as Dinah thecook, and Mammy, are dark-skinned hardworking, and realistic. PRUE-A worn-out, hard-drinking woman, Prue is beaten to death by her owners. Tom discovers the cause of her misery- like so many other slave...
