Dramatic irony occurs as Uncle Tom has no clue of the tragedy that lies ahead while the reader senses a disruptive change close by(Stowe 25). ... His honesty and submissive attitude touches one's heart and also adds to the effect to the melancholic mood at the same time. ... Naked, chained, shackled, he awoke on his back between two other men in a pitch darkness full of steamy heat and sickening stink and nightmarish bedlam of shrieking, praying, and vomiting-(Haley 150). ...

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