This is when Toni Morrison's famous, well-written novel, Beloved was taken place. ... Morrison's intense metaphorical writing serves as a constant remember of Sethe's infinitely enslaved life. ... The physical appearance of Beloved makes Sethe a slave to her guilt. When Sethe went to the carnival, which was her first social outgoing in eighteen years, Beloved shows up. ... Morrison has created a devilish figure to ensure that Sethe does not get carried away, free herself from her traumatic past, and start a life with Paul D. ...

• Word Count: 435
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Tackling the task of reading Toni Morrison's "Beloved" can be quite daunting. ... As one reads through the story of Sethe and her family, Morrison's very powerful thoughts on the period after slavery are revealed. In Beloved, Toni Morrison uses the recounting of Seethe's experience in being milked and Paul D's description of his experience with the bit to convey a message of the horrible unjustifiability of slavery. ... " (20 Morrison). ... " (86 Morrison). ...

• Word Count: 1059
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The manner in which the past is brought out in Beloved Toni Morison's Beloved is a narrative-cum-description of a family's hardships and individual personal struggles during the mid-1800, a time when slavery was rampant in the United States of America. ... Toni Morrison uses inanimate objects effectively as a kind of time-travel device, meaning that the characters begin to reminisce when they see or talk about an object. ... The songs in Beloved are very crucial to the plot of the novel. Beloved's recollection of the song that Sethe used to sing to her children is the decisiv...

• Word Count: 1034
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

beloved "It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. ... These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character within the novel, Beloved. ... I went to jail instead"(Morrison 42). ... Toni Morrison, in an effort to describe the motivation and pride of Sethe's character, made the statement, "To kill my children is preferable to having them die"(Morrison 1987). ... Morrison's "Beloved" Community After the abolishment of slavery, the black community became the core of African American culture and life. ...

• Word Count: 3106
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The Mother in Beloved by Toni Morrison, as well as the mother in Media by Euripides, makes decisions concerning the survival of their children, but were these mothers looking out for the best interest of their child or themselves. In Beloved by Toni Morrison, the mother makes a very crucial decision in the lives of her children. ... She would not be able to witness her own daughter, Beloved; go through what she had to go through and therefore murdered her. ...

• Word Count: 677
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. ... Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each other. ... However, it is not until Beloved, her Nobel-prize winning novel about slavery, that Morrison truly examines the relationship of the community and redemption. ... Morrison opens Beloved with two very powerful statements. ... Beloved is a story about slavery, certainly. ...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

At the end of Toni Morrison's Beloved, it is unclear as to whether or not Sethe has actually forgiven herself for killing her daughter. ... This time Beloved realizes that "Sethe is running away from her " (275). ... If she were comfortable with her actions from the first time she was in that situation, she would have run towards Beloved again. ... She felt Beloved had forgiven her because she wasn't "mad with me. ... Sethe told Beloved she was a "good girl " for coming back to her to make herself feel even more forgiven (213). ...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. ... Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each other. ... However, it is not until Beloved, her Nobel-prize winning novel about slavery, that Morrison truly examines the relationship of the community and redemption. ... Morrison opens Beloved with two very powerful statements. ... Beloved is a story about slavery, certainly. ...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School