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. ... Thus, Toni Morrison effectively brings out the past through objects, song and dance, character naming, monologues, events, food and events and captures the tr...

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• Grade Level: High School

Beloved, by Toni Morrison, is filled with reoccurring symbolism that adds deeper meaning to the story. ... Morrison gives insight to the emerald closet with, "Veiled and protected by the green walls, [Denver] felt ripe and clear, and salvation was as easy as a wish"(31). Morrison's words "protected by the green walls" prove that when Denver is inside the walls of the trees, she is not burdened with the problems that she has in the real world. ... Reoccurring symbolism like the presence of trees in Toni Morrison's Beloved add deeper meaning to the story....

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• Grade Level: High School

Sethe had to make the most difficult decision to kill her children, but only was successful in killing her baby, Beloved (Morrison, 174-180). ... For example, at the carnival is where Sethe felt happiness in a long time (Morrison, 52-59). ... Although Denver did not really know her sister, she still missed her and was traumatized over the situation (Morrison, 34-51). ... Before she was what we assume reincarnated, Beloved was a ghost that haunted Sethe's home, but when Paul D exorcised it, Sethe was not to happy (Morrison, 236). ... " (Morrison, 241). ...

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• 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. It is evident that she knows she did something wrong, and that she wants forgiveness. The fact that others have forgiven her shows that what she has done is forgiva...

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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. ... Morrison opens Beloved with two very powerful statements. ... It does not deal with slavery as an institution, though- "Slavery with a capital S", as Morrison says. ... This passage, as with everything Morrison writes, will need to be carefully rethought as the novel unfolds. ...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• 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. ... Morrison opens Beloved with two very powerful statements. ... It does not deal with slavery as an institution, though- "Slavery with a capital S", as Morrison says. ... This passage, as with everything Morrison writes, will need to be carefully rethought as the novel unfolds. ...

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