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

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. ... 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

In Toni Morrison's Beloved, each generation hopes to find a better home despite a malignant world: Sethe's mother traveled from the slave ship to the plantation, Sethe from the plantation to Cincinnati, Beloved from Cincinnati to death, and Denver from a strange, haunted land of ghosts and despair to her community at large. To Morrison, the various "spaces" of the Sethe's life constitute a broader understanding of her "self.... Through the concept of the home, Morrison shows that if we estrange one element of our lives, then we have estranged our identity fr...

• Word Count: 2092
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

FINAL Toni Morrison once said that race is a central, defining feature of American literature. All of the significant texts show concern for the racially "other." I agree that a number of authors use race as a central idea in their writings. In Mary Rowlandson's Narrative, she defines her Puri...

• Word Count: 1155
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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). ...

• Word Count: 1739
• Approx Pages: 7
• 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. ...

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