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4 Results for African Dance

1. Beloved

Beloved's memories of the "dark place- from which she came can be taken as those of a deceased infant girl, but they also greatly resemble an African woman's memories of the crossing of the Atlantic on the way to America. ... These uncanny images resurface in Beloved's monologue in Chapter 22 Song and dance played an important part in the lives of the slaves. ... Thus, Toni Morrison effectively brings out the past through objects, song and dance, character naming, monologues, events, food and events and captures the true essence of the lives of the family at Sweet Home. ...

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

2. The Concept of Home in Beloved

Unlike the thousands of immigrants who have traveled toAmerica to forge for themselves a new home, imported Africans were forced into America as property. ... The story of the American slave is thus the story of the African's search for a home in a hateful land. ... " '[I]n this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in the grass. ... There was no grace – imaginary or real – and no sunlit dance in the Clearing could change that" (89). ...

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

3. Redemption And Community: Sethe's Search For Salvation In Beloved

When Sethe first came to 124, her mother-in-law's home, it was "was a softened place in which the African American community of Cincinnati met and exchanged information and food." ... "Here", she said, "in this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. ... So Baby Suggs, holy, having devoted her free life to harmony, was buried amid a dance of pride, fear, condemnation and spite. ...

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

4. Beloved: Redemption

When Sethe first came to 124, her mother-in-law's home, it was "was a softened place in which the African American community of Cincinnati met and exchanged information and food." ... "Here", she said, "in this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. ... So Baby Suggs, holy, having devoted her free life to harmony, was buried amid a dance of pride, fear, condemnation and spite. ...

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