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these women to seek relief in laudanum." Laudanum was a drug and apparently many plantation mistresses were living in incredibly o...

also alienates Sethes daughter Denver, who hates him because Beloved is interested in him; Denver wants to keep Beloved to herself...

(Morrison 51). Throughout the novel, "cold statisticians," such as Schoolteacher, evaluate slaves according to "their animal ten...

treated like a horse, complete with a bit in his mouth. Sethe managed to escape. In fact, because she was very pregnant and had b...

a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see that the past, which involves at least Sethes enslavement, is very real ...

Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...

social consciousness. One of Douglass first discoveries, or one of the most important first discoveries, he made was that of the...

This 5 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz," and argues that Toni Morrison uses jazz and sexual identity as ...

In 4 pages this paper examines the portrayal of slavery in Morrison's novel and the enduring psychological damage that resulted. ...

Set just after the civil war Sethe is a runaway slave who had once killed her infant daughter so that she would not grow up in the...

in a celebration that includes dances that are a tribute to the "Old People," an annual tribute to ancestors. Avey is deeply moved...

This 4 page paper describes the different ways that Morrison considers the theme of love in her novel Beloved. The bibliography li...

In seven pages this paper examines how the female protagonists in these respective literary works maintain their morale and intern...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...

This 10 page paper discusses the reasons why Eva and Sethe would kill their children in the novels Sula and Beloved. There are 6 s...

An eight page paper looking at the issue of separation in Toni Morrison's modern classic. The paper points out that there are real...

of Denver and Sethes children, and many others.This establishes the idea that family is very important and thus we can assume that...

lived with her before her death and that Sethe sought her out after escaping from slavery. The presence of the baby girls ghost ...

and perverts every aspect of their lives. Unlike the Hubbards, Reginas husband, Horace Giddens, is a man of principle. He has jus...

need for all women, especially of color, to assert themselves and claim their individual identity. This narrative adds texture to...

that most people believe to be haunted. A friend, Paul D determines to exorcise the ghost for her. After he has done so, Sethe is ...

who seems to have been originally placed in the plantation to serve as the woman of the slaves. She was somewhat innocent and was ...

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

beginning, as we see the characters in a somewhat present condition, a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see tha...

We see that part of the past is dead, with the death of Baby Suggs who was a constant reminder of slavery and the hope inherently ...

at first, her "kindly" master died, and a man known as "schoolteacher" took over; he embodied the worst traits of the slave owner ...

In 7 pages this paper examines how the past is reinterpreted through the lack of conflict resolution in the texts In Country by Bo...

In 8 pages this paper examines the thematic significance of motherhood and the symbolism of breastfeeding in the 1987 novel Belove...

In six pages this paper examines the ties to the South northern based characters have in The Bluest Eye, Jazz, and Beloved by Toni...

a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...