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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...

a sense of innocence. "I had begun to worry about my speech again. How would it go? Would they recognize my ability? What would th...

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

As the development of bound labor in the American south moved from the indentured servitude system of the colonial era to the grow...

this 5 page paper summarizes the main issues Toni Morrison discusses in her award-winning novel Beloved. In particular, the writer...

In five pages this paper compares Beloved by Toni Morrison with Langston Hughes' 'Montage of a Dream Deferred' in a consideration ...

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the 1987 novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison with the 1998 movie adaptation. ...

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 ...

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

girl before she is stopped. It is this sin -- the sin of Cain, to murder ones own flesh and blood -- that traps Sethe both in tim...

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

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

they were dead, rather than face a fate similar to hers. She is successful in killing only one, her infant Beloved. "Sethes murder...

in her own tragedy. While Sethe is still enslaved, she is treated by Schoolteachers despicable nephews as if she were no more th...

Morrisons work because water is symbolic of Beloveds need to fulfill a basic desire, but also a thirst for freedom. Another impo...

In six pages the enslavement of African American females as depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Toni Mo...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the themes and characters in two of Toni Morrison's novels, Beloved and The Bluest Eye. T...

This 8 page paper considers Sethe's sense of what it means to be a mother in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The writer argues that...

This 7 page paper argues that Toni Morrison's use of vacant facial expressions in her novel Beloved can be understood with referen...

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

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 the erogenous and nursing significance of breasts and the freedom and oppression they represent to Sethe are the focus ...

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

In 5 pages sex as an instrument of power rather than an expression of intimacy is considered in this analysis of Beloved by Toni M...

In four pages this paper examines how personality is affected by freedom in this analysis of Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' and Margare...

play in the narrative, it is helpful to have an understanding of the overall plot and its major components. Plot Synopsis Altho...

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

laborers, domestic servants, families - all made the monumental decision to search out a better life. Regardless of the quest for ...