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A Mothers Love

The woman knew it and so did the children(Morrison 3). Immediately the reader is thrown into this housewith a ghost that is spiteful. The only surviving members of thefamily are Denver, the child Sethe was carrying in her escape tofreedom, and Sethe. They live in this house alone with novisitors for eighteen years, until Paul D, a former slave fromthe same plantation as Sethe comes to see them.Paul D instantly gets rid of the horrifying presence thathas consumed this house for so long, and up to this point hadonly been physical as red light. With this sense of relief PaulD, Sethe, and Denver go to the local fair. Later they return hometo find a mystical woman who is referred to as Beloved. Denver identifies the woman as the returned ghost in now human flesh andreceives her as a sister.This is where the novel begins to take on its own existence.Beloved becomes the focus of everyones attention. Beloved hasboth mental and physical difficulties. Parts of her body threatento fall off; some teeth do fall out. She has a scar on herthroat. Her infrequent speech is childish. Although apparentlyshe is a stranger, Beloved knows intimate things about Sethe, oneof which includes the lullaby that Sethe sang to her babies.Denver takes a great liking to Beloved. Having been isolatedfor so many years, Denver finally feels that she has a friend.Soon, however, she is frightened to discover that the spirit iscovertly attacking Sethe. For example, while pretending tomassage Sethe neck, Beloved tries to choke her. Paul D on theother hand, dislikes Beloved but finds her sexually irresistible.Under some kind of spell or conjure, he has sex with her. Thepresence of this ghost now in human form thus disrupts everyrelationship.With this rebirth of Beloved, Sethe is forced to rememberthe past. Sethe now beings her emotional journey form slavery tofreedom. At first, Sethe recalls only being shown a mark underher Maam breast as a way to identify her. This mark was ...

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