es children: Howard, Buglar, Beloved and Denver, a relationship is brought upon between her four children and 124. Howard and Buglar left 124, Sethe killed Beloved, and that leaves only Denver to take care of. Sethe killed Beloved in order to escape slavery for herself and for her children. Howard and Buglar, the two eldest children, then left when they became a little older because they could not stand the haunted house. This leaves only the fourth child with Sethe. The first, second, and fourth children are alive. 1, 2, and 4. Beloved is the dead third child. It seems as if Beloved is left out, and this feeling of being left out is very evident in Beloveds personality when we meet her later in the novel. The actual house 124 symbolizes the continuation of slavery brought upon through physical means. It cannot be called home to these characters because the haunting by the dead third child, Beloved, is directly related to the past of slavery, which seems to haunt these characters continuously. The character of Beloved is physical mean to represent the after effects of slavery. Her haunting causes the characters feel enslaved and isolated in 124. Morrison also portrays Beloved to be important to the house of 124 in another way. When adding up the numbers in 124 the amount is seven. That is also the amount of letters in the name Beloved. Morrison does this to put an emphasis on the importance of Beloved and how her ghost represents the past of slaveryThrough the actions of the characters a revival of the evils of slavery are evident in 124. Sethe flees from Sweet Home, where she is enslaved, in order to lead a life as a free woman. She wanted the best for her children and for herself. When Sethe arrived at 124, Howard, Buglar, Denver and Baby Suggs were already there. Sethe delivered Denver on her journey to 124 to reunite with the rest of her family. The life at 124, with Sethe, her children and Baby Suggs seems to be ...
