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    Every year me and my dearest family and beloved friends would embark on a journey to my long deceased Uncle’s manor.My uncle died in the year 1867 at the age of eighty, the doctors never quite understood how he died but when he was found the maid said that he was holding a picture of tree which stood in the house gardens.However this picture was never seen after the maid put it on the mantelpiece after his death, nor the tree. As I woke up I could already smell the sweet scent of freshly baked

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    Cruelty in Beloved affects both the perpetrator and victim in that the perpetrator becomes consumed by such acts, and the victim simply devolves to be more and more vulnerable to such acts. In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Beloved’s acts of cruelty reveal how one’s inner desires can overcome the perpetrator, and dehumanize victim in the long term. Beloved’s cruelty leads to Paul D’s feel as though he has lost his identity as a person. Similarly to how slaves were

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    children. However, after a desperate attempt to save her children from torture, she lost them. Beloved was the one that whole heartedly returned to Sethe. Toni Morrison’s use of diction, voice, and organization all add to show how Sethe acts thoughtful towards Beloved due to their past and her growing love. Through the use of diction, Morrison reveals that Sethe had expected Beloved to come back to her. After Beloved sang Sethe’s song, Sethe’s mind “clicked” and everything “felt where [it] ought to be”

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    and left mothers without their children. Slave owners divided families to sever the humanly connection between the enslaved people. Sethe’s mother was separated from Sethe, which became a source of abandonment and hunger for Sethe. In her novel, Beloved, Toni Morrison’s motif of milk develops the theme of Sethe’s broken maternal bonds that causes Sethe emotional and psychological trauma. In this novel, the motif of milk serves to emphasize Sethe's deep psychological need to protect and nourish her

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    over the years has evolved with the feelings it evokes. An outstanding piece of art that evoked many responses is the Virgin (Theotokos and Child enthroned), apse mosaic. The viewpoints have blossomed from hatred and controversy to form more of a beloved and admiral stand point. This beautiful piece is located in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. It was created in 867 by Patriarch Photios and the emperors Michael III and Basil I. During the Macedonian dynasty during the middle Byzantine period. Although

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    the novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison because Sethe’s action can be interpreted in many ways depending on the perspective. Sethe killed Beloved so Beloved didn’t have to endure slavery, worries and takes close care of Denver, and goes to work on a plantation as the wife of Halle. With that being said, for each of that description there is a different description from someone else’s eyes; to everyone else who read the news like Stamp Paid and Paul D, Sethe was wrong for killing Beloved she acted

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    In the closing chapter of the first section of Beloved, Paul D confronts Sethe about her role in the death of her child. Paul D has recently learned of Sethe’s time in prison for killing Beloved, and wishes to hear her perspective. Though Paul D does not learn of Sethe’s innocence, as he desired, he does gain an understanding of her motive for killing her daughter in the passage: “I stopped him,” she said, staring at a place where the fence used to be. “I took and put my babies in a place where they’d

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    similarity within the novel Beloved there was also some differences. A runaway slave deciding whether or not she’d kill the ones she loved before letting them experience the suppressed memories she tried so hard to hide. There was some resemblance with the murdering of the youngest child in both stories which helped framed Toni Morrison’s intentions of Margaret Garner’s story. This story of Margaret Garner was one that sparked deeper interest and compassion. Within the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, the

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    Existentialism, Beloved, and The Bluest Eye                        Toni Morrison has written several novels, many of which show the influence of existentialist thinking; however, Beloved and The Bluest Eye both strongly illustrate all of the major existential themes. Beloved is a novel about a woman, Sethe, who escapes from slavery with her children. She is haunted both physically and psychologically by her experience, as evidenced by the scars she carries on her back from a severe beating

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    Sale, Roger. “Toni Morrison`s Beloved.” Modern Critical Views Toni Morrison. New York: Chelsea House Publisher, 1990. 165-170. Print. In this article Roger Sale tells about the genius of Toni Morrison and the pleasure he experienced during reading the Beloved. Also, he recalls the first paragraph of the story telling that only after finishing the book one can truly understand its essence. Critic makes a clear statement, with which I absolutely agree, that Morrison on purpose makes the time lines

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