20th century blogs with Leor

 What does Beloved represent in Beloved by Toni Morrison? In Toni Morrison's Beloved , Beloved is a ghost that comes from the past. Its presence disturbs and comforts Sethe throughout the story, and in Sethe's eyes we are told that Beloved is coming back to forgive Sethe for the woodshed incident. However a keen eye would notice that Beloved never outright says that she forgives Sethe for the incident, and is also seen strangling Sethe at one point in the story. So what purpose does Beloved have in the story? Why has she come back from the past to 124? There are two important reasons as to why Morrison has Beloved come back to 'haunt' 124.      Firstly, Beloved as a character represents the past. Sethe is obviously traumatized from her time as a slave and this transition period from being a slave to an American is hard. There are multiple reasons explaining the difficulty Sethe has whilst transitioning in society, however the main reason is that she is traumatized by...