The last two pages of the novel are the most important factors behind Sethe’s search for her identity. The passage within these two pages is talking about Beloved. Beloved is a reincarnation of Sethe’s baby girl, whom she murdered as a child. The baby girl was one of Sethe’s most cherished aspects of her life and it was only for her protection that she did what she did. Before Beloved’s reincarnation, the spirit of Beloved was haunting 124, the house in which Sethe lived in. When the spirit suddenly disappeared, it came back as Beloved. Once again it disappeared and this whole passage is of the town trying to forget Beloved. The reason for her disappearance was probably because she was “disremem

There are many reasons as to why Sethe and the town wanted to leave Beloved in the past. Even as a spirit, she was horrible luck. As a spirit of 124, she caused many chaotic quakes and shakes in the house, shrieking and scaring off everyone that Sethe loved. When the spirit was chased away from the house, she came back as Beloved. The negative vibes that Beloved sent to Sethe’s daughter Denver was just a small portion of trouble that she stirred within the town. Not only was she sending bad vibes to Denver, but she did the same to Paul D, a friend of Sethe’s from her previous slave position at Sweet Home. Beloved made both of them feel inferior to her. She even made Sethe feel that way, and that was because Sethe loved her so much and was so scared that she would leave her again. Sethe’s constant intertwining with the past and presents conflicts her self identity. What she was then and what she is at the moment are two completely different people and with Beloved coming back into the picture, it confuses her as to what her role in life was. Also, there is a scene in the novel in which Sethe’s identity is completely unknown. A few of the towns people marched to 124 when they heard that Beloved was over taking Sethe. In the dialogue between Stamp Paid and Paul D, Paul D mentions that Elle, one of the girls who marched to 124, looked Sethe in the eye and It (

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