1. The Concept of Home in Beloved
... literally stymie her interaction with the community, and thus metaphorically serve as boundary between her and her diverse, multifarious life. Three models of the home were developed inBeloved: the Sweet Home slave plantation, the Clearing and 124 Bluestone. ยง Sweet Home. The devastation wrought by slavery is the destruction of the human identity. As a slave, Paul D was stripped of his manhood: the Schoolteacher put a bit ... the strangling hands of Beloved for the healing hands of Baby Suggs: "Sethe was actually more surprised than frightened to find that she was being strangled" (96)...
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