Overview: Toni
Morrison has created a duality in Beloved, as at once the daughter Sethe
murdered out of love, and as a former slave who lost her mother on a slave ship
and endured life with vicious slave owner.
Why did she do this? How does it
create meaning? Before we move onto the
last section of the novel, I would like you to explore this further.
Directions: Using
the two narratives from Beloved (as well as any textural evidence you find
helpful), compose a 2-3 page literary analysis using the following questions as
a guiding outline for your essay: How
does Morrison create a duality with the character Beloved? What evidence do you see in the two
narratives that create this meaning?
What would be the point of creating this duality? What will it mean for the rest of the
novel? Please use the following
prompt. Post your essay to this blog
space AND on Turnitin.com.
