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Beloved

Beloved. by Toni Morrison. Historical Fiction. Story of Margaret Garner , a slave Newspaper clipping in 1851 Garner, with her four children , “escaped from Kentucky to a small neighborhood outside of Cincinnati, Ohio Facing capture and a return to slavery

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Beloved

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  1. Beloved by Toni Morrison

  2. Historical Fiction • Story of Margaret Garner, a slave • Newspaper clipping in 1851 • Garner, with her four children, “escaped from Kentucky to a small neighborhood outside of Cincinnati, Ohio • Facing capture and a return to slavery • Kills one of her children and attempts to do the same to two more

  3. Described as a calm, quiet, and self-possessed woman in prison Apparently, Garner expressed no remorse for her actions. She was adamant about her children not living under the system “from which she tried to rescue them.” What does such a decision mean? What are the implications? Morrison’s Research on Garner

  4. Theme of “Motherly love” • Nature of motherly love • Garner’s love for her children • Value of life • Justice • “Preferred to see them dead than to have them sullied or hurt by slavery”

  5. Recollection of Slavery • Impact of slavery on American society. A system of oppression. Superior/Inferior Syndrome • Impact on enslaved Africans – outlook for the immediate future and beyond • Abolitionists - Who were they?

  6. Set in a house outside Cincinnati House is called “124” Flashbacks to a slave plantation in Kentucky named Sweet Home Mid 1800s Discuss flashbacks as a literary device Pay attention to Morrison’s description and use of specific details Setting

  7. Key Players • Beloved – the ghost/person of the murdered child • Sethe – the mother (the protagonist) • Paul D – a former slave who knew Sethe when they were together at Sweet Home (the Garner plantation) • Denver – one of Sethe’s three other children who was not killed

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