Beloved - Toni Morrison
Confidence and violence: relationship between women in "Beloved"
The story told in "Beloved" contains a process of memorialization and change. In this process, the relationship between women is very important. Some relations are dominated by violence and hate, others are full of confidence and love. In those relationships rememory and storytelling are important factors, because the women get to know each other better by telling stories about the past. They get to know much more about each other, through which their relationship dóes change.
When Sethe arrives at 124 Bluestone Road, Baby Suggs doesn't know her at all. She only knows Sethe s her daughter-in-law, the woman who married her son Halle and who gave him four children. And yet she helps Sethe immediately. At 124 Bluestone Road, Baby Suggs creates a space, which provides warmth and certainty for Sethe and her children, just as 124 is for the whole community. "124 was
night long." (p.86) I think it......
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