Characters
The protagonist of Beloved, is a proud and independent woman who is extremely devoted to her children.
Who is Sethe?
"A twenty-year-old man so in love with his mother he gave up five years of Sabbaths just to see her sit down for a change was a serious recommendation."
Who is Halle Suggs?
The city where the novel begins.
What is Cincinnati, Ohio?
The Ohio River
What represents freedom?
"There wasn't any except for two orange squares in a quilt that made the absence shout. The walls of the room were slate-colored, the floor earth-brown, the wooden dresser the color of itself, curtains white, and the dominating feature, the quilt over an iron cot, was made up of scraps of blue serge, black, brown and gray wool--the full range of the dark and the muted that thrift and modesty allowed. " This is an example of which literary device?
What is imagery OR asyndeton?
Sethe's third child and oldest daughter who was killed at the age of two. Her restless spirit haunts the family first as a ghost and then as a flesh-and-blood woman.
Who is Beloved?
"I took and put my babies where they'd be safe"
Who is Sethe?
The mark on Sethe's back that is described as a "chokecherry tree"
What os the scar on Sethe's back?
Sethe's Scars
What represents the trauma of the past?
"Roses of blood blossomed in the blanket covering Sethe’s shoulders." In this quote is best exemplified as this literary device.
What is alliteration?
A former slave from Sweet Home who survived the horrors of slavery and has evolved into a resourceful, contemplative man.
Who is Paul D?
A man ain't nothing but a man, But a son? Well now, that's somebody.
Who is Baby Suggs?
This is the act that Sethe commits to prevent her children's return to slavery
What is murder?
Tobacco Tin
What represents Paul D's heart?
"The future was a matter of keeping the past at bay." This showcases this literary device.
What is antithesis?
Sethe's fourth and youngest child.
Who is Denver?
"She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind"
Who is Paul D?
This is the house that Sethe and her children escape to after escaping Sweet Home.
What is 124 Bluestone Road?
Beloved
What represents the past haunting the present?
It was some time before he could put Alfred, Georgia, Sixo, schoolteacher, Halle, his brothers, Sethe, Mister, the taste of iron, the sight of butter, the smell of hickory, notebook paper, one by one, into the tobacco tin lodged in his chest." This quote is best described as this literary device.
What is asyndeton OR symbolism?
Helps deliver Sethe's fourth child
Who is Amy Denver?
"You just can't mishandle creatures and expect success"
Who is Schoolteacher?
The year that the novel takes place. Hint: post-Civil War era
What is 1873?
House 124
What represents having to escape the past?
"WHEN THE four horsemen came--schoolteacher, one nephew, one slave catcher and a sheriff--the house on Bluestone Road was so quiet they thought they were too late." This quote best showcases this device.
What is allusion?