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- Title
The Legacy of Slavery in Beloved.
- Authors
Mareeswari, M.
- Abstract
Morrison is an outstanding feminist figure in American Modern Literature. All her novels indicate a complete understanding of her character's individual response to the dilemmas posed by racial and sexual identity. The central theme of Morrison's novels deals with the black women characters who are raised from their poor, down trodden and most humiliating position to a new sense of awareness of freedom, liberty and equality in their society. The novel pictures the physical and psychological effects of slavery not only upon women but also the community as a whole. Through the characterisation of Sethe, she brings out the full human meaning and implications of the slave experience. Sethe reflects the harsh reality of being a black mother. Morrison probes deeper into the psychological effects of missing mother-infant bond and unearths the psychological damage of slavery to the motherchild relationship. The novel points out love as the solution to overcome Sethe's trauma of killing her daughter and her wounds of slavery. The love and acceptance of Paul D and the assistance of the white indentured servant Amy Denver are other representations of love that are crucial to Sethe's possibilities to become a whole individual. Love can also be regarded as the cure to heal the post-slavery racial conflicts. Sethe and Beloved are also to be regarded as symbolic representations and rescuers of the African-Americans from the wounds of slavery. Toni Morrison has made her female protagonists speak not only for themselves but for their whole lot.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MORRISON, Toni, 1931-2019; FEMINISTS; RACE identity; BELOVED (Book : Morrison); SLAVERY -- Social aspects
- Publication
Language in India, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2, p146
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article