beloved Flashcards
what house was haunted
124
where is beloved based in
cincinnati
who used to own 124
baby suggs sethe’s mother in law
right before she dies, what does baby suggs develops a passion for what
colors because its the only thing that makes her happy right now
what was the name of the plantation that sethe was one and what does sethe think of it
sweet home, she thought it was beautiful but it does hold a lot of bad memories
how long has paul d not seen sethe for
18 years
who was sethe’s husband and what do people think about him
halle, that he is already dead
who were the “good slave masters” on sweet home, and who was the worst
the garners, school teacher
why does sethe not want to run away from 124 even though it is haunted
she said she doesn’t want to run from things anymore in her life
what did schoolteacher and his nephews do to sethe
beat her with a cowhide and took her breast milk
what is a common theme in beloved
the characters having a stream of consciousness
who was sixo in love with
the 30 mile woman
what did halle do for baby suggs
he saved his money to buy her freedom but she thinks that her freedom is not worth much at her age
what were the names of sethe’s sons
buglar and howard, they leave because they are afraid of the ghost and they leave after baby suggs death
what is one characteristic about denver
she is lonelt
who is denver named after
a white woman named amy denver because she helped sethe with her birth
what was amy denver involved in
childhood indentured servitude
what did amy do to sethe’s feet
massaged her feet back to life
what did schoolteacher record in his notebooks
the obsevations of the slaves, and their measurements
what broke sixo’s spirit permantentaly
schoolteacher’s questions
what happened to paul d
- had a traumatizing prison experience
- shut down his heart and operated on walk eat sleep
what does paul d find dangerous
ex slave to love anything too muhc
where do they find belvoed
walks out of a stream fully dressed and is near a tree stump that is near 124
what happens when sethe sees beloved
she feels the urge to urinate and is reminded of her water breaking before denver’s birth
what happened to sethe’s mother
her mother was hanged
how did sethe’s mother show she loved her
sethe’s mother got raped repeatedly by the white men on the slave ship and her mother threw all of the other babies away she kept sethe because she had a black father
what did halle see
sethe be violated by schoolteacher’s nephews and sethe realizes he saw everything but didn’t intervene
what was the rooster’s name
mister
what thoughts does paul d keep
his thoughts locked within the rusted tobacco tin of his heart
