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Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

In Beloved, Toni Morrison portrays the horrors and lasting torment of slavery in a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel centered on escaped slave, Sethe. Fiercely determined to move beyond her brutal past, Sethe vows to give her children freedom from a life of servitude — at any cost. She kills her 2-year-old daughter to keep her out of the grasp of slave catchers, only to be revisited by the restless spirit of the beloved child — first as a ghost, then in the flesh.

Take the Quiz Why does Sethe have the word Beloved carved into her daughter's headstone?
  1. It's a family tradition to have the word Beloved inscribed on headstones of loved ones.
  2. Beloved is Sethe's favorite nickname for her daughter.
  3. She remembers the word from her daughter's funeral service, when the minister spoke to the "Dearly Beloved."
  4. She remembers the word from her wedding, when the minister began the ceremony with "Dearly Beloved."
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