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BELOVED
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Mind Map on BELOVED, created by Victoria Handley on 27/04/2015.
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Victoria Handley
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Victoria Handley
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BELOVED
Single frame
Symbolic
Crossing of genre's and styles
3rd person to interior monologue
multiple viewpoints
limited perspective
Slaves become a 'powerful presence'
Interwines mythic, folk and poetic threads
Creates an identity for the slaves
Makes the reader work hard
readers play an active role
Beloved's identity remains a mystery
construct their own meaning
themes of slavery, supernatural and memories
Black culture and society
Subtle hints throughout
'124 was spiteful' 3 is missing (dead child)
1987
America
After the American Civil War (1861)
traditional attitude to women
fiction and history
Paradox of realistic unrealism
depressive
shifts between the past and present
difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction
blurring of the truth
presents the problems of fredom and equality for black people
reconstructing the past
psychological and emotional elements of 'blackness'
characters are defined by racial barriers
main characters-Sethe, Paul D, Beloved & Denver
reconstructs the idea of slavery
stream of consciousness
THEMES
breakdown of space and time
flashbacks
paranoia
constant worry of Beloved's ghost
Christian associations
symbolism
constrasting settings
Sweet home Kentucky
124 Bluestone Road
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