Part 1 of Essay
“It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim In the story “Beloved” by Toni Morrison there is the story of Sethe and her daughter ‘Beloved.’ Sethe is a proud and beautiful woman who escaped from slavery, yet is haunted by its heritage. She must deal with this haunted life on every level, fro ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... the question arises whether or not Sethe acted out of true love or selfish pride? The fact that Sethe's act is irrational can easily be decided upon. Does Sethe kill her baby girl because she wants to save the baby from slavery or does Sethe end her daughter's life because of a selfish refusal to reenter a life of slavery? It can be said that she is a woman who chooses to love her children and not herself. Sethe kills her baby because her children are the only good and pure part of who she is and must be prot ....