Sethe, the female protagonist, is another example of slave women who live in double oppression. She bears all the terrible legacies of violence upon her back. When Sethe realizes that she has a slim chance of building a healthy family, she refuses to be a "property that reproduced itself without cost" (436). Sethe, for the first time, takes a brave decision of freeing herself and her magical things from Schoolteacher's brutal empire. Unfortunately, Schoolteacher catches her before leaving Sweet Home. As a punishment for Sethe, Schoolteacher forces his nephews to hold her against her will and take her milk from her lactating breasts. When Sethe resists being milked like an animal, she is whipped to the point that her back skin has been
