During the peak of slavery in the United States came countless survival and escape stories that filled the antebellum public with great affliction and trepidation. These atrocities committed by many slaveholders were reality in Toni Morrison’s Beloved. The many traumatic experiences withstood by slaves transformed into painful memories of killings, beatings, and rapings, constituting to the rise and fall of characters. To overcome such horrible memories, characters had to go through an intense healing process. For Sethe and Paul D in particular, Beloved, a supernatural being, guides both Sethe and Paul D through their arduous journey to overcome their dreaded past. In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, the character Beloved manifests herself through
