Her Mental Struggle To Adapt In Toni Morrison's Beloved

Her Mental Struggle to Adapt
Toni Morrison like several authors has a connection with their characters. In the story Beloved Morrison is connected to not just one character but, to a select few that struggle with their demons they hide. These characters seem to symbolize a sort of psychological struggle that Morrison tells about women in slavery. The focus will sit on the psychological perspective of how the repression of Beloved has affected both Sethe and Denver from reaching out in life and experiencing the happiness they should have in their life. The focus is primarily on Sethe and Denver who are a mother and daughter that share a loving bond that is beautiful on the surface, but underneath the façade is an animal in a cage trying to break free from its oppressive master. Sethe is a mother who killed one of her daughters who she could not save from slavery. Although Sethe has spoken about killing her daughter she is still unable to cope with the idea of freedom she had given her daughter Beloved. Denver is the daughter who was allowed to live away from slavery. Although she has freedom she is trapped in her house. Denver captures the innocence of Morrison as she is attempting to live an ordinary life while, Sethe seems to …show more content…
Denver is too busy living in her mothers shadow to realize that the world that she lives in is meant to be explored. Denver does not seem to have any sort of attachment disorder to any one around her but, she does seem to forget about her own well being. When Beloved is around and no longer is spending time with Denver, Denver begins to throw little fits of rage. This little outburst shows that Denver who has been taking care of her mother now has a friend that she can relate with and is now taken away from her. This seperation can stem from the PTSD that she is dealing