Beloved quotes

Mother’s throwing their children away (dehumanisation, maternal instinct)

“without names, she threw them.”

Baby Suggs religious.

“uncalled, unrobed, unappointed”

the community coming together under religion.

“laughing children, dancing men and crying women and then it got all mixed up”

Beloved’s obsession.

“She don’t love me like I love her. I don’t love nobody but her”

Paul D and Beloved intimacy

“I want you to touch me on the inside part.”

Paul D leaving

“She moved him.” p134

School teacher teaching young boys.

“human characteristics on the left, her animal ones on the right”

Sethe strangled by Beloved

“harder, harder, the fingers moved slowly around toward her windpipe” p113

Paul D and chain gang forced to commit oral sex.

“Breakfast? Want some breakfast..?…… Here you go.” p127

Paul D dissociating.

“Paul D thought he was screaming; his mouth was open and there was this loud throat-splitting sound - but it may have been someone else” p129

Beloved hiding from Denver

“There is no sight or sound of Beloved.” p144

Paul D questioning his masculinity

“His strength had lain in knowing that schoolteacher was wrong. Now he wondered…. If schoolteacher was right it explained how he had become to be a rag doll” p148

four horsemen reference

“When the four horsemen came…the house on Bluestone Road was so quiet they thought they were too late” p175

Denver drinking Beloved’s blood

“Denver took her mother’s milk right along with the blood of her sister.”

What page does Denver’s monologue start on>

page 242

Beloved taking from Sethe

“Beloved invented desire.” p283

Beloved and Sethe fighting

“A complaint from Beloved, an apology from Sethe” p283

Sethe not wanting to be forgiven

“It was as though Sethe didn’t really want forgiveness given; she wanted it refused.” 297

Community saving Sethe

“So thirty women made up that company and walked slowly, slowly toward 124.” p303

Beloved looking pregnant

“taken the shape of a pregnant woman” and “her belly big and tight” p308

Denver looking like Halle

“She looked more like Halle than ever” p313

Denver standing up to Paul D

“Well, if you want my opinion -” “I don’t… I have my own” p314

Sethe telling Paul D they stole her milk

“They beat you and you was pregnant?” “And they took my milk!”

Shadows holding hands

“the shadows of three people still held hands” p59

What page number is Beloved’s entrance?

page 60

Beloved’s entrance.

“A fully dressed woman walked out of the water.” p60