Beloved (infant daughter)

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fictional character ghost infant literary character

Beloved (infant daughter) is the murdered baby daughter of Sethe in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," whose death and haunting presence embody the traumatic legacy of slavery.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Beloved (infant daughter of Sethe) 2
Beloved (character) 1
Beloved (infant daughter) canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
ghost ⓘ
infant ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsInMedium novel ⓘ
appearsInWork Beloved ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalContext American slavery ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalEvent fugitive slave experience ⓘ
associatedWithSetting Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio
burialInscription Beloved ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder by her mother Sethe ⓘ
centralThemeIn Beloved ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Toni Morrison ⓘ
diesAsInfant true ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1987 ⓘ
hasAuthor Toni Morrison ⓘ
hasMother Sethe ⓘ
hasNameOrigin word carved on her tombstone ⓘ
hasSibling Buglar ⓘ
Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ
Howard ⓘ
hauntsFamily Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul D ⓘ
Sethe ⓘ
hauntsLocation 124 Bluestone Road ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
linkedToCharacter Baby Suggs ⓘ
Schoolteacher ⓘ
mannerOfDeath throat cut with handsaw ⓘ
narrativeRole catalyst for Sethe’s confrontation with her past ⓘ
embodiment of haunting and memory ⓘ
ontologicalStatusInText ambiguous between ghost and embodied return ⓘ
relatedWorkGenre African-American literature ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ
relatedWorkTheme guilt ⓘ
memory ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
violence of slavery ⓘ
represents the past that cannot be forgotten ⓘ
returnsInForm young woman ⓘ
symbolizes collective historical trauma ⓘ
legacy of slavery ⓘ
repressed memory ⓘ
trauma of slavery ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sethe → child → Beloved (infant daughter) ⓘ
Buglar → sibling → Beloved (infant daughter) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beloved (infant daughter of Sethe)
Halle Suggs → child → Beloved (infant daughter) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beloved (infant daughter of Sethe)
Beloved → mainCharacter → Beloved (infant daughter) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beloved (character)