Sethe
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Sethe is the formerly enslaved protagonist of Toni Morrison's novel "Beloved," haunted by the trauma of her past and the ghost of the daughter she killed.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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former slave → literary character → protagonist → |
| appearsIn |
Beloved
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| backstoryLocation |
Sweet Home plantation
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| centralConflict |
confrontation with the embodied ghost Beloved
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struggle to live with the memory of infanticide → |
| child |
Beloved (infant daughter)
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Buglar → Denver NERFINISHED → Howard → |
| createdBy |
Toni Morrison
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| enslavedAt |
Sweet Home plantation
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| enslavedBy |
Mr. Garner
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Schoolteacher → |
| firstPublicationContext |
Beloved (1987 novel)
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| formerStatus |
enslaved woman
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fugitive slave → |
| gender |
female
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| hauntedBy |
ghost of her dead daughter
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| kills |
her infant daughter
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| livesWith |
Baby Suggs (formerly)
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Denver NERFINISHED → Paul D (for a time) → |
| mother |
unnamed African-born enslaved woman
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| motherInLaw |
Baby Suggs
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| nationalityInFiction |
American
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| notableAction |
attempts escape from slavery while pregnant
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gives birth to Denver during escape → |
| occupation |
farm laborer
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| psychologicalState |
haunted by past trauma
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| raceOrEthnicity |
African American
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| reasonForKillingDaughter |
to prevent her return to slavery
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| relationshipTypeWithPaulD |
romantic relationship
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| relationshipWith |
Paul D
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| residesAt |
124 Bluestone Road
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| setting |
Cincinnati, Ohio
NERFINISHED
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| spouse |
Halle Suggs
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| symbolizes |
the psychological scars of slavery
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| themeInvolvement |
guilt and redemption
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memory and trauma → motherhood → slavery and its aftermath → |
| timePeriod |
Reconstruction era
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post–American Civil War era → |
| trauma |
sexual violence during enslavement
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the theft of her breast milk → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Paul D
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cohabitsWith |
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Denver
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hasMother |
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Paul D
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hasRelationshipWith |
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Beloved
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mainCharacter |