Reconstructing the fragmented slave mother – the mind, body and spirit in beloved.

• Main Author: Fwah, Benjamin Zhengwei.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::American
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52135
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper seeks to prove that the past, present and future of Sethe’s life bears a corresponding relationship with her mind, body and spirit respectively. Slavery has caused Sethe to be placed in a paradoxical situation of being both a mother and a slave. She becomes fragmented and entrapped by tra...