Beloved
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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 1, Chapter 5 Part 1, Chapter 6 Part 1, Chapter 7 Part 1, Chapter 8 Part 1, Chapter 9 Part 1, Chapter 10 Part 1, Chapter 11 Part 1, Chapter 12 Part 1, Chapter 13 Part 1, Chapter 14 Part 1, Chapter 15 Part 1, Chapter 16 Part 1, Chapter 17 Part 1, Chapter 18 Part 2, Chapter 19 Part 2, Chapter 20 Part 2, Chapter 21 Part 2, Chapter 22 Part 2, Chapter 23 Part 2, Chapter 24 Part 2, Chapter 25 Part 3, Chapter 26 Part 3, Chapter 27 Part 3, Chapter 28
Themes
All Themes Slavery Motherhood Storytelling, Memory, and the Past Community Home
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Characters
All Characters Sethe Denver Baby Suggs Paul D Beloved Stamp Paid Amy Denver Schoolteacher Mr. and Mrs. Garner Ella Halle Howard and Buglar Sixo
Symbols
All Symbols The Ohio River Sethe’s Scar Paul D’s Tobacco Tin
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dialect Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Personification Setting Similes Stream of Consciousness Style Tone
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