Psychological Effects Of Slavery Through The Character Paul D Paul D like every other character in the novel, toiled under the grim and bitter conditions of slavery. He suffered serious psychological calamities that has forced him to go into a state of repressiveness. It doesn’t allow him to heal properly. His heart, which he refers to as, “little tobacco tin”, is forced open by Beloved. She brings out all memories, all horrors of his past. “Despite the characters’ efforts to diffuse the power of the past, the ghost baby, like the traumatic nightmare, intrudes on the present, forcing Sethe and Paul D to remember what they have tried unsuccessfully to forget" She, Beloved, starts using Paul D. She strips him away of his manhood and forces herself upon him. It causes Paul D to question himself and …show more content…
Maybe going by what Sethe believes, she is an ordinary woman who was locked up by a white man and kept inside doors all the time. A lifetime spent in captivity, could all explain her bound linguistic ability, neediness, baby-soft skin, and emotional instability. “Beloved, like the repressed, returns against Sethe’s will, and when she arrives, she is hungry for more than her mother’s love and attention” Beloved asks questions about Sethe’s past. Sethe, in turn, openly shares her past. In a way, Beloved starts feeding on Sethe, on her guilt, eventually draining out everything from her. Beloved is not just a repressed memory. She is a representation for the entire community. Not only Sethe’s remorse are symbolized by her actions, but the collective suffering of slaves during that time. Morrison basically targets, attempts of rape and sexual assault on slaves as the most terrifying form of abuse. Slaves faced extreme brutality and Morrison focuses on rape and sexual assault as the most terrifying form of