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Sethe's Beloved

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The same spirit that pushes away Sethe’s sons soon manifests itself in the physical form of Beloved. Sethe’s emotional relationship with Paul D. is ambiguous at the start of the novel. His visit to Sethe stirs up feelings of a past both of them desperately try to leave behind. The spirit of Beloved feeds upon the guilt of Sethe and drives out the people she is close to. By the time “autumn with its bottles of blood and gold” comes to mark the end of summer, Paul D moves out of the 124 in an effort to get away from Sethe and Beloved (136). The change in seasons heralds a change in Sethe’s relationship with Paul D that is shown through blood. Sethe associates Paul D with the past that she is so desperately trying to make up for with Beloved.
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