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Toni Morrison's Beloved-Violence And Rape

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Violence and Rape In Morrison’s novel Beloved, at first violence is seen with the scene that shows the white men’s attacking. The nephew of Schoolteacher attacks Sethe when her husband isn’t at home. Especially, violence against women is the focus of Beloved. White nephews of Schoolteacher abuse Sethe sexually, sucking milk from her breasts and whipping her back bloody. It is an undeniable fact that “…slavery is brutal…” As Sethe also a slave woman, she experiences the evil of white race. She is also exposed to “…a whipping which almost kills her...” The horrors of slavery lead her “…to commit an act of violence against their child”. Although most of the black community sees this act as an unreasonable choice that is decided by a mother, Sethe
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