Sethe has had a hard life, she was a slave most her life and was mistreated. Sethe doesn't like to talk about much of her past and keeps it deep down inside, either because it's too painful to talk about or because she doesn't want to seem weak. A part of her painful past is the fact that she lost a child, she never named her and the only word she was able to get on her gravestone was the word, Beloved. Sethe's house is haunted by what they believe is Sethe's dead child. She and Denver try to reason with the spirit but nothing seems to work until Paul D a man from her past shows up and actually wrecks the house, scaring the spirit away. Or so they thought. A while later a girl who calls herself Beloved shows up to the house. She could be the physical representation of Sethe's dead child. As soon as Beloved shows up Sethe needs to pee extremely bad and it reminds her of when her water broke with Denver. The girl says her name is Beloved which is the name that is on the grave. As soon as the baby ghost leaves the house Beloved shows up. This evidence makes many people believe that Beloved is the physical body of Sethe's dead child. Beloved seems to know a lot about Sethe and her life, she knew that Sethe got diamond earrings from her previous owner. She also wants to know all about Sethe's past and her trauma, some stories even Denver has never heard. How could she know this if she wasn't part of Sethe's life for all this time?
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