The Roaring Twenties and Beloved

This story has sure taken a twist! I think it's so interesting that Beloved has become such a destructive force despite her namesake. Near the end of the novel, Beloved is eating Sethe and Denver out of their home! And what's so sad about it is that Sethe still sees her children (even Beloved) as her greatest self.

In almost any Disney movie ever made, there is always that saying that love (or true love's kiss) can conquer all evil. But in Toni Morrison's Beloved, it is the other way around. When Sethe and Beloved are reunited, one would think it would be a happy occasion. But instead, it leads to Sethe's breakdown. 

Recently, I started to reread F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. And I believe there can be a connection drawn from the love between Sethe and Beloved, to the love between Gatsby and Daisy. Both suffered long gaps of time apart and when they were able to be together once more, their love became a  destructive one. In the end of The Great Gatsby, I believe, that Gatsby death was a result of such unhealthy love. And of course, Beloved's love for Sethe causes Sethe to lose herself (lost her job, deteriorate her health, isolate Denver).