Beloved

24.) "I don't even have to explain." Sethe starts to acknowledge the fact that Beloved is her daughter and begins to like her there knowing that she does not have to explain herself on why she was killed.



25.) " Paul D. must know who she is or what she is." Stamp Paid is frightened when he sees Beloved and the fact that he thinks of her as something and not a person can suggest that she doesn't even look human and Sethe is too sucked into her she doesn't even recognize it.



26.) " Everything they touched was looked on as stealing." This just reenforces on how ruff it was for them in slavery and they were always being judged and watched.



27.) "The deeper and more tangled the jungle grew inside.....It was the jungle the whitefolks planted in them." This is saying that the slaves are compared to as soil and the white people are planting seeds into them and controlling their life. The fact that their lives are compared to a jungle suggest that they have many wild attributes and characteristics.



28.) "When Sethe locked the door, the women inside were free at last to be what they liked, see whatever they saw and say whatever they liked." Once the three girls are in 124 they feel protected and free. The house can symbolize freedom and is as if it is not even attached to the earth and they are seperated from everyone else.



29.) "I won't never let her go." Once Sethe acknowledges Beloved is her daughter she comes too attached and feels she can not live without her. This quote is a foreshadow on how things become bad when she comes to attached.



30.) Sethe's perspective on killing her child changes and she starts to say how she really didn't want to and it was her only choice. This shows that she really is messed up and kind of has a second look on everything once Beloved comes back.



31.) When Beloved has the section where she is talking there is no puncuation. This shows her age of her being only two. It also talks about the connection between life and slavery and how you do not have a voice when you are in slavery.

32.) When Beloved, Sethe, and Denver voices come together it symbolizes them becoming a family.


33.) "He stayed alive to sing songs, that murdered life." Sixo was always singing songs. And he would never stop which is why he was killed.

34.) "Night gives them more time and protection of color." Throughout the book many good things and bad things happen in the dark. Being in the dark is usually scary forsomeone but it is a sense of protection for them.

35.) When it says that Sixo was singing and shouting seven-o seven-o this could be saying that the thirtytwo mile ladie is carrying his child and he is now numbering him meaning when he is born he is not going to be free.

36.) "My house is your house too." Once again Stamp Paid thinks of everybody as family and has a strong connection to them. I think because he helps them across the river and become free he probably thinks they are his responsibility and he has to help them survive and live a better life than what they had on the otherside of the river.

37.) "It was as though her mother had lost her mind." A reoccuring sighn that Sethe is not who she used to be and is now acting totally different around Beloved and giving her all the attention.

38.) "Denver began to drift from play.......Beloved was in danger." Denver realizes that her mother is becoming way to attatched to Beloved and might repeat history.

39.) "Beloved accused her of leaving her behind." This shows that Beloved does not understand why Sethe killed her and shows her age of two not being able to understand.

40.) "Ax the trunk the limb will die." At this point Beloved can be compared to the trunk and Sethe can be compared to the limb. Beloved is all Sethe is living for and takes care of her more than she takes care of herself.

41.) "Honor thy mother and father that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." This is an important piece to the book because it shows how Sethe thinks Beloved is just honoring her and how nothing but her is a really big deal.

42.) "Her mother serving a girl not much older than herself." Sethe is aging quick and Beloved is sucking the life out of her. This suggests that Beloved knows she will not last for ever and is trying to make this the most life like experiance before it is all gone again.

43.) "Change from one mind to another." Beloved and Sethe have pretty much changed minds and Beloved has brainwashed Sethe in a way making her serve her. Sethe's memories are also what making her be Beloved's slave. She is trying to get them out and she is now feeling a sense of guilt.

44.) Beloved takes action to go get help. Once she gets a job she becomes free because she is doing things for herself and healing the past.

45.) Not only did Denver leave 124 but Paul D. also left 124 to become free and heal the past. It is as if 124 enslaves people and makes it so they get to the point where it captures them and makes it so they do not realize how bad it is.

46.) "Everybody's child was in that face." This shows that Denver has a childish face. In this book it was better to be a child than a man. It might be the same for women and Denver having a child face symbolizes that she has an easier time to forget because she was so young. It also shows how she never aged when she was lonely in 124. The idea that she has not aged can mean that she has much more life and that she has room to start over a new life.

47.) "Nobody needs a visit." This fits into the theme of family. It is as if everybody knows when somebody needs help and they all have gone through the same thing in slavery so they share many memories.

48.) "124 was a way station." A way station is just a stopping point on a journey. Many members of the family leave 124 to endure on their journey of life and becoming a free individual. Sethe does not leave 124 and is eventually enslaved by Beloved. Denver starts her journey of becoming a free person when she leaves 124. 124 is still like a way station to many people.

49.) "Rain, Rain." Beloved is screaming this in her sleep. Water symbolizes rebirth but what Beloved is talking about is her death. This can show that Sethe is going to be reborn when Beloved leaves.

50.) "Ella didn't like the idea of past errors taking possesion of the present." This shows that Ella knows Beloved is her daughter and that she thinks people need to forget about the past. This suggests that she had a very rough time in slavery that is hard for her to forget.

Belove Part 1

1.) "The boy's chased off by the dead one." (pg. 6) This shows that the ghost is displayed as a reoccuring image that scares the boys off.

2.) "Fire and brirmstone all right, but hidden in lacy gloves." (pg. 7) This is saying how evil is hidden and people can hide there past to themselves and cover it up.

3.) "Annoyed that she had not needed Halle or him in doing." (pg. 9) Paul D. is annoyed at the fact the Sethe has been taking care of herself and Denver with out the help of a man. This shows that the women in this book are strong and the men feel they need to be needed.

4.) "It's not evil, just sad." (pg. 10) Sethe is telling Paul D. that the spirit in the house is nothing to be afraid of. This can foreshadow that when Beloved comes Paul D. should not think of her as a threat.

5.) The pulsing red light is a symbol of the babies spirit and their sadness. The red light can also be a danger signal or an instruction to stop or discontinue. This could be telling Sethe to move on.

6.) Shoes are a motif and can be seen as protection and security. When you do not have shoes it shows you are not very weathly and is one less piece of clothing you have to take off.

7.) Colors in this book are seen as comfort and fortunes. The orange squares on the blanket make Beloved happy. Grandma wants a certain color of tea. Amy wants purple silk.

8.) "No body comes around." (pg. 17) Denver is saying how they have no company. Sethe has shut both her and her daughter out from the rest of society because of her grief and pain of memory.

9.) Sethe's back looks like a chokecherry tree because she has been whipped so much. A chokecherry tree is a common wild cherry tree with small bitter black berries that are favored by birds. The tree can be compared to how she is providing for everyone else, they can be compared to the birds.

10.) Paul D. calls a tree brother and that shows how the people of Sweet Home are connected to the land and it is a big part of their lives.

11.) "But he to was nothing but a man." (pg. 27) The men in this book are known to leave and are known as nothing but if he is a boy is somebody because he doesn't leave.

12.) Denver's birth was brutle for her mother and herself. She was born in a canoe and a kind white women helped deliver her. The way Denver's life started could foreshadow that she is going to have a hard end.

13.) "Sure you can, Lu. Come on!" (pg. 41) Amy is seen as a very encouraging and positive person. If it weren't for Amy, both Denver and Sethe might not be alive.

14.) Snakes are a symbol of poison and death. Snakes are always referred to as killing people. Sixo tells the girl he loves to use the excuse the excuse that she got bit by a snake and that's why she's late.

15.) "Anything dead coming back to life hurt's." (pg. 42) This is foreshadowing that when Beloved comes it's going to hurt other's. Paul D. because of her presence and Sethe and Denver because she leaves.

16.) Denver says nothing ever dies and she can be referring to memories. Her mother's bad memories will never go away. Denver will always have Beloved in her heart.

17.) "None could appriciate the safety of ghost company." Everybody knew of the ghost in the house but thought it was there for the wrong reason. The boys knew but it scared them. Grandma baby knew but it sadned her. Nobody loved it and saw that it was there for the wrong reason.

18.) The idea of abandonment and death is a reoccuring theme and is seen in the wrong way. Sethe thought the Halle abandoned her and the children but really he abandoned them because he couldn't live with what he saw.

19.) When they first run into Beloved, Sethe recognizes she has nice shoes and hands and she analyzes the situation. This shows that Sethe is smart and has a very good thought process.

20.) Paul D. assumes that Beloved has cholera because of her symptoms which shows he is educated.

21.) " It there had been an open latch between them, it would have closed." This is talking about the relationship between Paul D. and Denver. They never really had a connection or understood each other. They also have different feelings towards Beloved which tares them even further apart.

22.) Shadows is a motif in the book. The image of a person as a shadow isn't very clear and it doesn't tell you much about them. A shadow is also just the outline of a person. When they are seen in shadows they seem to be getting along.

23.) Once Denver meets Beloved she realizes how it feels to have her mother. Having Beloved ask her mother all the questions help her realize her mother's past. Denver feels more comfortable with having another girl her age and not so alone.

Act 5

1.) I think the gravedigger does his riddles and song to help him not think of death as such a sad thing and to help him not be affected by the sadness of burring dead people all the time. His riddles and songs fit into the play because they all have to deal with death and soon everyone is going to die.


2.) Hamlet realizes that dieing is apart of life and it changes the way he looks at life in general. Yorik was a great and well loved friend to Hamlet. Hamlet's relationship with Yorik is similar to his with Ophelia's because he loved them both. It is different because Ophelia betrayed him and Yorik did not so he still had trust for him.

3.) Hamlet is thirty. We know this because he was born the same year king Hamlet defeated Fortinbras.

4.) This argument shows that Hamlet really did love Ophelia and Laertes is only acting so sad because he wants to make a dramatic appearance and make himself look good in front of the king and queen.

5.) Hamlet begins to realize that Claudius wants him killed so he puts his thoughts into action and has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed. He starts to change because he begins to think all the way through and for the better of himself and is wants people to pay for what they have done to him.

6.) His motives on killing Claudius change because he wants to kill him now not only for killing his father but because he married his mother, stole the throne from him, and Hamlet thinks he is going to keep causing problems. This is different from the first time he was going to kill him because he wanted to wait until he sinned again and now he wants to kill him soon before he did more harm to Hamlet's life.

7.) When Osric is talking to Hamlet he is trying to convince him how good of a person Laertes is. He says how is a nice man who is very good at being of the high social class. In this scene the concern is that Hamlet might be stronger than Laertes and has the strength to kill the king and Laertes.

8.) He defies agury because he is putting his life in the hands of fate and is letting it decide if he is going to die in the sword fight or die at another time.

9.) He is still resenting Hamlet because he can not forgive him for killing his father and sister because he wants to obtain his honor. He has already lost his sense of honor because he has a plan to beat Hamlet in sword fighting by cheating. All of the people getting revenge in this book are avenging for loved ones. Laertes is going to do what ever it takes to kill Hamlet because he killed his Polonius and Ophelia.

10.)Throughout the play Gertrude has been dependent on men and when she dies she is calling for Hamlet to see if he can do anything about it. Laertes says he has been killed because his plan backfired on him and he was the type of character that went through with things he just didn't always come up with a plan to follow. Claudius asks for protection and this reflects on his character because he never wanted to do his own dirty work and had others spy and do his work for him.

11.) In a way Hamlet could have won. He did all that he wanted to do in the story. He avenged for his father, killed Claudius and all the other people that were involved in trapping him. He did not become king but when he died he was honored like a king and was finally understood in the end.

Act 3 Scenes 3-4

1.) Claudius begins to realize Hamlet knows he killed the old King.

2.)Exposition: We are introduced to the characters and the situation they are dealing with. We meet the ghost and find out all the confusion he has been causing. We find out how Hamlet feels about his mother's new marriage to his uncle. Claudius gives a speech to make it seem as if he is not performing incest. The ghost disappears and appears out of no where at different times but never speaks until it wants Hamlet to follow it. Hamlet does so not knowing what it wants or what it may do to him.
Inciting Event: The ghost speaks to Hamlet and tells him how his father died. He is told that Claudius poisoned him and he needs to get revenge on him for his father's death.
Rising Action: Hamlet begins to act crazy my freaking Ophelia out and not letting anybody know what is wrong with him. The king and Polonius realize there is something wrong with Hamlet so they spy on him and send Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Ophelia to find out what is wrong with him. Hamlet puts on a play in the attempt to get Claudius to confess he killed the old king.

1.) Claudius plans to send Hamlet to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because he realizes he is a threat.

2.) Polonius is going to hide in Hamlet's mother's room to eavesdrop on the conversation they are having and then tell the king what he has heard.

3.) a. He states that he actually feels guilty about killing his brother and wants to be forgiven.
b. He also admits to being a bad person and being selfish because he wants to be forgiven but still keep the things he got from sinning, his brother's wife and the thrown.
c. He is in the perfect state for being killed because he is confessing and asking forgiveness to go up to heaven, this could be saying that he knows Hamlet is trying to get revenge and might kill him so he wants to be forgiven of all sins before he dies.

4.) It is odd because the king just stated he can not pray and doesn't know how to ask for such forgiveness.

5.)Hamlet was going to kill him but since he was praying and asking forgiveness Hamlet thinks he would be doing him a favor because he would go to heaven with his sins forgiven, unlike his father who had no time to ask forgiveness. Instead he decides to wait to kill him until he sins again.

1.) Polonius tells the Queen to tell Hamlet he has been burdensome and has been causing much trouble to many people including herself and the king.

2.) Hamlet finds out he is being spied on once again and calls Polonius a rat and then calls him a dead rat, meaning he is going to kill Polonius.

3.) This quote is odd because Hamlet is now trying to blame his father's death on his mother and claiming she had something to do with the murder.

4.) Gertrude doesn't understand why Hamlet is getting so mad at her and doesn't know her new husband killed her old husband. She also may think she has done nothing wrong and thinks marrying her husband's brother was the right thing to do.

5.) He says his father is a curly haired man, with beautiful eyes, and is like a Greek god. He says Claudius looks like a mildewed ear of corn.

6.) He is trying to tell his mother that King Hamlet was a kind, gentle, and powerful man who was so great it seemed as if a god had blessed him. He is saying that Claudius is like an overpowering weed that just wants control.

7.) It is disturbing because he not only telling us but his mother what he knows about his mother and his uncle's relationship.

8.) Hamlet stops yelling at Gertrude when the ghost appears to him. He tells him to not make things worse because she can't handle the horrible images and thoughts he is putting into her head and instead he needs to talk to her.

9.) Hamlet talks about how making good habits and resisting the bad will help make you a better person. This can reflect his craziness because he is getting into the bad habit of killing people, but it is to avenge his father. He is also getting into the habit of being rude to women and making them feel worthless and terrible. He also says how he likes to see other peoples plans not work out the way they wanted them to. This can also reflect his insanity because he is now changing his ways and getting joy out of people that have had failures.

10.) In act one the ghost was able to be seen by others and not just Hamlet. The ghost appeared to be there to cause confusion and then to explain why he was there. In act three the ghost is only seen by Hamlet and is trying to get Hamlet to help his mother be at peace. This can make Hamlet appear crazy because in scene three it seems he is just talking to himself and having hallucinations.

Act 3 Scenes 1-2

1.) They tell him that Hamlet is acting crazy but he never really answered their questions so they don't know what he is thinking and why he is acting crazy.



2.) He is agreeing with what Polonius said and confirming he killed the king.



3.) Polonius and the King want Ophelia to talk to Hamlet while they spy on the conversation to see if he is crazy for her love or just gone mad.



4.) Hamlet is debating whether he should commit suicide to save himself from all the burden that are to come. The nature of this soliloquy is dark and Hamlet is contemplating what would be more honorable and courageous.



5.) He is arguing if it is better to commit suicide for his mental relief or to stay and be courageous and fight for his father.



6.) He is so cruel to Ophelia because she returned his love letters which is saying she does not love him. He is changed and treats her even worse because he realizes it is a set up and Polonius is spying on them.



7.) Hamlet is saying that all that are married shall live except for one, being Claudius. Which is saying he is going to kill him.



8.) The king wants to send Hamlet on a sea voyage to England.



9.) He thinks Horatio can be well trusted and is a just man, meaning he will do the right thing and knows right from wrong.



10.) He asks Horatio to watch his uncle's face during the scene his father is killed to see if it is full of guilt.



11.) A king and queen are deeply in love. When the king is alone he is killed from a man who put poison in his ear. This man is said to be his nephew and later marries dead king's queen and becomes king.



12.) He refers the play with in a play as a mouse trap because he is cornering his uncle to admitting he murdered his father.



13.) He is questioning Hamlet if he really knows what they play is about and becomes suspicious thinking Hamlet may know he killed his father.

14.) He compares himself to an instrument because he thinks he is being used and played upon.

15.) He is going to be cruel to her but not harm her otherwise he would be making himself a hypocrite.

Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 Soliloquy

Hamlet is debating whether it is better to be alive and be courageous or to be dead. He says how to die is similar to sleeping it gets rid of your heart-ache and all the many troubles life throws at you. When you sleep you dream but Hamlet wonders what dreams you might have when you are in death sleep. He is saying why wouldn't you kill yourself rather than put up with all of life's problems. Then he thinks that the people who don't spare their lives and deal with their burdens are scared of something after death. He states that no one has returned from this undiscovered country, death, and this causes much confusion about what it is really like. He calls those who are too scared to experience death, because their questions are not answered so they know nothing about the unknown place, are cowards because they'd rather suffer through life. Because of this fear things of great magnitude and importance get a loss of consideration and men lose their natural sense of courage. He then hears Ophelia coming so he becomes quite and changes the subject.