tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post3410281044697707407..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Beloved's PlansMrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-50541944359543742012017-03-11T19:29:12.751-06:002017-03-11T19:29:12.751-06:00I'm not sure that Beloved really had plans. Of...I'm not sure that Beloved really had plans. Of course the novel leads us to believe that she does. But this about it. If Beloved is the embodiment of the ghost, how could she make plans? She's dead and may not have even known she would come back to life. Perhaps I am thinking about it to literally. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795521569255770540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-14876709830937584152017-03-11T18:09:18.104-06:002017-03-11T18:09:18.104-06:00Paul D & Beloved's relationship is very in...Paul D & Beloved's relationship is very interesting. Paul D realizes that Beloved is aroused by him and initially tries to resist her. However, he decides to have sex with Beloved which hinders his relationship with Sethe. This complicates things within the novel. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12823440184984598080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-47019091355537140812017-03-10T12:58:26.913-06:002017-03-10T12:58:26.913-06:00Beloved's plans go hand in hand with the gradu...Beloved's plans go hand in hand with the gradual revelation of the past in that both are mysterious and become further developed slowly as the novel progresses. Also, we find out that Paul D was correct in concluding that Beloved was aroused by him. I believe that we will learn more not only about the past as the novel progresses, but also learn how the past relates to Beloved and her plans for the present. I find the scene with Denver and Beloved in the cold room somewhat confusing because Beloved sort of passes through time and disappears momentarily into the time of her as the Baby Ghost. She comes back because she says this is her place, and therefore she most likely has plans for 124 in the future, but we do not know her plans yet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16476725004546718096noreply@blogger.com