New Character:
Aunt Phyllis: the midwife from Minnowville who Mr. Garner sent for each time Sethe gave birth
Summary
Schoolteacher, one of his nephews (the other having been kept home as punishment for stealing Sethe’s milk), and a slave catcher had arrived with the sheriff to capture Sethe and her children. Sethe recognized schoolteacher’s hat and had gathered her children in the shed where she beat the boys on the head with a shovel in an attempt to kill them, slit Beloved’s throat, and tried to bash Denver’s brains out against a wall. Stamp...
Source: MAXnotes to Beloved, ©2000 Research and Education Association, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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