Erin Milburn

Another way to look at the character of Beloved is as a metaphorical representation of Sethe's guilt over killing her 2-yr old. A psychological reading of the novel is ripe with potential...

I would look at the answer to this question as more of an existential one: all humans must come to terms with their true identity at some point, musn't they? It is the means by which we define...

Another interpetation of the title can refer to the character of Kurtz and his hunger for power which leads to his ultimate descent into madness. This concept can be related to the adage that...

To Sethe, who at this point in the novel, is close to being consumed by the physical manifestation of her guilt and sorrow, the arrival of Mr. Bodwin triggers the pivotal memory of the arrival of...

The film version of Beloved does a decent job of trying to illuminate the primary themes of the novel, however, much of the book deals with abstract ideas such as guilt and shame which are...

In Linda's and the boys' eyes, she was definitely a support system for Willy. Like most women of the mid-20th century, Linda viewed herself as responsible not only to take care of her husband's...

In a conversation with Amon Goethe, Oskar Schindler defines "mercy" as power because mercy elevates a person in the eyes of the one to whom he/she is demonstrating mercy. He also very wisely uses a...