Novel beloved

Write about the Novel Beloved Write a 5-7 page literary analysis argument essay in response to one of the prompts below. You will need to support your interpretation with analysis of specific examples from the text of the novel. as well as evidence from two literary criticism articles on Beloved published in peer-reviewed academic journals. If you want to design your own topic, please get it approved by your instructor before the day your Essay 2 proposal is due.

1. Evaluate the depiction of motherhood for enslaved and formerly enslaved women in Beloved.
2. Evaluate the depiction of freedom for formerly enslaved people. What does it mean to be free? To what extend are formerly enslaved people free? In what ways do they remain enslaved?
3. How does Denver develop into an independent, functional young woman? Does Beloved help or harm her development?
4. Examine Paul D's journey. Before he arrives at 124, he suggests he can't stay in any one place for long. By the end of the book, it seems that he is staying in the area. Has Paul D changed over the course of the book? How and why?
5. Shortly after Sethe escapes to Ohio, Ella advises her "Don't love nothing" (108), and later Sethe tells Paul D she couldn't properly love her children in Kentucky because "they wasn't mine to love" (190). Discuss the depiction of love and its perils in Beloved. Support your interpretation with specific examples from the text of the novel.
6. Analyze the character of Beloved. Trace her changing presence throughout the novel. Who is she? Why is she here? What does she want? Why does she finally leave? Support your interpretation with specific examples from the text of the novel.
7. Interpret Beloved from the point of view of the post-colonial school of criticism. Support your interpretation with specific examples from the text of the novel. This topic is very broad, so look to narrow your focus to one aspect of the novel or one aspect of post-colonialism. You are encouraged to discuss your specific topic with your instructor.
8. Interpret Beloved from the point of view of the feminist school of criticism. Support your interpretation with specific examples from the text of the novel. This topic is very broad, so look to narrow your focus to one aspect of the novel or one aspect of feminist criticism. You are encouraged to discuss your specific topic with your instructor.
9. Interpret Beloved from the point of view of the psychoanalytic school of criticism. Support your interpretation with specific examples from the text of the novel. This topic is very broad, so look to narrow your focus to one aspect of the novel or one aspect of psychoanalytic criticism. You are encouraged to discuss your specific topic with your instructor.
10. Interpret Beloved from the ecocritical school of criticism. Support your interpretation with specific examples from the text of the novel.

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