Repressed Memories In Toni Morrison's Beloved

The ability to free oneself from blame or guilt, referred to as absolution, and the meaning of this with reference to the character Clare Wald will be discussed with reference to Absolution as a whole. In the novel, Absolution, both of the protagonists are plagued by their past but more noticeably with Clare who is guilty of unspeakable violence in a different form compared to the past of Sam. Clare searches for forgiveness and release from the crimes she believes she has committed. She is pre-occupied with three memories in particular which include her being indirectly responsible for the death of her sister and brother-in-law Nora and Stephan; her failings as a mother to her daughter Laura who disappeared in 1989 who she presumes is dead and lastly her rejection of Sam as a child.

Lady Macbeth and Curley’s Wife are portrayed as victims in some parts of the play and the novel, respectively. Lady Macbeth is shown as a victim of guilt; whilst Curley’s Wife is shown as a victim of physical abuse from Curley. E Lady Macbeth is shown as a victim when the guilt of killing Duncan finally takes its toll on her health. She starts having nightmares as she tries to remove blood from her hands saying “Out, out damned spot out I say” (Poel, 2013).

After he was found guilty, the man was murdered and it was thought that it was by Maya’s

For the duration of her trial Lizzie Borden was seen as a bane, a murderer, and would be treated like one for the rest of her life. Sarah Miller recognized the wrong in this and aspired to give Lizzie another chance to clear her name by giving nothing but the facts about the case since, during her trial, evidence was left out or overlooked. In her book “The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the

Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones tracks the lives of the characters after their beloved daughter, sister, and friend, Susie Salmon dies. Although all of the characters grieve, Jack Salmon, Susie’s father, grieves in a unique way that most closely follows the grieving pattern described by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler Ross. At first, he denies Susie’s death, then he becomes angry and depressed about her death, and finally he comes to accept it near the end of the novel. Jack Salmon is the character in The Lovely Bones

The last few pages of Kindred the prologue comes full circle to the epilogue. With the start of Kindred, Octavia Butler brings us the pain of Dana losing her arm. Without knowing how the loss occurred, more physical pain consisting of beatings and emotional pain of having friends and others family members torn apart. To Dana gripping a knife in one hand, Rufus gripping the other. Dana tries to pull away, angry she sinks the knife into Rufus’s side.

Due to unfortunate circumstances in one’s life, individuals often engage in self-harm. The novel Cracked by M.K Walton, shows this through the characters - Victor and Bull – by their emotional state being disrupted by a of series of events. The two main characters in the novel both try to commit suicide due to them feeling neglected from family and friends and have experienced bulling or abuse. After reaching a state of mind where they want to give up on life, they are given an opportunity to wish to live again. K.M Walton demonstrates throughout her novel how a series of tragic events will drive someone to commit suicide or find a “cure” for themselves through her characters.

The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison fundamentally relies on the relationship between the former slave Sethe and the daughter she murdered as an infant, only known to the reader as Beloved. In one scene, Beloved is attempting to make Sethe feel guilty as Sethe argues that her attempted murder of her children was out of love, and that she intended for them to be “together on the other side.” Beloved’s response, in which she points out that, after she “died,” “ghosts without skin stuck their fingers in her and said beloved in the dark and bitch in the light,” shatters the intensely loving, devoted tone that Sethe attempts to establish in favor of a more dramatic, graphic tone and creates intense juxtaposition, a device which is continually used throughout the text. (254) The phrase “ghosts without skin,” overall, exemplifies Beloved’s immature perspective.

Another symbol is Madeline Usher. She symbolizes the evil side of a person. When she comes back to the house, Poe writes, “...fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death-agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated.” Madeline came back and killed her brother; adding a creepiness to how he died. In a big way, Poe uses symbolism to add a tone to the story and cast more fearful

(Cowther 5:5: 17). It is evident that Lady Macbeth killed herself due to guilt as just a few scenes prior she was recounting the murders in her sleep, proving it was on her

As pages went by, the entries became even darker than they had already been. After years of leading a lonely life, she had done something unforgivable in the eyes of the citizens of Maycomb: she had seeked the touch of a black man. To cover up her actions, she testified against Tom Robinson and accused him of raping her. But even after she had won the case, Mayella had become overridden with guilt, especially after Tom had been shot by some townspeople. To add on to her situation, her father had been found dead, seeming to have killed himself.

The most notable ghost has to be the ghost of Room 311, Annalisa Netherly. There are three different stories explaining the cause of her death. The first one states that she was a prostitute who was murdered by a Confederate soldier and left in the room.

In this Essay I will be discussing on the people I have chosen Aileen Wuornos and Nannie Doss I will be discussing about their childhood and early life. I will also be discussing about their problems and situations these two people had and what could have been the reason of them starting a murder spree. Aileen and Nannie basically had their reason of why they and what thought would be the outcome of their act. And also the comparison between the two ladies. Aileen Wuornos had a rough and abusive childhood growing up also into her adulthood she had some rough patches and she gone though some rough roads.

The article I selected is a hard and harrowing story to hear about Gregory Green, who killed his two stepchildren (Chadney and Kara Allen) in front of the mother, two biological children by asphyxiation (Kara and Kaleigh Green), and tortured his wife (Faith Green). I chose this story, because I continue to see this in the news of parents or a parent killing their children. I cannot begin to fathom the numerous mental health issues that affects these parents. However, I know that Gregory Green was charged in 1991 and sentenced to prison for murdering his pregnant wife and was released on early parole after 16 years in prison.

In my opinion Andrea Yates murdered all five of her kids due to the mental illness. Prior to the birth of the last child, Andrea have already had a history of mental issues and was treated with antidepressants, admitted to a hospital and even tried to commit a suicide. Also her doctor had warned her about high chances of getting psychotic depression after a birth of another child. Her postpartum depression had a very severe form and should have been treated with medications in order to avoid any major complications. I think that biological and social factors played an important role in occurring the type of psychological condition that Andrea had.