Beloved: A Reincarnation Of Sethe

To clarify context, Beloved was humming a tune that Sethe noticed to be familiar, though wasn’t able to identify exactly where the tune had come from. Finally, her memory prevails as she matches the tune to her past as a song she created to comfort her children. She claims her certainty that the tune never had the chance to leave the family as only her and her children had ever heard the tune. Amazingly, Beloved claims to have heard the tune. For Sethe and the reader alike, this is another strong piece of evidence that suggests that Beloved is simply a reincarnation of Sethe’s deceased child. There are many characteristics that Beloved possesses that can be connected to the dead baby such as: her name, age, smooth “new” skin and inability to