Identity Quotes In Beloved - 1087 Words

Hook. In the book Beloved by Toni Morrison and â€Å"A Rose for Emily† by William Faulkner, the theme: Identity Results from the release of Repression through metaphors when Paul D talks about the tobacco tin, when Emily holds on to her father’s death, and both of them holding onto their past. When Paul D and Beloved get together his hypothetical tobacco tin is opened and he becomes humanized which allows him to develop his identity. When Emily’s father dies she holds onto his corpse and is unable to let the physical symbol of her past move on. Even though one symbol was physical and the other was hypothetical they were both willing to do what they needed to repress their past. With this in mind it is important to first discuss, the metaphor†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"It was some time before he could put Alfred, Georgia, Sixo, Schoolteacher, Halle, his brothers, Sethe, minister, the taste of iron, the sight of butter, the smell of hickory, notebook pape r, one by one, into the tobacco tin lodged in his chest. By the time he got to 124 nothing in this world could pry it open.† (Morrison 133) The tobacco tin represents privacy and his past. Paul D was locking up his past in this tin can. The tin can isn’t even something Paul D can open up himself. In this next quote, Paul D and Sethe were discussing the past but they decide not to go in too deep into their memories. â€Å"Saying more might push them both to a place they couldnt get back from. He would keep the rest where it belonged: in that tobacco tin buried in his chest where a red heart used to be. Its lid rusted shut. He would not pry it loose now in front of this sweet sturdy woman, for if she got a whiff of the contents it would shame him. And it would hurt her to know that there was no red heart as bright as Mister’s comb beating in him. (Morrison 86). This quote shows that both Sethe and Paul D were unwilling to dwell on the past too much due to their fe ar of reliving it. Paul D attempts to force his memories into that tobacco tin but they always found a way to leak back out once again. Next it is important to discuss how Emily holding onto her father represents the theme. The story â€Å"A Rose for Emily† by William Faulkner, relates to the theme:Show MoreRelatedTheme Of Freedom In Beloved By Toni Morrison951 Words   |  4 PagesThis quote highlights the recurring theme of â€Å"simple joys† of freedom in â€Å"Beloved†. Despite being a slave, Sethe learns the joy of freedom by sneaking out into the cornfields with her love interest, Halle. 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