Physical+Wound+Imagery

= Record Images of physical wounds in //Beloved// Here. Please include the quote and the page/section number. =

'Tree on her back' Wounds

 * "And when the top of her dress was around her hips and he saw the sculpture her back had become, like the decorative work of an ironsmith too passionate for display, he could think but not say 'Aw, Lord, girl.' And he would tolerate no peace until he had touched every ridge and leaf of it with his mouth, none of which Sethe could feel because her back skin had been dead for years." (Section 1.1, page 21)
 * This is one example of the imagery of the wounds covering Sethe's back.


 * "Her skin was flawless except for three vertical scratches on her forehead so fine and thin they seemed at first like hair, baby hair before it bloomed and roped into the masses of black yarn under her hat." (Section 1.5, page 51).
 * The scratches are described as looking like baby hair. The women being described is named Beloved and there are many similarites between this strange woman and Sethe's dead baby.


 * "See, here's the trunk-- it's red and split wide open..." (Section 1.8, page 93)
 * This passage is talking about the "tree" on Sethe's back as described by Amy Denver.


 * While she sits in the clearing, Sethe wants to feel Baby Suggs' hands on her neck one more time and she does. The hands start gentle but end up strangling her. Denver and Beloved are nearby and come to help and find bruises on Sethe's neck.
 * "She (Beloved) reached out her hand and touched the splotches, gathering color darker than Sethe's dark throat, and her fingers were mighty cool." Section 1.9 page 97


 * Section 1.8, page 89: " 'She left me behind. By myself,' said Beloved... The tiny scratches on her forehead may have made it seem so." The wounds on Beloved's forehead are described again.


 * Section 1.9, pages 96 and 97. ""Here," said Beloved. "Here and here, too." She reached out her hand and touched the splotches, gathering color darker than Sethe's dark throat, and her fingers were mighty cool."
 * This a description of Sethe's bruises after she is strangled by what she thinks is Baby Suggs' ghost in the field. It could symbolize some negative feelings that Baby Suggs may have had against Sethe and everything she went through.
 * Section 1.9 pg 93: "Roses of blood blossomed in the blanket covering Sethe's shoulders." again Sethe's wounds are described through nature imagery.