Memory and Rememory in Beloved The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison is told in a flashback manner, in line with the workings of the human mind. Throughout the novel, the characters work to avoid the past because it is filled with pain and horror for them. The characters must come to grips with these experiences, accept and recognize them in their consciousness. The memories of the past are recollected through rememories that have been repressed …showed first 75 words of 930 total…

…showed last 75 words of 930 total…to the pain that lies within the rememory. Yet, only the rememory can heal the character from the suffering that emits from within the workings of the mind. These "unspeakable" memories force them into the consciousness of their experiences. The reality of the past can only be shown through rememory. Morrison uses these transitions and triggers, as well as their effect on the novel, to develop the thematic concept of memory and rememory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**