The realities of life and death are portrayed through Beloved in hurt and pain as it is felt by the main characters.–more of a middle sentence in the introduction

It is entirely within reason to conclude that had Paul D not inadvertently banished the ghost of Beloved from Sethe’s house at the start of the book, the story would not have played out the way it did, namely Beloved would not have come back and the other characters would not have had to negotiate her presence.

One of the most crucial moments in the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison comes after Paul D’s arrival in Sethe’s house after 18 years of separation from Sweet Home. Sethe was reclusive after she committed grave sin of killing her baby, and had adapted to the baby’s ghost haunting her house.The situation would not have changed much in Sethe and Denver’s life if Paul D had not come into their life and drove off the baby’s ghost, since Beloved would not have come back and the other characters would not have had to negotiate her presence.