'Sula' and 'Beloved': images of Cain in the novels of Toni Morrison.

From: African American Review | Date: December 22, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Toni Morrison's 'Sula' and 'Beloved' can be interpreted in the light of the Cain myth. Cain and Morrison's protagonists, Sula and Sethe, are alienated and lonely human beings because they refuse to remember or mourn their sins. Sethe remakes herself after she relives the past and learns to love herself. Sula, who never relents, dies alone. The scars on Sethe and the birthmark on Sula mark their difference from society. Sethe comes to terms with society when she accepts the mark as a symbol of her defiance against slavery. Sula's mark remains a symbol of her extreme individualism until Nel ...

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