The official/unofficial marriage of the two slaves, Sethe and Halle is a remarkable one. While at Sweet Home, the male slaves excruciatingly wait a year for Sethe to make her decision on who she wants to be with. When Sethe makes her choice and chooses Halle, she requests Mrs. Garner for a wedding only to be laughed at. The two slaves then conduct a wedding of their own. The name of their first born daughter, Beloved from a slave perspective could be important to show how she was a product of forbidden love, which is significant. Sethe’s fourth child, Denver seems to be stuck in the Shadow of her dead sister. Her mother is overly focused on forgetting the past and she is often overlooked. The ghost is even her only true friend. Denver acts very jealous and cries after seeing her mother talk to one of the other fellow slaves. Sethe is without a father or father figure and everyone avoids her because of her cries about the house. While at Sweet Home, the slaves have sex with cows and dream of rape while waiting for Sethe to make her decision. Swaying corn stalks then indicate to the men that Sethe had made her choice. The other men celebrate by eating the corn stalks broken by the newlyweds.
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