I don't understand how Sethe could murder her own child. Even in slavery, a lot of people escaped, right? Isn't murdering someone worse than slavery??
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Murdering one's own child
Murdering someone is gruelsome and horrible, Sethe believes she is saving her children through death. Therefore she is just sending them to the afterlife early.
Sethe murdered Beloved to spare her of her own experience of slavery.
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