Cries of the Blacks: Psychic Anxieties of Pecola and Sethe in Toni Morrison’s Beloved and the Bluest Eye
Sukhvinder Kaur1, Jitpal Aggarwal2
1Sukhvinder Kaur, Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (Punjab), India.
2Jitpal Aggarwal, Associate Professor, Department of English Language, Literature and Culture India.
Manuscript received on 12 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 19 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 23 May 2019 | PP: 1817-1820 | Volume-7 Issue-6S5 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F13250476S519/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Toni Morrison is the Pulitzer Prize winner for her famous novels, Beloved (1987) and The Bluest Eye (1970). Experiencing psychic anxiety is an inevitable part of human life. Both the novels are a poignant study of the trauma of the blacks who were considered as animals by the whites during the regime of slavery. Morrison explored in this novel how trauma damages the psyche of the characters resulting in disconnection and paralysis in the community. Most of her themes are focused on the plight of the women who suffered from racial discrimination and sexual assault. Morrison’s Beloved depicts various characteristics of trauma including fragmentation, blending of the past and the present and repletion. The characteristics of trauma are found in individuals, generations and communities. Morrison’s trauma narrative contains many traumatic characteristics but the predominant feature is the unspeakable nature of overwhelming events[6][13]. This paper explores the cries of the blacks, their dilemmas, anxieties and mental anguish of the black people of Toni Morrison.
Keywords: Anxieties, Dissociation, Discrimination, Dilemmas, Fragmentation, Paralysis, Predominant, Slavery, Trauma.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences