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‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past’ (William Faulkner). Taking this statement as your starting-point, discuss how this applies to Toni Morrison’s novels, Beloved and Jazz. ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past’ (William Faulkner). Taking this statement as your starting-point, discuss how this applies to Toni Morrison’s novels, Beloved and Jazz.

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    ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past’ (William Faulkner). Taking this statement as your starting-point, discuss how this applies to Toni Morrison’s novels, Beloved and Jazz.

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  • Toni Morrison’s fiction is preoccupied with the persistence of the past. Indeed, in Beloved (1987) and Jazz (1992) the past continually resurfaces in the present. In Beloved, for example, Sethe is haunted by her past in the form of her departed daughter. Whereas in Jazz, the past is tragically repeated in the lives of Joe and Violet Trace. In both texts, Morrison’s characters must confront their past in order to move on. Accordingly, their experiences demonstrate Morrison’s ‘concern to b...
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