Beloved written by Toni Morrison is set in the 1870s and is about a young woman named Sethe who was born into slavery but escaped to Ohio. Once she reaches Ohio she finally feels free; however, 18 years later, he painfully realizes how false this fact is. She is constantly haunted by the past memory of her old home, Sweet Home, where her breast milk was stolen; she was exploited and then beaten horribly. In her current home in Ohio, Sethe is haunted by the ghost of her baby. Sethe was unable to name her baby before her death, yet it was Sethe who took his life. Sethe is determined to keep her children away from "The School Teacher", who tortured her during her time at Sweet Home. Once she learns that the school teacher was in Ohio to take her and her children back to Sweet Home, she runs into the shed with her children, hits her two children in the head with a shovel, cuts one of her daughters in the throat . and then proceeds to swing the smaller girl around to break her neck. This story is about a mother's love and fight for her children; both alive and dead. Beloved by Toni Morrison is the story of a mother's profound loss and sadness over her dead son. In the novel the protagonist Sethe seems to be stuck between the land of the living and the land of the dead and lives in the house haunted by her dead son. Despite the problems the house causes and her deep sadness she does not leave and her daughter Denver stays with her in the house and does not leave the yard. The beloved story has many underlying mythological connections; the protagonist Sethe can be compared to the character of Greek mythology Medea and the relationship between Sethe and her daughter Beloved can be c...... in the center of the card ...... as does every woman in the female trinity of Greek mythology . Sethe is shown to be strong in her determination to keep her family safe, Denver is shown to be strong in supporting her mother Sethe while she was in need, and Beloved shows her strength when she emerges from the underworld and returns to her family. Beloved by Toni Morrison is the story of family bonding, death, happiness and grief between a mother, Sethe, and her two daughters, Denver and Beloved. By reading this story, you will be able to understand its numerous influences from mythology. The plot between Sethe and her two daughters draws connections to the Greek god Demeter and her daughter, Medea, a Greek princess whose romance turned tragic and led her to kill her two songs, and the ever-familiar female trinity shown in stories from mythology that show strength in women and numbers.