<respStmt> <name xml:id="whalen">Robert Whalen</name> <resp>Author</resp> </respStmt> </titleStmt> <publicationStmt> <date/> </publicationStmt> <sourceDesc> <p/> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> <encodingDesc> <tagsDecl> <rendition xml:id="italic" scheme="css">font-style:italic;</rendition> <rendition xml:id="plain" scheme="css">text-decoration:none;</rendition> <rendition xml:id="sc" scheme="css">font-variant:small-caps;</rendition> <rendition xml:id="center" scheme="css">text-align:center;</rendition> <rendition xml:id="bold" scheme="css">font-weight:bold;</rendition> <rendition xml:id="times" scheme="css">font-family:times-new-roman;</rendition> <rendition xml:id="large" scheme="css">font-size: 125%;</rendition> </tagsDecl> </encodingDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body rendition="#times"> <head rendition="#plain #times"><hi rendition="#italic">Beloved</hi> 4</head> <p rendition="#times">Respond to one of the following: <list type="ordered"> <item><p rendition="#times">What more do we learn of Paul D and why does it matter? Comment also on his return and reunion with Sethe.</p></item> <item><p rendition="#times">Examine and comment on Denver’s memory of Baby Suggs’s “last and final words” (pp. 286-88).</p></item> <item><p rendition="#times">What do you find most striking about the climactic conclusion—Edward Bodwin and the local ladies all converging on the house at 124 Bluestone Road—and why?</p></item> <item><p rendition="#times">Examining the final chapter (a highly poetic epilogue, really), offer your thoughts about the meaning of the name Beloved. Support your answer by citing a specific passage or two.</p></item> </list></p> <closer rendition="#times">©Robert Whalen, 2025</closer> </body> </text> </TEI>