Schoolteacher Character Analysis in Beloved

Schoolteacher comes with his nephews to manage Sweet Home after the death of Mr. Garner. He is extremely cruel. Not only does he beat and abuse his slaves, but he also takes notes on them and measures and studies them like animals. He seems, literally, to see them as animals.

Schoolteacher Quotes in Beloved

The Beloved quotes below are all either spoken by Schoolteacher or refer to Schoolteacher. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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I was about to turn around and keep on my way to where the muslin was, when I heard [Schoolteacher] say, “No, no. That’s not the way. I told you to put her human characteristics on the left; her animal ones on the right. And don’t forget to line them up.”

Related Characters: Sethe (speaker), Sethe, Schoolteacher

Page Number and Citation: 228

Explanation and Analysis:

For years Paul D believed schoolteacher broke into children what Garner had raised into men. And it was that that made them run off. Now, plagued by the contents of his tobacco tin, he wondered how much difference there really was between before schoolteacher and after.

Related Characters: Paul D, Schoolteacher

Related Symbols: Paul D’s Tobacco Tin

Page Number and Citation: 260

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Schoolteacher Quotes in Beloved

The Beloved quotes below are all either spoken by Schoolteacher or refer to Schoolteacher. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

).

I was about to turn around and keep on my way to where the muslin was, when I heard [Schoolteacher] say, “No, no. That’s not the way. I told you to put her human characteristics on the left; her animal ones on the right. And don’t forget to line them up.”

Related Characters: Sethe (speaker), Sethe, Schoolteacher

Page Number and Citation: 228

Explanation and Analysis:

For years Paul D believed schoolteacher broke into children what Garner had raised into men. And it was that that made them run off. Now, plagued by the contents of his tobacco tin, he wondered how much difference there really was between before schoolteacher and after.

Related Characters: Paul D, Schoolteacher

Related Symbols: Paul D’s Tobacco Tin

Page Number and Citation: 260

Explanation and Analysis: