With reference to Beloved: how are ideas of mourning and loss played out though the possibility/impossibility of speaking them?

The ideas of mourning and loss are played out through various stages of denial and acceptance. They find expression in the belief in spirits, the power of symbolic objects and ritual ceremonies, the polarity of emotions, the realm of the conscious and unconscious, and the mental, emotional and physical interplay of past and present. Sethe, pregnant, sent her two sons and infant daughter ahead to flee via the Underground Railroad. She waited for her husband, …

…yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow." When she mourns the loss of Beloved - "She was my best thing" - he gives her reassurance, and self-confidence, helping her on her path to recovery. "You your best thing, Sethe. You are." She has to forgive herself, be kind to herself, and love herself - her own broken spirit, her own inner lost child. Written by Christina Gerber. Works cited: Morrison, Toni, Beloved, Vintage: 1997.