ghost off and leads to Beloved's return in a physical form. Sethe and Denver were finally beginning to find happiness and acceptance within their community. Their fears had begun to subside and things became what they were: "drabness looked drab; heat was hot. Windows suddenly had view"(p.39). However, Beloved's return enforced the pain and misery Sethe had so desperately tried to forget. Beloved is determined to remind her of her past where she lived on through Sethe's memories. Paul D's presence took third place in the household, a position which once belonged to her. Beloved felt that Paul D not only pushed her spirit away from the house, but abruptly took over the household she once controlled and empowered: "And on the way home, although leading them now, the shadows of three people still held hands"(p.49). Beloved could no longer accept that someone else was reinstating her position so she decided to return as "a hot thing"(p.210) and not a ghost. Beloved refuses to let Sethe live in happiness as long as she has to live in a world of darkness where"there is nothing to breathe and no room to move in"(p.75). As soon as Beloved arrives at their home, Sethe
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