esent. As Morrison writes in Part Two, “124 was loud”. The house is filled with Beloved’s voice and her endless demands. This shows that trauma echoes like sound inside a home.  So, 124 is both shelter and prison. 

Generational Space: The house is marked by three generations, such as Baby Suggs, Sethe, and Denver. Baby Suggs once filled it with gatherings and love. After her death, the house became lonely.  

House as Identity: For Sethe, 124 is not only shelter but also identity. She clings to it as proof of freedom after Sweet Home. Yet it also traps her in guilt. The house mirrors her struggle and becomes a space of both survival and suffering. 

Beloved’s Return: When Beloved comes in human form, the house changes again. She enters after rising from the water. The narrator says in Part One, Ch. 5,

  “A fully dressed woman walked out of the water”. 

Once she arrives, she consumes 124. She copies Sethe, controls her, and drains her life. The house becomes a space where the dead return and history takes flesh.

Isolation from Community: Because of its ghost, 124 is feared. Neighbors avoid it for years. This isolates Sethe and Denver from support. Baby Suggs also dies inside the house. The isolation reflects how slavery separates families and breaks trust. The house holds not just one ghost but the silence of a whole community.

The Exorcism Scene: The turning point comes when the community gathers. Thirty women come to 124. They sing, pray, and call on God. Their voices rise together. In that moment, Beloved disappears. The house grows quiet at last. Morrison closes in Part Three, Ch. 28, “124 was quiet”. The silence shows peace after years of spite and noise.

Symbol of History: 124 is more than a haunted building. It is a memory of slavery itself. As Morrison writes in Part One, Ch. 2, 

“Anything dead coming back to life hurts”. 

Beloved’s ghost shows how history never dies. The house embodies scars carried across generations. It reminds us that home is not free of the past. 

Healing and Hope: After Beloved vanishes, the house is empty but calmer. Denver steps into the world outside. She finds work and friends. Paul D returns and tells Sethe,

 “You your best thing, Sethe. You are”. 

These words suggest healing inside 124. The house no longer spreads hatred. It becomes a place where recovery may begin. 

In Conclusion, the house at 124 Bluestone Road is not a simple shelter. It speaks, remembers, and punishes. It mirrors slavery’s pain and the struggle for freedom. By making 124 alive, Morrison shows that history lives in homes. Healing comes only when the past is faced and shared.