莫里森在第五部小说《宠儿》中借助哥特式的鬼魂形象,再现了走投无路的奴隶为保护自己的孩子而不得不把她杀死的血淋淋的哥特场景,以及血腥的奴隶制度给广大黑人带来的无以言说的精神创伤。小说把揭开鬼魂身份的过程和再现蓄奴的历史过程完美地融合到一起,表明鬼魂无疑成了美国黑人奴隶历史的载体。哥特式的鬼魂形象的塑造,体现了莫里森特有的哥特情怀。 Morrison used the Gothic ghost image in the fifth novel, “Beloved,” to reproduce the bloody Gothic scene where desperate slaves had to kill her to protect their children, as well as the bloody slavery Unspeakable trauma caused by the majority of blacks. The novel perfectly integrates the process of revealing ghost identity and the process of reproducing slavery, indicating that the ghost undoubtedly became the carrier of Afro-American slavery history. Gothic ghost image of shaping, reflects Morrison unique Gothic feelings.