Does Dr. Flint has some humanistic aspects in his identity? if he is compared with schoolteacher in Beloved?

None that I've ever attributed to him. He's manipulative, amoral, and he enjoys wielding control over others. Linda is 40 years younger than he is, but this is not enough for him. He wants her total submission physically, mentally, and emotionally...... this insures that he will never have to go through with his threats. He doesn't have to beat or rape her.... and he doesn't want to. He beats her down mentally and emotionally because he's marked her as intelligent. Therefore mind games are more fun.

Flint has fathered 11 slave children and appears to have no regard for his wife, whom he manipulates as well as Linda. He professes to be a Christian, but his only real concern is continuing to bolster a positive image in his community.

Schoolteacher was a cruel and sadistic master, interested in ways to break the wills of his slaves. He conducted a pseudo-scientific study of the slaves, treating them in his study the way a biologist treats lab animals. His nephews held Sethe down and stole her milk while schoolteacher took notes. When it was discovered that Sethe told Mrs. Garner what they had done, schoolteacher had one of his nephews whip Sethe, giving her the distinctive scars on her back.

None that I've ever attributed to him. He's manipulative, amoral, and he enjoys wielding control over others. Linda is 40 years younger than he is, but this is not enough for him. He wants her total submission physically, mentally, and emotionally...... this insures that he will never have to go through with his threats. He doesn't have to beat or rape her.... and he doesn't want to. He beats her down mentally and emotionally because he's marked her as intelligent. Therefore mind games are more fun.

Schoolteacher was a cruel and sadistic master, interested in ways to break the wills of his slaves. He conducted a pseudo-scientific study of the slaves, treating them in his study the way a biologist treats lab animals. His nephews held Sethe down and stole her milk while schoolteacher took notes. When it was discovered that Sethe told Mrs. Garner what they had done, schoolteacher had one of his nephews whip Sethe, giving her the distinctive scars on her back.

Flint has fathered 11 slave children and appears to have no regard for his wife, whom he manipulates as well as Linda. He professes to be a Christian, but his only real concern is continuing to bolster a positive image in his community.