'You do not do, you do not do/ Any more, black shoe/ In which I have lived like a foot/ For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breath or Achoo', is the opening description provided by Plath of her circumstances in 'Daddy'. In this opening stanza, the familiar image of a foot inside a shoe forms the basis of a psychological exploration of the subjugation of women to the power of dominant masculinity. Plath, representative of women, is forced into submission by the notion of her deceased father, the black shoe in this instance. This commonplace simile, combined ...

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Slip into this man's shoes and wonder how it would feel to live a life such as his. ... Like Lindsey Lohan is always getting in trouble for the most obscure crimes or Kanye West frowning in every single picture Kim Kardashian takes of him; someone rich might not actually be able to live his life contently without a society around to support him. ... Nobody can live life alone. ...

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