Sylvia Plath was a great American poet gaining her fame and recognition in the twentieth century, after her death. ... It is in fact that one of Plath's central themes in poetry is women being haunted by the male domineering nature. ... Sylvia Plath uses images of the holocaust and Jews to identify herself, and you can see how she associates the Nazi and the Germans as the powerful/authoritative male figures that replace her father. ... That's why in the movie "Sylvia", Plath's mother tells Ted that Sylvia loves him because she fears him, "I think you've frighten her, that&...

• Word Count: 646
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In this opening, Hughes makes use of the religious diction of Plath's worship to suggest an active seeking out of powerful masculine figures by Plath. ... In this way, Hughes makes use of the familiar image of a worshipper in both poems to explore his guilt in the demise of Sylvia Plath. ... Uniquely, the poem is one of the few in Hughes work which does not make use of Sylvia Plath as a muse, instead adopting the second person pronoun 'you' to directly address Otto Plath. The poem describes the entangled images of Plath and Hughes created in Sylvia Plath's poetry. ... Hugh...

• Word Count: 2183
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sylvia Plath's poetry is well known for its deeply personal and emotional subject matter. ... (Perkins, 591) Sylvia's father, Otto Plath, was a German immigrant and an entomologist who specialized in bumblebees. Plath described him to a college roommate as "an autocrat . . . ... Plath felt dominated by both her father and husband. ... Plath felt oppressed and stifled by men throughout her life. ...

• Word Count: 1043
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Sylvia Plath was born on the 27th of October 1932, in Boston Massachusetts. She was raised well by both of her parents until her father caught an illness and died when Sylvia was only eight years old (Newman 15). ... Before her death, Sylvia would go to her downstairs neighbor and claim that she was going to die. In a biography of Sylvia Plath Ronald Hayman states "She stood there with bloodshot eyes tears running down her face: "I'm going to die. . . ... Finally, On February 11th of 1963 Sylvia Plath committed suicide by consuming sleeping pills and gas inhalation. ...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6