1. Sylvia Plath
Reading Sylvia Plaths poems and knowing little about her life, a psychological aspect is obvious. ... Sylvia Plath's writing always had a way to make the reader understand how she was feeling about trials in her life; Plath pulled her readers in her world. . Sylvia Plath's poem "Metaphors" concentrates on the psychology of pregnant women, and the apprehension Plath had during this time in her life. ... Sylvia feels that she is sheltering something, but has to think deeply about sheltering this object. ... Sylvia Plath and the elements she chose to describe a pregnancy gave the fe...
Sylvia Plath What was it that drove Sylvia Plath to suicide? What encourages a poet such as Sylvia Plath to produce such intense pieces of writing? ... Many poets in the past have produced such works, but none have been as striking as those of Sylvia Plath's. ... Many of Plath's poems have made reference to her past. ... Sylvia Plath had it all. ...
This is the question that troubles Esther Greenwood in Sylvia Plath's novel "The Bell Jar." ... In the novel "The Bell Jar," Sylvia Plath's style requests her readers to look inside the distraught mind of Ms. ... Furthermore, Sylvia Plath's imagery is used to help paint the picture of just how determined Esther is to meet her own expectations as well as societies. ... In Stephanie Tsanks, "The Bell Jar: A Psychological Case Study," states the bell jar as a symbol of society's stifling constraints and befuddling mixed messages that trap Sylvia Plath's heroine, Esther Gr...
A Glimmer of Hope Sylvia Plath was a woman whose mind was a spectrum of creativity and accomplishment plagued with strong depression and hatred. ... Sylvia Plath uses stunning imagery to describe the return of hope and faith from her tormenting depression in her poem Mystic. ... The question of tenderness is one of the many that Sylvia Plath was tormented wit throughout her life. ... This is possibly symbolism for a fresh start and new hope in Sylvia Plath's life. ... Wile being trapped, seized up, and swallowed by her manic depression, Sylvia Plath, desperately searching f...
In Sylvia Plath's, "The Bell Jar," the theme of identity is a recurring topic. ... Early in "The Bell Jar," Sylvia Plath makes it increasingly clear that Esther Greenwood is mentally unstable. ... Then I'd know what to do" (Plath 58). ... I didn't want anything I said or did that night to be associated with me and my real name"(Plath 17). ... Nolan like a mother figure (Plath 316). ...
The novel The Bell Jar written by Sylvia Plath is set in the 1950s America when the idea of adolescence was reasonably recent and society seemed a little uncomfortable with the idea of unrestricted individuality. Sylvia Plath explores these issues about individuality against society's expectations through the protagonist of The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood who has an identity crisis, which leads to a mental breakdown. ... Sylvia Plath uses the motif "the bell jar" to illustrate the effect of society on Esther. ... Sylvia Plath asks us; to what extent is Esther responsible for her actions an...