Sylvia Plath's poem "Tulips" is an interplay between the need for peace and an ascent to wellness. ... "Tulips," also addresses the political climate of the time when Plath wrote this poem. ... In can certainly be said that when Plath had pen in hand, she was both a woman and writer ahead of her time. ... Plath's work utilizes a form of narrative poetry, telling a story and it is written with seven lines in each stanza. ... Plath's poem contains end-stop lines and enjambments. ...

• Word Count: 527
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2257
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Sylvia Plath and Susan Glaspell are prime examples of women who bucked society's expectations and entered into - and succeeded in - predominantly male careers. The unknown female character in Sylvia Plath's poem, "Mirrors," reflects Plath's own emergence into a woman who is coming to understand the truth despite the demands of age and time. ... (Plath 10-11) The mirror symbolizes how she sees herself. ... "(Plath 17-18) The unknown character "Mirrors " finally is revealed and understands that once upon a time she was young and now she is old and there is no going back to chang...

• Word Count: 772
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath shows the shallowness and superficial concerns of women through the personification and the description of a mirror reflecting a woman's life and her character. The poem is narrated by the mirror, which doesn't provide an unbiased and impartial view on its character contrar...

• Word Count: 717
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This essay will demonstrate and examine how the selected works of Sylvia Plath, Diane Di Prima, and Suzanne Collins, challenge the standard depiction of the twentieth century's female gender roles by defying the patriarchal belief of women's domestic position within society. Sylvia Plath became known as a feminist writer through her poems that exposed patriarchal oppression. ... By making such harsh connections to her oppressor, the reader can see Sylvia Plath's use of feminist writing flourish in order to prove the true issues of oppressive patriarchy. ... By writing this p...

• Word Count: 2160
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 743
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The birth of a child may be one of the most astonishing experiences in a women's life. For many, it changes their lives in many ways based on their experience throughout the whole process. There are many ways to conceive a child, however in Sylvia Plath's "Three Women", the three most common scenari...

• Word Count: 707
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School