"We all go through the same thing, it's all just a different kind of the same thing. For many years, women have been treated as second class citizens in a male dominated society. Their job has been to have babies, raise them, take care of their household, clean, cook please their husbands. .
Over the past century, women have started to take a stand and cross over into male dominate careers. 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. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wright, the protagonist in Susan Glaspell's one-act play, "Trifles," is a woman accused of killing her husband for reasons unknown to the men in her town; but the women in town are aware of the crime that she has committed. Both author's effectively use symbolism, characterization and personification to challenge their readers perceptions of truth, self-knowledge, and identity. And it's clear that both women believe that before a woman can push through the obstacles she'll face, she must be fully true to herself.
The truth, however, is sometimes hidden under the layers of life's worst circumstances. In "Trifles,"" Mrs. Hale, visits the home of Mrs. Wright, to deliver some goods to here since she was being accused of killing her husband. She discovers that a canary that Mrs. Wright had purchased from a local merchant, had been killed by Mr. Wright. "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird, a thing that sang." She used to sing. He killed that, too" (Glaspell 1.1.124). The killing of the bird symbolizes the stifling of Mrs. Wrights voice; the quick removal of her one bit of premarital independence and happiness.
When the bird died at the hands of her husband, Mrs.
Sylvia Plath, a complex poet, a complex mind. ... In the mayhem that was Plath's mind three major themes emerge: death, conflict, and personal experiences. ... The first theme that emerges when one tries to comprehend the chaos in Sylvia Plath's mind is death. ... Plath states. ... Some of the most cherished poetry in Plath's collection came from tragic experiences in Plath's own life. ...
The story by Glaspell can be seemed as one feminist piece of literature. ... Glaspell in her story: "she didn't seem like a sheriff's wife. ... Peters is not woman enough to be the sheriff´s wife. ... In conclusion, from these three actions the short history of Susan Glaspell can be analyzed as a feminist piece of literature, which highlights the treatment that woman receives in a patriarchal society. ... Even though these three actions to displace woman, Glaspell references that women deserve the same social and professional position as men at the story´s end. ...
The poem describes a woman who seeks and yet denies the truth about herself and it reveals a woman growing older as she watches the process unfolding before her. ... Plath stated, "I am silver and exact"." ... Plath says, "Now I am a lake... Plath writes, "A woman bends over me/ searching my reaches for what she really is" (11) signifying that she is unable to move forward in life. ... "In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me and old woman/ Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish...
It's one with uneven jolts at random times, much like that of a pregnant woman walking. ... Size does matter, especially to a pregnant lady and when the reader focuses their attention on all the words referring to big, round, or growing things like elephant, melon, rising bread, or "fat purse," it's easier to make the connection that this poem is about a pregnant woman (Plath 775). ... When one visualizes a big round melon atop two tendrils - "tendrils" Plath uses to describe thin, delicate legs compared to the load above - the image of a pregnant woman with her large round...
The American woman, Sylvia Plath, is one of the well-known poets who used a lot of the theme of death in her literary works. ... Beneath Sylvia's seemingly perfect surface, she was an unstable woman with mental issues, probably due to the death of her father. ... Sadly, this woman's life story was not a happy one, even when she tried to portray a joyful life, she was really depressed, and this is shown through many of her poems. ... In this period, the primary force was the betrayal of her husband–his leaving her for another woman–and the anger and pain that rejection c...
SYLVIA PLATH : THE APPLICANT Sylvia Plath's Poem "The Applicant", explores many issues, in particular it looks at the ideas of feminism and the role of women in a marriage. ... Silvia Plath has used many poetic methods to help propel the concerns of her poem. ... In the first stanza, Plath leads us to believe that the person being questioned is a woman, "Do you wear Rubber breasts or a rubber crotch". ... Plath does, however, mention death twice in "The Applicant", which adds darkness to the humour. ... Plath seems to suggest that marriage has lost its true meaning and is now a de...
Sylvia Plath's poetry is well known for its deeply personal and emotional subject matter. ... 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. ... The tone of this poem is of a woman engulfed in spite and hatred. ...
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. ... She is torn between being an artist and being a woman. ... Plath's poem contains end-stop lines and enjambments. ...
In the poem "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath, we encounter a woman of mixed feelings because she didn't feel loved or affectionate by her father. ... Plath concludes with the symbolic scene of the speaker killing her vampire father. ... 'Every woman,' she announces 'loves a Fascist/The boot in the face, the brute/Brute heart of a brute like you. ... Plath definitely wrote this poem to free herself from the memories of her father and her husband. ... Plath is still pained by these men, and cannot completely go on being alive. ...
