American poets are "dime a dozen", but one such as Sylvia Plath are hard to come by. During her eighth year of life, she experienced the tragic death of her father (Kehoe 90). Her father's death set this poor girl spinning! Sylvia Plath led and interesting childhood and teenage years, and put an abrupt end to her live in 1963.
Sylvia Plath led an interesting life; especially during her years as a child and a teenager. When she was eight her father, Otto, died (Wakeman 1143), and Sylvia felt that her father had abandoned her (Kehoe 90). As result of her father's death, she moved with her mother and younger brother, Warren, moved to Massachusetts (Kehoe 90). She graduated top of her class in high school and went to college at Smith University (Wakeman 1143). While in college, she spent a hectic and demanding month as a guest editor of "Mademoiselle" (Kehoe 90). During this time, her father's death really began to take a toll on her (90). 1953 was the year that she first tried to kill her self by overdosing on sleeping pills (90), which led to her electroshock therapy treatments (Wakeman 1143). When she was released she went to England on a scholarship; while she was there she met Ted Hughes, an English poet, and they were married almost instantly (Kehoe 90).
Due to Sylvia and Ted's marital tribulations, she committed suicide at an early age. She could have overdosed on sleeping pills, but she chose a propane stove (Hayman 13). It is very apparent to us that Sylvia did care for her children. She sealed her two children's doors up with towels and placed milk with some bread inside their cribs (13). She placed a towel on the stove, turned on the burners, laid her head down, and went to sleep (13). It is very apparent.
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That she had this planned for a while. Sylvia had written a note for someone to call the doctor (13). When the babysitter arrived, she heard the two babies crying inside; after knocking, she knocked the door down; and found them unharmed in their room (13).
