Compare the Ways in Which James Joyce and Sylvia Plath Portray Intense Experience and Emotional State
Compare the ways in which James Joyce and Sylvia Plath portray intense experience and emotional states in their writing
Both writers portray intense experience and emotional state in their writing; this creates engaging emotive texts which creates imagery in the reader’s minds. James Joyce uses more subtle ways than Plath of creating intricate imagery and emotions for the reader through long descriptive writing in ‘Eveline’, a short story where a young woman is planning to run away from her violent father to marry a sailor but cannot follow through at the end. Sylvia Plath uses highly expressive writing which give a view into her mind and thoughts to create this experience for the reader. The poems are; ‘Tulips’ which is a poem written by Plath about her time in hospital where she was having her appendix removed shortly after miscarrying, ‘Daddy’ which is a rather provocative poem written not long before her suicide about a girl who’s father’s death deeply disturbed her and ‘You’re’ a poem describing her unborn child.
Joyce portrays intense experience and emotional state in ‘Eveline’ through imagery and sensory language “She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne” Joyce uses alliteration to emphasise key verbs by using repeated sounds which sound such as ‘she sat’ and ‘window watching’ the passive nature of these verbs connote uncertainty and guilt at the idea of leaving her home foreshadowing her inability to go through with her plans with Frank. ‘Invade’ violent military imagery is used to describe the night which connotes her fear and uncertainty, as when the evening draws on as does the time to fulfil her promise to Frank which she feels is in conflict with her duties as a daughter. Sensory imagery is also used, ‘in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne’ this gives the reader a more intense experience by showing detail and making the
Both writers portray intense experience and emotional state in their writing; this creates engaging emotive texts which creates imagery in the reader’s minds. James Joyce uses more subtle ways than Plath of creating intricate imagery and emotions for the reader through long descriptive writing in ‘Eveline’, a short story where a young woman is planning to run away from her violent father to marry a sailor but cannot follow through at the end. Sylvia Plath uses highly expressive writing which give a view into her mind and thoughts to create this experience for the reader. The poems are; ‘Tulips’ which is a poem written by Plath about her time in hospital where she was having her appendix removed shortly after miscarrying, ‘Daddy’ which is a rather provocative poem written not long before her suicide about a girl who’s father’s death deeply disturbed her and ‘You’re’ a poem describing her unborn child.
Joyce portrays intense experience and emotional state in ‘Eveline’ through imagery and sensory language “She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne” Joyce uses alliteration to emphasise key verbs by using repeated sounds which sound such as ‘she sat’ and ‘window watching’ the passive nature of these verbs connote uncertainty and guilt at the idea of leaving her home foreshadowing her inability to go through with her plans with Frank. ‘Invade’ violent military imagery is used to describe the night which connotes her fear and uncertainty, as when the evening draws on as does the time to fulfil her promise to Frank which she feels is in conflict with her duties as a daughter. Sensory imagery is also used, ‘in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne’ this gives the reader a more intense experience by showing detail and making the