Juxtaposition Of White And Red In Salvia Plath's '

• Duality  ‘if not red, then white;’ ‘only the bookshelves escaped into whiteness.’
• Sylvia: Red is a life force, vitality, the sun; Hughes: Red is blood, macabre, etc.
• White: sanitised hospitals, death, decay. In asia: mourning. Also cleanliness. “bone clinic whiteness.”
• Contrast: Each party’s different meanings for the respective colours.
• Repition of “blood”
• ‘the family bones’ – reference to plath’s father.
• ‘when YOU had YOUR way,’ insinuating Plath’s dominance in the relationship.
• ‘a judgement chamber;’ ‘a throbbing cell;’ ‘aztec altar – temple.’ – claustrophobia.
• Contrast, juxtaposition of white and red.
• Flowers: Poppies, Salvias, Roses all red, “doomed”
• “You revelled in red... I felt it raw”
• Reference to
nick and the candlestick, plath’s painting.
• Overwhelming alliteration “r”
• “a little bluebird” – glimmer of hope, “the jewel you lost was blue,” only SMALL amounts of blue.
• “electrified, a guardian” blue was still vibrant, alive || red.
• Lost happiness, childhood, freedom, precious things. Her move away from the ocean (oceans are blue)
• Last poem in Birthday Letters; ,’. Last public word on his relationship w/ plath.
• Described their home in Devon and Plath’s love of red.
• Sylvia’s letter to her mother, “ted never liked blue...”
• Red/White/Blue  colours of American flag.
Sam
• Duality  ‘if not red, then white;’ ‘only the bookshelves escaped into whiteness.’
• Sylvia: Red is a life force, vitality, the sun; Hughes: Red is blood, macabre, etc.
• White: sanitised hospitals, death, decay. In asia: mourning. Also cleanliness. “bone clinic whiteness.”
• Contrast: Each party’s different meanings for the respective colours.
• Repition of “blood”
• ‘the family bones’ – reference to plath’s father.
• ‘when YOU had YOUR way,’ insinuating Plath’s dominance in the relationship.
• ‘a judgement chamber;’ ‘a throbbing cell;’ ‘aztec altar – temple.’ – claustrophobia.
• Contrast, juxtaposition of white and red.
• Flowers: Poppies, Salvias, Roses all red, “doomed”
• “You revelled in red... I felt it raw”
• Reference to nick and the candlestick, plath’s painting.
• Overwhelming alliteration “r”
• “a little bluebird” – glimmer of hope, “the jewel you lost was blue,” only SMALL amounts of blue.
• “electrified, a guardian” blue was still vibrant, alive || red.
• Lost happiness, childhood, freedom, precious things. Her move away from the ocean (oceans are blue)
• Last poem in Birthday Letters; ,’. Last public word on his relationship w/ plath.
• Described their home in Devon and Plath’s love of red.
• Sylvia’s letter to her mother, “ted never liked blue...”
• Red/White/Blue  colours of American flag.
Sam
• Duality  ‘if not red, then white;’ ‘only the bookshelves escaped into whiteness.’
• Sylvia: Red is a life force, vitality, the sun; Hughes: Red is blood, macabre, etc.
• White: sanitised hospitals, death, decay. In asia: mourning. Also cleanliness. “bone clinic whiteness.”
• Contrast: Each party’s different meanings for the respective
colours.
• Repition of “blood”
• ‘the family bones’ – reference to plath’s father.
• ‘when YOU had YOUR way,’ insinuating Plath’s dominance in the relationship.
• ‘a judgement chamber;’ ‘a throbbing cell;’ ‘aztec altar – temple.’ – claustrophobia.
• Contrast, juxtaposition of white and red.
• Flowers: Poppies, Salvias, Roses all red, “doomed”
• “You revelled in red... I felt it raw”
• Reference to nick and the candlestick, plath’s painting.
• Overwhelming alliteration “r”
• “a little bluebird” – glimmer of hope, “the jewel you lost was blue,” only SMALL amounts of blue.
• “electrified, a guardian” blue was still vibrant, alive || red.
• Lost happiness, childhood, freedom, precious things. Her move away from the ocean (oceans are blue)
• Last poem in Birthday Letters; ,’. Last public word on his relationship w/ plath.
• Described their home in Devon and Plath’s love of red.
• Sylvia’s letter to her mother, “ted never liked blue...”
• Red/White/Blue  colours of American flag.
Sam
• Duality  ‘if not red, then white;’ ‘only the bookshelves escaped into whiteness.’
• Sylvia: Red is a life force, vitality, the sun; Hughes: Red is blood, macabre, etc.
• White: sanitised hospitals, death, decay. In asia: mourning. Also cleanliness. “bone clinic
whiteness.”
• Contrast: Each party’s different meanings for the respective colours.
• Repition of “blood”
• ‘the family bones’ – reference to plath’s father.
• ‘when YOU had YOUR way,’ insinuating Plath’s dominance in the relationship.
• ‘a judgement chamber;’ ‘a throbbing cell;’ ‘aztec altar – temple.’ – claustrophobia.
• Contrast, juxtaposition of white and red.
• Flowers: Poppies, Salvias, Roses all red, “doomed”
• “You revelled in red... I felt it raw”
• Reference to nick and the candlestick, plath’s painting.
• Overwhelming alliteration “r”
• “a little bluebird” – glimmer of hope, “the jewel you lost was blue,” only SMALL amounts of blue.
• “electrified, a guardian” blue was still vibrant, alive || red.
• Lost happiness, childhood, freedom, precious things. Her move away from the ocean (oceans are blue)
• Last poem in Birthday Letters; ,’. Last public word on his relationship w/ plath.
• Described their home in Devon and Plath’s love of red.
• Sylvia’s letter to her mother, “ted never liked blue...”
• Red/White/Blue  colours of American flag.
Sam