Sylvia Plath Dying Is An Art Like Everything

Sylvia Plath epitomized death ever since she was left traumatized by her father’s passing at the age of eight. The death of her father took a toll on her as she was left feeling unsecure and abandoned. Plath’s literature gravitates around the theme of death as she never recovered from the loss of her father and was not able to forget about her distress or heal her wounds. Ultimately in efforts to escape her misery and isolation, Plath, at the age of ten, attempted to commit suicide for the first time. Her ten-year-old self tried to slit her throat as she knew that death was the only way of reuniting with her father in the other world. As time went on Plath’s sufferings over time accumulated eventually leading to more suicide attempts. Although the fear of death is said to be a
I do it exceptionally well”. This line from “Lady Lazarus” indicates Plath’s view of