writer‚ and third to investigate whether it relates to abnormal mental functions (Kaye par. 3). Using these three ways of psychoanalysis‚ I analyzed the poems “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ and “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath and discovered how the mental state of the author affects the characters and tone of their writing. Seamus Heaney ’s "Digging” opens with the author at his desk‚ pen in hand‚ and beginning to write. The first person to investigate would be the
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would write away in the night after her family went to sleep. Her poetry was aggressively individualistic. She wrote about sexuality and longing in a way that was never written before by Indo-Asian women authors‚ drawing comparisons to the likes of Sylvia Plath. By discussing her private feelings of love‚ lust and discussing sexuality through her poems‚ she invited the public into the private miseries of her experiences. There is a spirit of rebellion in her poems and it is seen as much in her introduction
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My Papa’s Waltz: brutal or lighthearted? Whenever a poem is written without a clear understanding on how it should be interpreted both positive and negative emotions arise. One might try to pick up on the catchy rhymes that are meant for it to be comical‚ while other notice the harsh adjective and nouns associating with death. When a poem combines the innocence of a child at play associating with a drunken‚ hardworking father a lighthearted and brutal mental picture arises in one’s head. In the
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minimal yet possible with a little flick of hope. The fear of drowning in the depths of the ocean constraint one from relinquishing the support of a life preserver. Similarly‚ the main character; Esther Greenwood‚ in the novel; The Bell Jar‚ by Sylvia Plath‚ experiences several external and internal conflicts throughout the novel in the hope of discovering her true identity‚ the role she wants to play as a women in the 1950’s and the societal ‘Bell Jar’ that she’s expected to conform about. The following
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Compare the ways in which Shakespeare and Plath explore the theme of mortality in Hamlet and Lady Lazarus. In both Lady Lazarus and Hamlet the semantic field of mortality and death can be clearly seen. Hamlet’s second soliloquy‚ ‘To be or not to be’ can be found in act three‚ when Polonius and Claudius are hiding behind a wall listening to how Hamlet responds to Ophelia. Although there is a huge time difference between when they were written it is surprisingly similar in its semantic field of
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Out of all the poems available for a title poem for Sylvia Plath’s anthology‚ Cut would make the “cut”. While Sylvia has a much darker writing style‚ Cut is about as humorous as her poems get. Cut is one of the more memorable poems read by the class‚ and the poem sticks due to its odd descriptions and nooks and crannies of a chipped thumb. The only time Sylvia really utilizes humor in her poetry is when she makes fun of her own fumbles and follies‚ in Stings‚ about not conforming to the modern housewife
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SECTION 1 THE SINGLE TEXT MACBETH – William Shakespeare (i) “Shakespeare’s play‚ “Macbeth”‚ presents us with a clash between noble kingship and brutal tyranny.” Write your response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. OR (ii) “Lady Macbeth is a much more ruthless character than her husband Macbeth” Discuss this view‚ supporting your answer with suitable refrence to both characters in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”.
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Compare and contrast the presentation of Doctor Gordon from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar‚ and the Big Nurse from Ken Kesey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest in regard to the extracts. The two extracts from One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath are both first person narratives depicting the rebellion towards the patriarchal society after the war in the 1950s and the 1960s. The first one‚ the extract from The Bell Jar shows Esther visiting Doctor Gordon‚ and
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become always more erotic as time went by. The theme of the “Death and the Maiden” was apparent in the following works: Joyce Carol Oates’‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Perrault and Grimms‚ "Little Red Riding Hood;” "Little Red Cap;" Sylvia Plath’s‚ Collected Poems‚ Antigone (Sophocles and Anouilh); and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In the short story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚" Oates gave voice to a fifteen-year-old girl‚ Connie‚ who gets caught alone in her house by
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but remarkably published two poems‚ (one under his pseudonym‚ Daniel Hearing) getting him back in the swing of things. When he graduated he had several non-writing related jobs‚ but nothing serious. In 1956 Hughes met and married American poet Sylvia Plath‚ who was already a published poet with several awards. She supported him in his writings and together their poems were published in magazines like The Nation‚ Poetry‚ and The Atlantic. In 1957‚ with help from his wife‚ Hughes published a book
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