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    The presentation and significance of moments when light and dark imagery are brought to the fore.  Light is a motif encountered in The Bell Jar and Thérèse Raquin‚ used to illuminate true human nature. In The Bell Jar‚ Sylvia Plath’s  use of mirrors  conveys Esther dissociated identities; the mirror is a reminder of her inability to understand herself‚ and presents the difference between her inner self and the person she exhibits to the outer world. Similarly‚ Emile Zola uses light in Thérèse

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    Comparison of Chapter 1 of the Bell Jar and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest The bell jar and one flew over the cuckoo’s nest can be linked considerably. Both novels are set in 1950’ America post the ‘cold war’ an era where conformity and obedience is a norm and anything that impairs it isn’t seen as a benefit to society. Both novels explore themes such as paranoia‚ suspicion and mental health. The Bell Jar has a significant opening with the first sentence that mentions the execution of the Rosenberg’s

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    English 01A Silvia Plath’s The Bell Jar: A Book Review The Bell Jar is a semi-biographical novel of the life of Sylvia Plath‚ set in the 1950’s‚ the story follows the life of Esther Greenwood a college student from Massachusetts. Esther travels to New York with 11 other girls as guest editors for a magazine. In New York Esther battles with herself and social prejudices; she knows that she is in a seemingly ideal situation; however‚ she struggles with her ambitions of becoming a female writer in

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    The Bell Jar as a Controlling Image in The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar contains a constant reference to a bell jar that acts as a controlling image. The bell jar in the novel controls the novel in three ways. It acts as a symbol for the depression that Esther Greenwood‚ the central character‚ experiences. It also serves as a metaphor for her. Finally‚ it is the very illusion that drives her into depression. Esther Greenwood works for a fashion magazine in New York and lives a "dream

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    Research Paper: The Bell Jar‚ By: Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar is a work of fiction that spans a six month time period in the life of the protagonist and narrator‚ Esther Greenwood. The novel tells of Esther’s battle against her oppressive surroundings and her ever building madness‚ this is the central conflict throughout the narrative. After coming home from a month in New York as a guest editor for a magazine‚ Esther begins to have trouble with everyday activities such as reading‚

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    The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath’s‚ The Bell Jar‚ tells the story of a young woman in search of her identity during a time of conformity in the 1950’s. This young woman‚ Esther Greenwood‚ represents Plath herself and explains her own story as she descends into “madness”‚ otherwise known today as depression. Since the story was written during the 1950’s‚ there are some things that may seem somewhat outdated. However‚ one can still relate to Plath’s story in many ways even today. Like any other novel written

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    Society often has its own rules and expectations a person should follow. Clearly stated in the novel‚ author of The Bell Jar‚ Sylvia Plath addresses societal influence by exposing social pressures on people‚ particularly women. Esther Greenwood‚ the main character of the novel‚ is the victim of the heavy weight of other people’s opinions; which in the end leads to her deteriorating mental instability. She attempts to live the life that is expected of her‚ but in the end she can not fulfill these

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    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 conflicts Esther Greenwood

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    Confined By Expectation “The main point of the article was that a man’s world is different from a woman’s world and a man’s emotions are different from a woman’s emotions and only marriage can bring the two worlds and the two different sets of emotions together properly...This woman lawyer said the best men wanted to be pure for their wives‚ and even if they weren’t pure‚ they wanted to be the ones to teach their wives about sex.” (Pg. 44-45) Esther feels confined because the principles of society

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    “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath is an exceptional read. The story takes place in 1953‚ as Esther Greenwood goes through the struggles of depression‚ she learns how to cope with difficulties thrown into her path. The quote‚ “A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling; it must have something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man and woman” by Thomas Hardy is a perfect description of this book. In my opinion‚ this quote means that if there is no meaning

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