When first reading “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ the reader may find him or herself confused‚ or at least unsure of the meaning of this poem. The poem uses numerous images that‚ at first glance‚ don’t seem to have anything in common. However‚ the careful reader (or the luck one) will see the connection: all of these have something to do with round‚ big objects. If the reader takes into the account the “nine” syllables‚ symbolising nine months‚ and the imagery that relates to bloatedness and roundness
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A novel by Sylvia Plath named The Bell Jar which the main character Esther Greenwood struggles with finding her identity‚finding meaning with in her life and struggles with a terrible depression which causes her to fall into mental illness.The theme throughout the story is such a negative mind and full of madness . In the novel there’s the use of different elements to demonstrate the mental breakdown of Esther. For example in the novel there’s examples of metaphor‚simile and analogy that help highlight
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use of apostrophe in its direct address to the father figure. How does Plath stage that address as a kind of declaration of independence in the decisive tone with which she at once judges and dismisses the father? The poem Daddy‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ is a text which reveals to the reader‚ the nature of the persona’s relationship with her father as well as the impact that her father’s death had on her. Being a confessional poem‚ the reader can assume that it is about Plath herself. The purpose
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Two views of a cadaver room After reading the poem ‘two views in a cadaver room’ by Sylvia Plath‚ it gives the poem a dark and bright side of love which includes a dark grey area between the two. This poem has an observer who narrates both stanzas of the poem‚ both of which have different overview of emotions mostly depending on love. Sylvia Plath seems to have a sublime image over death as well as love‚ seeing that both of the stanzas have a connection drawn to an optical conclusion that death
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responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day [Everyone]… [will] truly grow up” said by John C Maxwell‚ Author. While anyone can grow up only few can make their own decisions and truly mature. Maturity can be seen in Sylvia Plath’s “Initiation” and Richard Peck’s “I Go Along”. In Sylvia Plath’s “Initiation” a young woman Millicent makes her own decisions and does not join a high school sorority. Millicent found out that joining a group‚ sorority‚ club‚ or gang will not have an effect on how people
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poem in which Ted Hughes contemplates and describes the Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) inflicted on Sylvia Plath. The human impulse behind this poem is to bring across the negative impact and effects this anti-depression therapy has on her. Through this poem‚ the horror and needless destruction that such therapy implicates is conveyed very impressively. In the first lines‚ Ted Hughes refers to Sylvia Plath’s temples‚ where the electrodes for ECT are placed‚ as "the tender place". The word "tender"
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In contrast‚ “Daddy” mainly overuses assonance throughout all the poem‚ in words such as “do” (1)‚ “shoe” (2)‚ “Achoo” (5)‚ “you” (6)‚ “blue” (12)‚ in addition to other similarly-sounding words. These soft sounds emphasize the weakness of author Sylvia Plath in front of her father’s strength to show her desire to escape the patriarchy and the dominance of her father. Furthermore‚ word repetitions stand out in Plath’s poem. The repetition of words such as “Jew” (32-35‚ 40)‚ “wars” (18) and “Ich”
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Sylvia Plath wrote an autobiography which was never meant to be known that it was about her own self‚ or even to be read in America until after her death. Who and what could she have been protecting and why would she even have wrote if it was such a big secret? Plath tells her story of the madness that came over her through Esther‚ the main character in The Bell Jar. She could make this story come to life because it was her own story and she lived it‚ and so she told it; Of course with the help
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studied English‚ Anthropology and Archaeology at Pembroke College. Hughes graduated from Cambridge in 1954. A few years later‚ in 1956‚ he co-founded the literary magazine St. Botolph’s Review with a handful of other editors. Ted met his future wife Sylvia Plath at a party four months after there meeting they got married. Plath encouraged Hughes to submit his first manuscript‚ The Hawk in the Rain‚ to The Poetry Center’s First Publication book contest. The judges‚ awarded the manuscript first prize
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eye begins to see.” This quote is saying that in troubled times; one can find a way to see through the gloom. Therefore‚ darkness will lead to enlightenment. Both the memoire Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and the novel The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath illustrate the mind’s ability to shine light through the darkest of times. Man’s Search for Meaning shares an experience through a concentration camp from Frankl’s own eyes. In his account of the camps‚ Frankl describes the nature of man when
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