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    “Daddy”‚ Sylvia Plath uses many literary devices to illustrate her struggles for freedom in relationship‚ precisely with her father and husband. She uses heavy metaphors and dense allusion to create imagery of hatred towards her relationship between both men. It is important to know Plath’s historical background before readers dive into any of her artistic work. Sylvia had a very negative relationship with men in her life especially her father and husband. Slyvia’s father‚ Otto Plath passed away

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    to be Sylvia Plath herself‚ and she seems to be speaking directly to the audience‚ no more like as if she is speaking to people around her‚ that understand her life. Because her life one can make direct connections to her life and to her poems‚ so I believe that one can trust the speaker. Structure of Poem The form of the poem Death and Co. is a traditional form‚ the limerick form‚ because every stanza is five lines except for the very last line. I believe the reason why Sylvia Plath had chosen

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    its new journey. The quarterback knows that his/her hands must be in position to receive the ball‚ regardless of the position. Just as there are subtle clues as to the play that is beginning‚ there are clues as to the intentions of the author‚ Sylvia Plath‚ in her poem “Two Sisters of Persephone”. In the poem “Two Sisters of Persephone”‚ there are multiple

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    Themes evident in Sylvia Plath’s poetry Sylvia Plath displays many themes in her work; however she has the tendency to conceal and dig her themes‚ metaphors‚ and symbols deep in her poetic words‚ which leaves us readers left to decipher them. Plath is a poet that conveys quite compelling emotions through her work and is both prodigious and petrifying while still gloomy and relieving. Though there are many themes to revisit‚ the more significant ones evident in her writing will be explored. Mortality

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    George B 11/18/11 Explication of “A Birthday Present” by Sylvia Plath For many readers‚ the draw of Sylvia Plath’s poetry is distinctly linked to her life as well as the desire to end her life. As Robert Lowell states in the forward of Ariel‚ “This poetry and life are not a career; they tell that a life‚ even when disciplined‚ is simply not worth it” (xv). “A Birthday Present”`‚ written by Plath in September of 1962 and hauntingly recorded in her own voice on audio in October of that same year

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    will learn to understand that there are punishments of society when one does not do what they should. The search for her identity and the acceptance of her truth has inspired women in future generations. Through the character of Esther Greenwood‚ Sylvia Plath explores the oppression felt by women in the 1950’s in her semibiographical novel The Bell Jar. Today‚ society’s expectations of women are nowhere similar to how they used to be back in the 1950s. Esther Greenwood writes The Bell Jar to protest

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    Explore the presentation of disturbed minds in Macbeth and in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. “Is there no way out of the mind?” Sylvia Plath was an American poet and novelist. She was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on the 27th of October 1932 just before World War II into a German/Austrian family. Plath suffered from clinical depression and tried to commit suicide multiple times‚ she was successful on her fourth attempt‚ which ended her life in February of 1963. Macbeth was a tragedy play written

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    Sylvia Plath wrote plenty of short stories and poems in her short lived career. Most of the poems in The Colossuss are the work of an obviously talented writer who is having trouble finding a subject. In Point Shirley‚ we see Plath’s exquisite sentences hard at work describing what’s actually going on. The strange psyche at the core of these poems is made powerful by its seemingly limitless ability to endure self hatred. But before the destruction‚ we get to watch Plath begin to become a great poet

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    understanding of the concept of conflicting perspectives. The audience can see that there is a great deal of ubiquity in relation to Conflicting Perspectives. Ted Hughes’ poetry gives his account of a tumultuous part of his life whilst Christine Jeff’s film portrays a different point of view than that given by Hughes’. It is through looking at Salinger’s novel‚ that the role of the authorial voice in contrast to the protagonists can create a conflicting perspective between the protagonist and the

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    Guevara and his companion‚ Alberto. Upon Che’s course of self-discovery‚ he discovers physical environments of deprived social prejudice‚ the South American civilians had suffered. Thus‚ caused him to alter his perspectives and ideals. Alternatively‚ the enigmatic poem Ariel‚ composed by Sylvia Plath‚ explores Plath’s own spiritual horse riding experience around the countryside during sunrise. Through her expedition‚ she passionately learns

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