considered to be one of the darkest taboos. It has the particular quality of being equally gripping and repulsive. Although suicide is seen as overtly morbid‚ gruesome and disturbing‚ it has made many people famous. Sylvia Plath‚ the illustrious 20th century poetess‚ is one of them. Sylvia Plath was born on October 27th‚ 1932 of two parents in a middleclass household in Boston. At a very young age‚ she demonstrated great literary talent and a hardworking attitude‚ publishing her first poem at the age of
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Both Sylvia Plath and Penelope Lively explore situations that evoke the primal fear in all of us. They use various images and different symbols to explore these fears through neurosis‚ nightmares and hallucinations. “The blue capes all dissolved and vanished”‚ just like their childhood’s innocence. The whole dreamy fantasy world of the two main characters (Sandra‚ from ‘The Darkness Out there’ and the little girl from ‘Superman and Paula Brown’s New Snowsuit’) burnt into ashes by the antagonist.
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Sylvia Plath was a brilliant writer and is my favourite writer on our course. She was also highly accomplished in other fields‚ was an intense and complex woman‚ and a woman who was frequently ill. She died at a young age. It is often the latter facts that come to mind when we think of Sylvia Plath. In the minds of many‚ her short life and personality have overwhelmed her work. First and foremost‚ however‚ we must now remember Plath as a brilliant writer. It is on this basis alone that - along
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Sylvia Plath is an American poet‚ novelist and short story writer who lived in London‚ United Kingdom. She is considered an important poet of her generation. Her work is very personal and towards the end of her life she often wrote about death. She usually used confessional genre to write her poetry. She is Best-known for her two published collections: The Colossus and Other Poetrys and Ariel. She also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel‚ The Bell Jar in 1963 published shortly before her death. The
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lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) -- Sylvia Plath‚ Smith College‚ 1954 The above metaphor appears in an amazing poem written by Sylvia Plath. It relates something everyone does everyday‚ blinking‚ and turns it into something so sorrowful and thoughtful and deep. When reading this poem‚ "Mad Girl’s Love Song‚" I get a glimpse of the immensely troubled yet astounding life that Plath led. Although she only had one book‚ The Bell Jar‚ published during her short
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Sylvia Plath was once a happy woman with a spouse and her two kids. She was well-known for her poetry. Love was one of the things that was a part of her so much because as you read some of her poetry it stood in them. Sylvia seen love as unreal. With all her writings she inspire many people. Cherie Chetyrbok a fan of Sylvia once said “I have been Sylvia Plath fan since i was teen. I still love her‚ and amazed with her talent. Some say she did not get treatment because it might have diluted her talent
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Lazarus”. Death is very much a universal theme and one present in numerous poems written by Sylvia Plath. The subject of death‚ and consequently Plath’s work‚ can therefore relate to everyone as it is relevant to all humanity‚ nobody is exempt. It can be seen that Plath had a preoccupation with death‚ it has been said that she was attracted to it like “moths to an electric light bulb” . Indeed‚ Plath attempted suicide on several occasions throughout her life‚ finally succumbing to her “passionate
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In poems of Sylvia Plath‚ entitled “Lady Lazarus” and “Daddy” some elements are similar‚ including used hostile imagery‚ gloomy atmosphere as well as recurring theme of suicide‚ but the poems differ in respect of the speaker’s point of view and attitude towards addressed person or unfavorable surroundings. These elements are employed by Plath in order to intensify the impact on her audience and convey all extreme emotions. Another issue that is considered to be worthy of thinking over is the question
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Sylvia Plath is known for her remarkably personal poetry that explores heavy topics. The American poet was intelligent and was compelled to write poetry. She wrote her first poem when she was only eight years old‚ and published hundreds more before her suicide on February 11‚ 1963. Despite her success‚ Plath went through many struggles that ultimately affected her poetry. Her German father‚ Otto Plath‚ died a long and painful death in 1940. She told her mother that she would never speak to God again
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Sexton and Sylvia Plath were both great minds‚ creative individuals‚ and some of the greatest poetic individuals of the twentieth century. Though Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath were great poets‚ they were also obsessed with death‚ darkness‚ and plagued with manic depression. They yearned for death‚ and both were able to achieve their life goal of dying. They’re poetry is a direct result of their morbid minds and the strange obsessions they shared during they’re several years of friendship. Sylvia Plath
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