In the novel‚ The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath it unveils a woman ’s downhill spiral into a dark place. The novel is an autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath ’s own life‚ however the names are changed. The main character is named Esther Greenwood‚ a young‚ bright writer who has won a contest to work at a magazine in New York City. While it seems glamorous‚ this is just the beginning of a terrible illness that takes over this young girls life. I felt a personal connection with this character as she
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Commentary Essay for Sylvia Plath’s Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath? Have you heard of her? Well‚ Sylvia Plath is a well-known poet‚ novelist and author. Plath was born during the great depression influencing her writing style. At a very young age she lost her father and since then she began lose faith. She also became ambivalent about religion all throughout her life. Plath was a very smart student and was accepted into Smith College in America. During her stay in college she was accepted as an editor
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one primary and deeply affective determinant is her familial relationships—and lack thereof. In Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar‚ Esther Greenwood’s inadequate‚ negative familial relationships cause the emotional underdevelopment that engenders her depreciating mental health; Esther’s emotional maturity‚ mental health‚ and personal growth improve only through
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effect on those who discover. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest‚ and Gwen Harwood’s poem ‘The Glass Jar’‚ the authors use the characterisation of main characters in their texts to explore the ways in which discovery affects people and how it changes their perspectives‚ leading to deeper and broader understandings of themselves and their worlds. The characters of the boy in ‘The Glass Jar’ and Miranda in The Tempest are important in the exploration of the effects of discovery and how it enables
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a novel that was published in 1963 that chronicles the story of Esther Greenwood. Esther is a young woman who just finished her junior year of college‚ and like most young adults her age‚ she is plagued with an overwhelming sense of uncertainty about what lies in store for her in the future. Esther is extremely conflicted between the various paths she could choose to follow‚ which leads her into a state of depression that ultimately sends her to an asylum. There‚ she
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Alberta Tar Sands Sustainability Report Introduction Tar sands are a combination of clay‚ sand‚ water‚ and bitumen. As a type of unconventional petroleum deposit‚ tar sands are found in many places worldwide‚ the largest deposits are found in Alberta‚ Canada. The Alberta tar sand deposits contain more than 70.8% of the world ’s reserves of natural bitumen which representing 40% of the world’s combined extra-heavy crude oil and crude bitumen reserves. It is the only bitumen deposits that are economically
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Another one of Gwen Harwood’s poems where psychoanalytical criticism or a modernist reading is appropriate is The Glass Jar. This poem is about the transformation from childhood innocence into adulthood. The poem deals with an individual’s perception of the universe and the romantic notion of a child learning through experience. Gwen Harwood writes about a child’s fears of the darkness and loneliness and how through his experience he transforms. This poem has a major contrast between light and dark
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and a writer. Unfortunately‚ this becomes impossible for her as extreme pressure is imposed on her to succeed academically‚ all while being a wife and mother. Ultimately‚ Esther goes mad and attempts suicide‚ but fails. In Sylvia Plath’s‚ “The Bell Jar”‚ she explores that imposing social pressures and expectations on people often cause depression‚ rebelliousness‚ and a loss of identity within the victim. Society is cruel and unforgiving because when it expects too much from a person‚ it can cause
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analyzed and explained. In order to answer these questions this essay has been organized to
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In Tar Baby‚ the natural world serves many functions. It is one of the novel’s thematic oppositions‚ nature versus civilization. The natural world aids Morrison in defining characters. Characters like Therese and Son spend most of their time outdoors in the midst of nature. Both of them firmly value the ties of heritage‚ family‚ and race. They strongly believe in the importance of place and origin and they believe in the power and reality of myth. Therese and Son are very comfortable with the natural
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