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    ‘The Applicant’ places both men and women as victims in a society which disallows them any sense of free-will.’ To what extent to you agree with this view? ‘The Applicant’ by Sylvia Plath is a poem centred on the idea that relationships between humans are only a regime to fill a physical need‚ and marriage is the only way to be free of a crippling lifestyle‚ and women are seen as being a set of appendages and functions‚ men as the consumer and worker‚ key to the success of the Marxist viewpoints

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    The Applicant: • The concept of marriage and society’s expectations of marriage is reflected through Plath’s satirical portrayal of marriage as a sales pitch‚ a cunning gimmick that people are forced in to. • The capitalist economic system of the time period emphasized the need to have a sustainable job‚ implying that employment is the source of social status and contentment. • Plath suggests that the government‚ consumerism and the patriarchy cause the dehumanization of people‚ especially women

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    The Life and Poetry of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath was born on October 27‚ 1932 in Boston Massachusetts‚ and died on February 11‚ 1963 by suicide. She became a poet and was known after she died for “the intense coupling of its violent or disturbed imagery and its playful use of alliteration and rhyme” (Poets.org). She began her poetry when she began to write and just after graduating high school her first published poem was in the Christian Science Monitor in 1950. Sylvia was diagnosed with depression

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    human being to express themselves‚ sometimes not straightforward‚ however in a more abstract way. Sylvia Plath was a 20th century American poet‚ novelist and short story writer. (Snider) Controversy still continues to surround the events of her life and death‚ as well as her writing and legacy. Two poems that best demonstrate her style of confessional poetry are “Mirror” and “Daddy.” (Sewell) Sylvia Plath’s poems often illustrate or include details from her personal feelings of being oppressed for

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    Sylvia Plath‚ Exam Question. The poetry of Sylvia Plath is intense and quite disturbing. Discuss I agree with the statement that Sylvia Plath’s poems are filled with intense and disturbing thoughts. Plath’s poetry is intense‚ deeply personal and quite disturbing. Plath has a dark mind filled with doubts and demons of all shapes and sizes which provides rich imagery to draw from. The best poems to describe the disturbing experience are ‘Child’‚ ’Black Rook in Rainy Weather’‚ ‘Morning Song’‚ ’Mirror’

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    to shake the rigidity of conservative beliefs. This essay will look at Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ The Applicant‚ written in 1962 to explore the gender roles in early 1960’s society. The theme of Plath’s poem is the inequitable idea of gender roles in early 1960’s society‚ men were expected to be the breadwinner and women were expected to cook and clean. In addition‚ the poem is a reflection of the relationship between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes‚ illustrating the absurdity of their relationship. In saying

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    The “father figure” in Sylvia Plath’s poetry “Daddy” This brings out a strong obsession of a daughter towards her father‚ with a deep-rooted sexual instinct as an undercurrent. It is not easy to overlook this aspect of Sylvia Plath’s poetry‚ though many critics have blown this out of proportion. Pomes like ’Daddy’‚ ’Cut’ and ’Fever’ can be analyzed from the sensitive angle of ’love-hate’ relationship from a sensitive feminine poet. But when it comes to reading of ’The Colossus’‚ ’Lady Lazarus’

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    Sylvia Plath was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on October 27‚ 1932. Sylvia Plath met and married British poet Ted Hughes‚ even though the two later split. Plath published her first poem at the age of eight and she committed her first attempt to suicide at age ten. However‚ beneath the surface of her seeming perfect there were some grave depressions‚ some which probably were caused by the death of her father‚ when she was eight. In the poem Daddy by Sylvia Plath Sylvia began to explain her father’s

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    Sylvia Plath (October 27‚ 1932 – February 11‚ 1963) was an American poet‚ novelist and short story writer. Born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ she studied at Smith College and Newnham College‚ Cambridge‚ before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956 and they lived together first in the United States and then England‚ having two children together‚ Frieda and Nicholas. Plath suffered from depression for much of her adult life‚[1] and in 1963 she committed

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    Background Information Sylvia Plath lived from October 27‚ 1932 – February 11‚ 1963. She was an American poet‚ novelist and short story writer. Born in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Plath suffered from depression for much of her adult life‚ and in 1963 she committed suicide. The poem‚ "Mad Girl’s Love Song"‚ was written by Sylvia Plath. This poem has a theme of suicide as an escape. The author‚ Sylvia Plath‚ is writing this song from her own personal view. There are many places where the theme of suicide

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