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2 days ago · Plath makes many comparisons in “Daddy” using both simile and metaphor. Notably, the speaker’s father is compared to a “black shoe”, a “ghastly statue”, and a fascist. Plath tells a lot about her father with the words she uses to describe him, and the picture she paints isn’t pretty.
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1 day ago · Sylvia Plath’s poems “Lady Lazarus” and “Daddy” grapple with the relationship between man and woman and the pain it causes womenkind. Her speakers are continuously exploited and controlled by the influential male figures surrounding them, and it is only through a reversal of roles that they are freed from their tormentors.
4 days ago · Dive deep into Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion
Jul 21, 2012 · sylvia plath — ‘Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.’
4 days ago · Sylvia Plath — ‘I am still so naïve; I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don’t ask me who I am. A passionate, fragmentary girl, maybe?’.
4 days ago · Discussion of themes and motifs in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of The Bell Jar so you can excel on your essay or test.
Jul 21, 2012 · “If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar. tags: expectations. Read more quotes from Sylvia Plath. Share this quote: Like Quote. Recommend to friends. Friends Who Liked This Quote. To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up! 9262 likes. All Members Who Liked This Quote. Danica
