Analysis on "The Life" and Poetry of Sylvia Plath

By: Lee A. Zito
Sylvia Plath was an intelligent young woman of the 1950's and 60's. She attended Smith College on a Academic Scholarship, and wrote award winning works that were submitted to magazines such as Mademoiselle. She projected herself to society as a perfectly content, strong individual who enjoyed living life. The exact opposite of who she really was inside.
Exploring her work is the closest one can get to exploring the real Sylvia. Her poetry portrays a mad woman, who grew insane because she was imprisoned from within. Sylvia had many attributes contributing to her crazed imprisonment all stemming from the cursed word "Woman". Her role as a repressed woman or the 50's was what catapulted her to write with such rage, disgust, and despair.
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