Since before anyone can remember‚ women are expected to uphold expectations from society that some may say are reasonably unfair. Many of these expectations have been portrayed through writing that has since lasted hundreds of years. Although writing styles and techniques have changed as time progresses‚ authors have wrote about the same hardships in their work while still adding their own unique voices. In Metaphors by Sylvia Plath and Stoner by John Williams‚ each author explores social expectations
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“I am vertical‚” begins Sylvia Plath‚ before she pivots and reveals her true feelings with the first line: “But I would rather be horizontal” (1). In her March 1961 poem “I am Vertical‚” Sylvia Plath sets up her own coordinate plane consisting of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis. The vertical axis stands for all things human‚ and in the eyes of Plath‚ the plight of her own humanity. The horizontal axis represents the plane of the natural world‚ and later‚ comes with the darker implication
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depressed (“American Pregnancy Association”). In the poem “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ her choice of words for the poem seem to express her feelings of depression toward the issue of her pregnancy. Plath chose many metaphors to describe her pregnancy. From her choice of words‚ one gets the feeling as if she is not enjoying the fact that she is pregnant‚ nor is she looking forward to giving birth. The beginning line‚ “I’ a riddle in nine syllables‚” begins the pattern of nine syllable lines‚
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In the poem "Mirror"‚ Sylvia Plath employs many different poetic devices to develop her message that people need the truth although it may be hurtful. Plath uses a mirror and then a lake as a metaphor for the truth. She also makes the mirror come alive with personification‚ simile and metonymy. These other devices are important to the poem and the scene it creates‚ but the mirror being a metaphor for truth is the most important. The poem is basically about a woman looking into a mirror. As she
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成绩 Critical Analysis on “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath 课程名称 美国现代诗歌 授课教师 吴杨 院 系 应用英语学院 年级专业 二年级 比较文学与世界文学 姓 名 蘑丽得尔 学 号 136440903 时 间 2014/12/10 Critical Analysis on Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” The poem has left on me a great impact. But not a good one‚ of course
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Adida 1ere ES.1 Lucie Review of Criticism: “Mirror” of Sylvia Plath. Freedman‚ William. “ The Monster in Plath’s ‘Mirror‚’ “ in Papers on Language and literature‚ Vol 29‚ No. 2 Spring‚ 1993 pp.152-66. William Freedman describes “Mirror” as a search for the self‚ to discover one self in the person of the mirror. The fish that appears in the mirror is the dark
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really exist‚ or does the truth depend on one’s perspective? The relationship between truth and perspectives is a key concept in Ted Hughes’ Birthday Letters‚ this idea is supported in the film Vantage Point and the Scientific American’s report on the social perspectives of the death of Bin Laden‚ “What Bin Laden’s death means to us and society?” Essentially Vantage Point is a film about one event seen through eight different perspectives. As each perspective is revealed‚ more about the event is understood
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Sylvia Plath uses metaphors‚ and other literary devices to leave the reader with a feeling of anguish. The use of metaphors are often utilized throughout the poem‚ in order to compare her father to the most awful things a person could imagine. Throughout the poem she paints an image of her father as a Nazi‚ and herself as a Jew. She attempts to show the intimidation her father creates. The speaker says “Panzer-man‚ panzer-man‚ O you (45). “Panzer-man” is a German phrase referring to tank drivers
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phrases I have placed in the essay and how appropriate they would be. Analyse the ways conflicting perspectives generate diverse and provocative insights. All texts composed convey an agenda which is based on the composer’s context. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Jason Reitman’s satirical film Thank You For Smoking (2005) and George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) all use conflicting perspectives to convey their agenda by generating diverse and provocative insights. Conflicting perspectives
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group of metaphors could tell a story. The poem‚ “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ would be an example of this. Some may look at this poem and believe it is random metaphors put into nine lines. I believe this is a poem about Plath’s idea of pregnancy as compared to traditionally unrelated objects. “Metaphors” has a clue in each line that would lead the reader to believe that it is depicting the process pregnancy. In the poem “Metaphors”‚ Plath opens with the line‚ “I’m a riddle with nine syllables. In
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