![]() ![]() ![]() I will also provide examples from several of her poems demonstrating Plath’s use of death imagery and analyze why it is used in the way that it is. I will show how Plath’s life experiences and more importantly, her reactions to them, have contributed to her depressive, death-obsessed state. Plath uses death imagery in poems found in Ariel to represent her need to escape reality and therefore dissociate herself from emotional and physical existence. Many of these poems focus on death and suffering. Plath began writing a series of poems shortly before her death that provide is with an opportunity to see the internal conflicts she felt. It is through her words we see a woman that used her writing as a means of expression, many times expressing grief, sadness and anger. After writing many poems, short stories and “The Bell Jar,” she remained unsatisfied with the success and momentum she gained with each, and took her own life. Throughout her life, she struggled to be accepted into the literary world. After committing suicide in her thirties, many of her previously unrecognized works gained notoriety and praise. Sylvia Plath has long been recognized as a poetic icon. ![]()
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