Aurelia Plath

“Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call” (2603). Sylvia Plath was born October 27, 1932, in Boston Massachusetts. She carried herself with a non-apologetic attitude and an obsession with death, so much so that she tried to take her own life on more than one occasion. Her first attempt happened during the summer of her junior year in college. After taking several sleeping pills, she

The Indelible Self Possessed Poet: Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath once said, “ The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt”(Good Reads). Ms. Sylvia Plath was a novelist, poet, and a short-story writer (Monroe 2015). At the age of eight, she published her first poem which appeared in The Boston Traveller (Orr, Morrish, Press, et.al). Plath a terrific artist, which lead her to receiving the Scholastic Art & Writing award (Beckmann 2006). Sylvia Plath influenced literature in a positive manner because

poet and author, Sylvia Plath. Often referred to as one of the most dynamic poets of the 1900’s, Plath had no limits on her expression through poetry. Her poems ranged from flowing verses on nature to unconventional commentary on the social restrictions placed on individuals. She is most known for her poetic expression of her own mental anguish, never shying away from topics of death and despair. Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts in 1932, Plath was the daughter of Aurelia Schober, high school teacher

Suicide, depression, death--when one hears the name “Sylvia Plath”, these are the words that come to mind. It seems that her death is all she is remembered for. However, Plath's writing is much more than just a diary of her darkest thoughts and experiences. Plath's writing has much more depth; her lifetime of achievements should not be reduced to the final hours of her life. Plath is able to discuss her depression, while also addressing the hardships of the 1950’s and the difficult times she had

Sylvia came into the world on October 27, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts. Sylvia Plath had been writing since she was a child. She started writing by starting a journal. But when she was eight years her father died. Sylvia and her father did not have the best relationship. She said that he was a horrible father to her and compared him to the Nazis in her poem “Daddy”. In this poem she talked about hating her father and how she wanted him to die. She also wrote this poem to cope with the grief and

life of Sylvia Plath was indeed shorter than anyone expected. Nevertheless, in the thirty years Plath meandered through the world, she left an everlasting impact. Remembered as one of the most dynamic and admired poets of the twentieth century, Plath cultivated a literary community unlike any predecessor. Additionally, since a sizable portion of Plath’s work was read posthumously, her suicide brought the much needed attention to physiological illnesses. Unfortunately though, Sylvia Plath will never know

obliquely to her then estranged husband Ted Hughes) by use of many references that can clearly be associated with the background of Otto Plath, emphasizing his German heritage. These include the "Polish town" where Otto was born, the atrocities of the German Nazis in the Second World War ("Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen"), the "Luftwaffe," and even the professorial pose of Dr. Plath "at the blackboard . . . / In the picture I have of you." Yet in the midst of these references to Otto Plath's specifically German

Many poets, writers, and artists suffer with the monsters of mental illness, however, Sylvia Plath may be one of the most iconic. Many believe living with debilitating mental illness can aid in creativity. Throughout Sylvia’s short life, she produced brilliant yet immensely troubled writing. Sylvia Plath’s struggle with both Bipolar Disorder and Depression is communicated within her writing through her use of creativity, visceral language, and emotional rawness. Her inner turmoil can be interpreted

between.” (Goodreads, 2013) This is a quote from Sylvia Plath, a poet who faced many obstacles in her life including attempting suicide; getting divorced due to lies and infidelity; and leaving her children behind. Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932 in Boston Massachusetts Plath’s father Otto Plath author of a book on bees. (The Famous People Website, 2013; About.com, 2013). Her father taught at Boston University, where he met Aurelia Schober Plath’s mother who studied to get her master’s

of mental instability. Plath grew up in Massachusetts and was an intelligent and successful writer at a young age. She was living an American dream. However, her idyllic life was more like a nightmare for Sylvia Plath. She drove herself hard; it was important to her to succeed. When she began to doubt herself and the world around her she became mentally ill. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27,1932, to Aurelia and Otto Plath. Mr. and Mrs. Plath were both from Germanic