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    creating many pieces of works that forever changed the world of literature. Two of the most eminent literary works by Plath are “Tulip” and Bell Jar. “Tulip” is a poem that follows the emotional journey of a depressed women as her mental state deteriorates in the hospital. A different form of literature Plath wrote is are novels; and one of her representative novels is Bell Jar, which tells the story of a young women’s descent to mental illness and her struggles of trying to find her identity as she sees

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    I am sure it is unique, I am sure it is what I want In this line the reader is not aware about the thing ,she is talking about.This poem also contains the very elements as given in the other poems associated with race,class gender and death.Mnetal illness has been shown in this poem as in these lines: I do not want much of a present, anyway, this year. After all I am alive only by accident. These lines refers to her past act done by her under the influence of bipolare disorder.She had commited suicide

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    The suppliers to our company will be mostly ingredients based when we chose to build our own factory, but as a smaller start up company it will make the most sense to outsource the actual mixing of ingredients to large suppliers who can then distribute. Outsourcing in some cases can cut costs, so as time goes on we may not even want to open our own plant depending on pricing and the rising input costs we talked about earlier. To distribute to large restaurants we would want to match with a supplier

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    In Sylvia Plath’s despondent book entitled The Bell Jar, Plath creates a character by the name of Esther Greenwood. Esther feels trapped inside society’s expectations but finds an escape every time she writes. Her love of writing has gotten her through the traumatic events of her childhood, such as her father’s death. When she applies to the writing school of her dreams and gets denied, she falls into a deep depression, and she feels as though not even writing can save her this time. After going

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    Elise Gomez Mr. Zimmerman Creative Writing, P. 04 November 09, 2015 The Glass Castle The Author and Her Times & Form, Structure, and Plot: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir written in first person and length in chapters that illustrates Jeanette's life in her own words and experiences. Born in Phoenix, Arizona on April 21, 1960 by her parents Rex Walls and Rose Mary Walls. Jeannette has three siblings, Lori, Brian, and Maureen. She is currently married to John Taylor and has

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    But, don’t look to either one for humor - as Bell, who doesn’t appear to have a humorous bone in her body, portrays the serious mother, all the while Dinklage plays a seemingly dry, obsessive ex-lover of Michelle. To a degree, the vast majority of McCarthy’s roles are silly - but at least most of

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    Identity In The Bell Jar

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    In the 1963 Autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is narrated by Esther Greenwood who questions her self-identity and sexual behavior. The theme of the novel is explored more in depth when Esther realizes she feels constrained of being a woman that is expected to be a household wife. The theme is shown how the expectations of the 1950s American society forms into sanity and madness . Straight into the first chapter, Plath detaches Esther from society with her clinical diction seen

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    This is a claim most of its victims would agree with, especially Esther Greenwood. The Bell Jar, written by the Sylvia Plath, follows Esther Greenwood’s descent into and recovery from madness. Esther is a young and brilliant writer, whose ambitions are stunted by a crippling depression. Plath, describes an outlook on reality that is distorted by mental illness through the symbolism of the fig tree and the bell jar. The indirect characterization of Esther also gives a perspective of this distorted

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    The Bell Jar Analysis

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    Kaitlin Whitten AP Literature Mr. Ansaldo 8/13/14 The Bell Jar: Plot Analysis: The novel, The Bell Jar, begins in the summer of 1953 in New York City. The main character, Esther Greenwood, is an intern at a famous magazine in the city along with many other girls. Although she has a promising future ahead of her, Esther feels lonely and discouraged in the big city. Thoughts of death consume her mind, and Esther is obsessed with the electrocution of the Rosenbergs. This is the first glimpse of

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    The Bell Jar is Esther Greenwood’s struggle with changing her female bildungsroman into a male bildungsroman and this constant struggle is her undoing. Her undoing simply results

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