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Retreat and Recovery in The Bell Jar: A Stylistic Analysis of Fragmentation and Characterization Mahmoud Reza Ghorban Sabbagh Assistant Professor in English Literature Fahimeh Bozorgian M.A. Student in English Literature Department of English Literature and Languages Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Abstract In a story, the particular way a character uses language sheds light on her understanding of herself and the world around her because language is the vessel for meaning making and the

he Bell Jar, written by Sylvia Plath, is a dark and emotional semi-autobiography novel (“Poet: Sylvia Plath”). Although it may appear to be a dark oriented story, there are moments in the book where it can be humorous. Taking another perspective on the book, The Bell Jar could be viewed as a dark comedy as readers witness the events right through the protagonist’s eyes. Plath incorporates subtle instances of dark comedic elements into the book through the protagonist’s satirical outlook of the environment

husband, get married, and have children, allowing their husbands to take over all the responsibilities. Many women went to college in hopes of finding a suitable husband instead of getting a degree and making a life on their own. In the novel, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Esther Greenwood struggles with society’s expectations of her and her own desires in life. Coming from a poor family in Boston, Massachusetts, Esther makes her way through college by getting scholarships and studying relentlessly, much

Of the two readings we were given to select from for our Midterm Assignment, I chose to conduct my initial psychosocial and diagnostic assessment on the character, Esther, from the semi-autobiographical novel “The Bell Jar”, by Sylvia Plath. The protagonist in the novel is a 19-year-old girl from the suburbs of Boston growing up in the 1950’s who has accepted a summer internship working at a prominent magazine in New York City. It is made clear from the beginning of the novel that Esther’s move

The themes in The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath, are portrayed through Esther’s unique characteristics. Sylvia’s life experiences and personality contribute to these themes: growth through pain, the emptiness of conventional expectations, and the restricted role of women during the 1950’s. Esther must battle through several obstacles in order to move on with her life. She also feels like she does not fit in with society. Women’s role in society during this time also contributes to Esther’s qualities

their rights. Although having reached such accomplishments, women still did not maintain equality in societal expectations. The Bell Jar, first published under the pseudonym “Victoria Lucas”, persists as a confessional novel that embodies Sylvia Plath’s struggles with society and the circumstances that eventually led to her tragic suicide in 1963. Writing The Bell Jar required Plath to contend with her inner demons, much of which sprung from the harsh relationships with the people whom with she surrounded

abnormality may be seen as bad or undesirable (Boundless). Sylvia Plath, the author of The Bell Jar, writes in a very simple and ordinary but exceptionally unique way. She put her whole young genuine heart and soul into this semi-autobiography. Her first person point of view allows the reader to really engage with the characters thoughts, specifically Esther Greenwood and her perspective on everything. In The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood encounters the coming of many things, including age and mental illness

Sometimes, the books I choose to read and the things I choose to hear gives its own intentions of overwhelming me with forced ideas of “ intriguing strangeness” and in addition to thoughts of “demoralization”. In Sylvia Plath’s, The Bell Jar, these overwhelming intentions of forced ideas are met. Plath’s poetic style of writing unified with her bizarre life experiences, the setting in the mind of a 1950’s “psychotic” American woman, as well as the scenery of the life of the wealthy, the poor, and

the author of the book The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath’s writing can be associated with her real-life struggles. Living as a woman in the 50’s, Sylvia’s realities helped her paint a truthful picture of what it was like to be a woman with depression during this time. Although her openness to express her real-life struggle through text was remarkable, this topic of mental health and depression was unheard of at the time. Esther Greenwood, the main focus throughout The Bell Jar, resembled the life of Plath

In the Bell Jar I felt I was very different from Ester in my experiences with being down on yourself like she is. At different points in my life from when I was younger I have been down about certain whether it was being made fun of or people playing mean tricks on me. I always found a way to overcome these annoying and bad times in my life. It could be that I had a family that would help me through it but I never allowed these petty things get to me. I knew that they where not true and ignoring