Essays on Lady Lazarus
Sylvia Plath’s poem “Lady Lazarus” is a tormented, yet powerful narrative work in which a woman recounts her grueling and depressing life in a man’s world. The speaker in this poem is interchangeable with Plath herself, reflecting the writer’s inner turmoil following a messy split from her husband and a growing sense of bitterness. While...
Lady Lazarus (1965) is arguably Sylvia Plath’s most renowned literary piece, drawing upon a series of historical and artistic influences to render the poet’s attempt to not only define the ‘self’ but re-construct it. As a part of Plath’s final collection of poems, Lady Lazarus assumes an autobiographical nature; however, more recent critics have acknowledged...
The purpose of my essay is to analyze the symbolism of death and rebirth, the two major themes that can be found in most of Sylvia Plath’s poems. To present my statement I decided to choose an intriguing poem of this female author, “Lady Lazarus”. All the assertions that I will make in my essay...
