Sylvia Plath and You

Brain, Tracy

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“…she is stuck in a place where she is controlled like a puppet, unable to fulfill her progress as an educated, successful writer. Brain (2019) explains that she starts to diminish her level of aspirations and wishes to fit a feminine size "Only I wasn't steering anything, not even myself." (p. 3).…”

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“…When she thinks that things cannot get worse than this, the unexpected happens, the oppression set upon her is now turning to be physical, and she experiences a rape attempt. Brain(2019) states that Esther and her contemporaries' feminine limitations are maintained -both figuratively and practically -throughout the story by progressively brutal punishments for the characters, ranging from physical sickness to attempted rape to electric shock therapy and death. These boundaries deprive her of her wish for any independence, which establishes her femininity to be as a source of sorrow and fragility.…”

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Reading Traumatized and Depressed Women: A Cognitive Study of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar

Abdul-Kareem

Rasheed²

2022

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Depression is a mental disorder that disrupts people’s thoughts and behaviors. Today, depression is recognized as one of the most common mental illnesses worldwide that need to be studied and investigated in some disciplines and through literature in particular. Anyone may develop depression regardless of age or social background, yet, women are most likely prone to depression. Numerous theories have studied the nature of depression, its causes, symptoms, and healing process; among these is Aaron T. Beck’s model of depression. Beck’s model gives a comprehensive examination of depression and provides a therapeutic theory based on the model, known as cognitive behavior therapy CBT. Therefore, to understand depression in terms of Beck’s cognitive model and uncover the reasons that lead women to develop depression, the study utilizes the literary text The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, which is a semi-autobiographical novel; that recounts heroin’s battle with depression. The research opens new horizons for psychological analysis in the literary domain and directs people’s attention toward the threatening consequences of depression.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%