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An Unfolding of Sylvia Plath's Daddy Metaphors of Tragedy Emotions and Death

An Unfolding of Sylvia Plath's Daddy Metaphors of Tragedy Emotions and Death The theme of death is prevalent though out the journey of metaphorical emotions winding through a mythical yet powerful patriarch Daddy p 983 985 Ironically the figure of speech illustrates the metaphorical tragedies leading to Plath s death at the age of 30 February 11 1963 McGill par 9 The female speaker in the poem strategically uses metaphors and cultural context to show tragedy and death The feministic cultural context was apparent in her time and the imagery associated with male patriarchy By analyzing portions of several stanzas we get an explicative irony between her life and the poem The psychological hold of her father is attempted to be diminished by the speaker While maintaining the part of him she misses and loves still maintaining the theme through the poem to the end Right away we begin to see a theme of death while introducing objects and using metaphors to describe the angry attack on daddy you 983 line 1 black shoe 983 line 2 and I have had to kill you 983 line 6 She also carries the theme when she tells of his death and tries to commit suicide I was ten when they buried you 984 line 57 and At twenty I tried to die 98 line 58 



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