Portrayal of Patriarchy in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry
A Feminist Study
Keywords:
Patriarchy, society, oppression, suicide, confessional, painAbstract
This essay looks at how patriarchal ideas are reflected in Sylvia Plath's poetry. The idea that the poetess wrote during a time period when women were still viewed as second-class citizens is examined in this study. Sylvia Plath depicts the women in her poems who wish to break free from the confines of the prevailing sexist culture and feel trapped in oppressive home obligations. After Plath’s father's expiry and her distance from Ted Hughes, the poetess performed a thorough investigation of patriarchy. This study looks at how Plath's poetry, which downplays her experience as a housebound single mother, portrays patriarchy. The contention for the emancipation of women's rights at that time had a clear historical antecedent for Plath's experience of oppression. We learned that patriarchal society is to be blamed for all the embedded conflicts and miseries in Sylvia Plath's writing.
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