Sylvia Plath "Daddy"Poem animation

Описание: Heres a virtual movie of Sylvia Plath reading one of her best known poems "Daddy" "Daddy" is a poem written by the American Poet Sylvia Plath. It was written on October 12, 1962, shortly before her death, and published posthumously in Ariel in 1965.[1] The poem's implications and thematic concerns have been discussed academically with differing conclusions.[2] The relative popularity of "Daddy" can be attributed to Plath's vivid use of imagery[1] and controversial use of the Holocaust[2] as a metaphor. Critics have also viewed "Daddy" as a response to Plath's complex relationship with her father, Otto Plath,[3] who died shortly after her eighth birthday as a result of undiagnosed diabetes.

Sylvia Plath, introducing the poem for a BBC radio reading shortly before her suicide, famously described the poem as about "a girl with an Electra complex. Her father died while she thought he was God.".[5] Coupled with morbid imagery, the narrator's childlike intonation evokes a keen state of unease in the reader throughout the poem, climaxing in the final lines "Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through".

"Daddy" deals with a girl's deep attachment to the memory of her father and the unhappiness it caused in her life.[citation needed] It can also be seen as an outlet for Plath to deal with her father's death or her husband's betrayal.[citation needed] She does this through reinventing the relationship as one between a Nazi and a Jew, creating an "oppressor-oppressed" dynamic.

The poem "Daddy" can be interpreted along with other poems by Plath as semi-autobiographical regarding her own relationship with her father or her husband, Ted Hughes. Plath's poems "Full Fathom Five"[6] and "The Colossus" also explore the relationship between a girl and a dominant father figure. The writer Theodore Dalrymple has written critically about evoking the holocaust in this context.[7]

Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 -- February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956 and they lived together first in the United States and then England, having two children together: Frieda and Nicholas. Following a long struggle with depression and a marital separation, Plath committed suicide in 1963


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