Sylvia plath biography ppt presentation

Sylvia Plath

Oct. 27, 1932 - Feb. 11, 1963

Biographical Information

- Born in Massachusetts to European immigrant parents

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- Suffered from depression and made several suicide attempts, finally succeeding (failing?) in 1963 when she was 30.

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- In 1983, she posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry.

What is Plath famous for?

Her semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, depicts a talented woman slowly descending into insanity. It is also a standard for feminist literature.

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Quotes from the novel:

- “If you expect nothing from anybody you won’t ever be disappointed.”

- “The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”

- “If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one time and the same time, then I’m neurotic as hell.”

- “The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn’t thought about it.”

While The Bell Jar is an American literary classic, Plath is known