http://www.shvoong.com/tags/sylvia plath/rss.xml Summaries, Abstracts, Synopses Reviews, Notes & Short Essays on Sylvia Plath Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:17:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - The Long Goodbye, If the blues was whisky, Philip Marlowe, Private Detective, would be drunk all the time. Marlowe first encounters the English Expat, Terry Lennox as h http://www.shvoong.com/books/679-long-goodbye/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/679-long-goodbye/ Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:05:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - A Beautiful Mind, Sylvia Nasar does a superb job of informing readers about John Nash’s struggles with schizophrenia in the biography A Beautiful Mind. Nash, a Nobel http://www.shvoong.com/books/2356-beautiful-mind/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/2356-beautiful-mind/ Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:30:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - The Bell Jar, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a fairly engrossing story/memoir about a young woman facing possible lunacy. The book trails Plath through an internsh http://www.shvoong.com/books/3233-bell-jar/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/3233-bell-jar/ Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:03:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - The Bell Jar, Societal Pressure: A great deal of the novel concerns the expectations that others have for Esther with regards to behavior and her future, as well as http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/71642-bell-jar/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/71642-bell-jar/ Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:03:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Oracle Night, After recovering from an extremely grave illness, novelist Sidney Orr (thirty four) buys a Portuguese blue notebook in a stationery shop in the Cob http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/116732-oracle-night/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/116732-oracle-night/ Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:03:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - "Mirror", The poem “Mirror,” by Sylvia Plath is an honest piece of literature. The poem takes an inanimate object and gives it not only life, but emotions and http://www.shvoong.com/books/poetry/189857-mirror/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/poetry/189857-mirror/ Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:09:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Creativity & Mental Illness, Many people believe that artists, and writers are more likely than others to be mentally ill. Many well-known artists, writers and musicians have had http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/255606-creativity-mental-illness/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/255606-creativity-mental-illness/ Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:41:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath, This is the first American publication of the actual diaries of the ill-fated poet,Sylvia Plath.Poet,teacher,and novelist,she wrote the autobiographic http://www.shvoong.com/books/368214-unabridged-journals-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/368214-unabridged-journals-sylvia-plath/ Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:23:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Enchantress From the Stars, Enchantress from the Stars is definitely an entertaining and thought-provoking novel. Though it is a fantasy, it is very suggestive of reality. This n http://www.shvoong.com/books/419808-enchantress-stars/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/419808-enchantress-stars/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:46:00 GMT This paper examines the life and works of Sylvia Path. An analysis of her works is provided, influenced by the author's hypothesis that a mental diso http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/psychology/426267-creativity-mental-illness-poetry-sylvia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/psychology/426267-creativity-mental-illness-poetry-sylvia/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:05:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath: Poet and Writer, This paper takes a look at the poet and writer, Sylvia Plath. The author argues that Sylvia's style of writing was deeply influenced by the events in http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/426814-sylvia-plath-poet-writer/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/426814-sylvia-plath-poet-writer/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:07:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath's "Bell Jar", This paper explores the character of Esther Greenwood in Sylvia Plath's "Bell Jar". The paper focuses on Esther as a woman and discusses gen http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/426835-sylvia-plath-bell-jar/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/426835-sylvia-plath-bell-jar/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:07:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath's Poems, This paper discusses two poems by Sylvia Plath, and provides a thorough analysis of each poem. The paper focuses on the influence of popular culture i http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/430513-sylvia-plath-poems/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/430513-sylvia-plath-poems/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:10:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Fathers in Poetry, A paper which studies four poems - Lucille Clifton's "Forgiving My Father", Theodore Roethke's poem "My Father's Waltz" , Raymond http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/430385-fathers-poetry/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/430385-fathers-poetry/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:10:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath and Non-Traditional Gender Roles, Sylvia Plath's difficulty accepting quiet domestic life and inability to settle into a career as a poet are illustrated in her poem "Two Sisters http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/436339-sylvia-plath-non-traditional-gender/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/436339-sylvia-plath-non-traditional-gender/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:15:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath, This paper describes that both Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath were victims of the 1950 middle-class woman's assumed passivity; both of these women reve http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/436237-anne-sexton-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/436237-anne-sexton-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:15:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath, This paper presents an analysis of the poem "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath. Partially due to the success of her autobiographical novel "The Be http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/438783-daddy-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/438783-daddy-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:16:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Plath and the Concept of Home, The paper argues that both poems deal with issues of our human connection to the place in which we were born and to the country in which we were creat http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/437621-plath-concept-home/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/437621-plath-concept-home/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:16:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath, This paper looks at the life of Sylvia Plath, who spent her short adult life as a writer and whose works are held up today as classic pieces of poetry http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/439797-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/439797-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:17:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath's poems, Confessional poets often write about their own personal experiences, without filtering painful emotions. One of the 1960s most influential confessiona http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/440525-sylvia-plath-poems/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/440525-sylvia-plath-poems/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:18:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - "Lady Lazarus", This paper discusses how Sylvia Plath's poetry mostly portrays the theme of social deviance and society's intolerance to differences portrayed by in http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/446724-lady-lazarus/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/446724-lady-lazarus/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:23:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Plath and Rich Compared, This paper addresses two poems by poets Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath. First, it looks at Rich's poem, "Living in Sin", which confronts the http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/448887-plath-rich-compared/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/448887-plath-rich-compared/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:24:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar", This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes Sylvia Plath's story about a young girl coming into womanhood. The paper explains how the story is not http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/456011-sylvia-plath-bell-jar/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/456011-sylvia-plath-bell-jar/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:28:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - "The Colossus" by Sylvia Plath, This paper explains that the overall theme of "The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath" seems to be rebellion by the author against the http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/456191-colossus-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/456191-colossus-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:28:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath, This paper discusses how Plath's fascination on dying is depicted in most of her poems as it gives her readers a vision of how she yearns to offer he http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/459469-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/459469-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:31:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - The Life and Death of Sylvia Plath, Sylvia Plath's life was tainted with repeated tragedies that influenced her work. The paper delves into important biographical details of her life, i http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/459361-life-death-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/459361-life-death-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:31:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - "The Mirror" by Sylvia Plath, The author discusses how the sole function of a mirror is to show a reflection of the person looking into it. In this paper, he seeks to explain how t http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/461783-mirror-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/poetry/461783-mirror-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:32:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - The Life of Sylvia Plath, In this paper the author looks at the troubled life of Sylvia Plath. He looks at her early years in the bosom of her family to the later years when sh http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/463461-life-sylvia-plath/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/463461-life-sylvia-plath/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:33:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar", This paper explains that Sylvia Plath in her novel "The Bell Jar" was not just telling a story; she was chronicling the struggles faced by t http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/464585-sylvia-plath-bell-jar/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/464585-sylvia-plath-bell-jar/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:33:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - INSIGHT Case Files from the Psychic World, For about fifty years or so Sylvia Browne has been using her gift to help others. In this book she shares from her personal files letters from clients http://www.shvoong.com/books/472914-insight-case-files-psychic-world/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/472914-insight-case-files-psychic-world/ Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:48:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Phenomenom, Enhance your Life, Mind and Knowledge. Sylvia takes you on the ride of your life in this book exploring yourself and the paranormal. Learn about hypno http://www.shvoong.com/books/476389-phenomenom/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/476389-phenomenom/ Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:35:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - A Beautiful Mind, This story of the great mathematician, John Forbes Nash, is truly awe-inspiring. It tells of his brilliance, his achievements and his struggle with sc http://www.shvoong.com/books/492234-beautiful-mind/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/492234-beautiful-mind/ Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:39:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - A Comparative Study of selected poems of Sylvia Plath and Kamala Das, ABSTRACT--Samirafiq A Comparative Study of selected poems of Sylvia Plath and Kamala Das Though Sylvia Plath happens to be American and Kamala Das I http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1647210-comparative-study-selected-poems-sylvia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1647210-comparative-study-selected-poems-sylvia/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:30:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - A Comparative Study of selected poems of Sylvia Plath and Kamala Das, <B>ABSTRACT--Samirafiq</B> <B>A Comparative Study of selected poems of Sylvia Plath and Kamala Das</B> Though Sylvia Plath hap http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1647218-comparative-study-selected-poems-sylvia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1647218-comparative-study-selected-poems-sylvia/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:47:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - The Games Were Coming, Two events not only reveal but also contribute to the central conflicts in the novel: the Southern Games (including the fifteen-mile Blue Riband cycli http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/1662779-games-coming/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/1662779-games-coming/ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:25:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Mother God: The Feminine Principle to Our Creator, Mother God reinforces ideas of a feminine principle to correlate with the masculine divinity that has dominated western culture. It begins by remindin http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/philosophy/1687371-mother-god-feminine-principle-creator/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/philosophy/1687371-mother-god-feminine-principle-creator/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:37:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Anna D’África, Minas Gerais, 1800 – With only thirteen years of age, Anna was forced to marry the brute José Carlos. When he found out she was sterile, José Carlos f http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/1687856-anna-%C3%A1frica/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/1687856-anna-%C3%A1frica/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:29:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - ANTARLEENA SAPPHO, Sappho, the greatest Lyric Poet the world has ever produced, was born in the ancient Greek island of Lesbos in the 7th Century B.C. She was so importa http://www.shvoong.com/books/poetry/1731549-antarleena-sappho/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/poetry/1731549-antarleena-sappho/ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:55:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Trail of the Vanishing Ranchers, This is another of the Books Forgotten. I`m not really sure whether it is a western or a detective story, so you`ll have to figure that out for yourse http://www.shvoong.com/books/1769312-trail-vanishing-ranchers/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/1769312-trail-vanishing-ranchers/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:59:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Great Writers Series-Metaphors by Sylvia Plath, A Classic poem, also a Riddle, revolving around the figure 9; title has 9 letters; 9 lines in the poem, each line is a METAPHOR. One of a kind. http://www.shvoong.com/books/1813899-great-writers-series-metaphors-sylvia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/1813899-great-writers-series-metaphors-sylvia/ Fri, 30 May 2008 18:44:00 GMT Sylvia Plath fans, unite! A film has been made celebrating her depression! And due to sanctions made by her family, none of her actual poetry is used http://www.shvoong.com/f/entertainment/movies/1815915-sylvia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/entertainment/movies/1815915-sylvia/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:55:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Seventeenth Summer, Penn is a very sporty, average, trouble making, lying teenager who has an extremely unusual but beautiful gift – being able to play the piano like an http://www.shvoong.com/books/children-and-youth/1819654-seventeenth-summer/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/children-and-youth/1819654-seventeenth-summer/ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:57:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Mirror, The mirror always tells the truth.it is neither a friend or a foe http://www.shvoong.com/books/poetry/1833536-mirror/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/poetry/1833536-mirror/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:13:00 GMT Sylvia Browne is a psychic who uses past life regression therapy to heal her clients' physical, emotional and psychological pain in their current life http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/alternative-medicine/1840590-past-lives-future-healing/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/alternative-medicine/1840590-past-lives-future-healing/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:51:00 GMT Gwenyth Paltrow and Daniel Craig star in the well-acted but ultimately flat Sylvia, a film about the life of poets Sylvia Plath and her husband http://www.shvoong.com/entertainment/movies/1841317-sylvia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/entertainment/movies/1841317-sylvia/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:48:00 GMT Summary for Reuters .... Venice Film Festival 2009, Animation Cinema a favourite at Venice Film Festival ... career award .... Reuters ... http://www.shvoong.com/internet-and-technologies/websites/1863147-reuters-venice-film-festival-2009/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/internet-and-technologies/websites/1863147-reuters-venice-film-festival-2009/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:13:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - For the Term of His Natural Life, "For the Term of His Natural Life" is a novel written by Australian author Marcus Clarke, published in 1874 as "His Natural Life." http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/1876613-term-natural-life/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/1876613-term-natural-life/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:40:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Meditations, A beautiful book of meditations. http://www.shvoong.com/books/guidance-self-improvement/1900872-meditations/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/guidance-self-improvement/1900872-meditations/ Tue, 26 May 2009 21:22:00 GMT Sylvia cursed Christine because Christine won't lengthen the loan. Alison Lohman as Christine, a bank staff. Lamia, the evil spirit haunted Chr http://www.shvoong.com/entertainment/movies/1960573-drag-hell/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/entertainment/movies/1960573-drag-hell/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:05:00 GMT Healthful feeding and good form.  For the maintenance of a good corporal form beyond a healthful feeding it is necessary also that the person i http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/nutrition/1967444-food-nutrition-diet-therapy/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/nutrition/1967444-food-nutrition-diet-therapy/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:53:00 GMT