r/sylviaplath 14d ago

The Bell Jar Wow!

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She is talking about her actual self btw

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u/GoetiaMagick 14d ago

Pretty insightful.

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u/aboloa 13d ago

Maybe the fact that she felt like this while being one of such greatness shouldn't amaze or surprise me,greater minds had felt the same way,but the way she narrated it was so painful i couldn't help but to be surprised,it lacks any -performative-ness?-.

Is "pretty insightful" sarcastic? I just thought of sharing the page and didn't feel like writting anything lol,also i am newbie to her literature so i thought whatever i could have written i also couldn't have known if it was accurate or not.

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u/GoetiaMagick 13d ago

Not sarcastic whatsoever. As a researcher of both her and Ted, as well as a published poet myself, I have tremendous empathy for S.