SYLVIA PLATH’S CONFESSION ON SUICIDE THROUGH SYMBOLS IN “LADY LAZARUS” AND “EDGE”: AN EXPRESSIVE APPROACH
Sylvia Plath‟s “Lady Lazarus” and “Edge” are both confessional poems emerged in the middle of 20th century. Confessional poetry is poetry with the personal subject or “I” (the poets themselves) and it contains the topic of personal issue that is considered taboo to be publicized. For it is relate...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed |
| Language: | English English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://repository.unair.ac.id/60154/1/ABSTRACT.pdf http://repository.unair.ac.id/60154/2/FULLTEXT%20FS%20BE%2048-17%20Sar%20s.pdf http://repository.unair.ac.id/60154/ http://lib.unair.ac.id |
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| Institution: | Universitas Airlangga |
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| Summary: | Sylvia Plath‟s “Lady Lazarus” and “Edge” are both confessional poems
emerged in the middle of 20th century. Confessional poetry is poetry with the
personal subject or “I” (the poets themselves) and it contains the topic of personal
issue that is considered taboo to be publicized. For it is related closely to the
author, the poems, “Lady Lazarus” and “Edge”, are best to be looked into using
Expressive theory by M.H. Abrams. Northrop Frye‟s theory of symbols is
supporting the expressive theory and it is applied to deepen the analysis of this
study. The problem yet to be revealed is about how the symbols in “Lady
Lazarus” and “Edge” express Plath‟s confession of committing suicide. The
analysis is done by the writer through some steps. First, the writer reads both
poems and identifies the symbols found in the poems; it is continued by looking
up the definition in the dictionary of symbols. Afterwards, the writer connects
them with the life story of the poet that is portrayed through the poems; this is the
foundation the writer uses to start expressive analysis. The result of the study
reveals Plath‟s confession of suicide expressed as a confrontation towards
patriarchal culture and she took an extreme action such as committing suicide to
challenge the male dominance that oppressed not only her, but all the women
living in 1950s-1960s society. |
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