Sylvia Plath is one of the most unique and profound intellectual literature writers of her era; she was born in the year 1932 and passed away in the year of 1963. The bell Jar was published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas and was published the same year she committed suicide. The ironic part of The Bell Jar’s publishing date is the fact that The Bell Jar is prominently known to be a depiction of Sylvia’s own life; an autobiography in which unravels the trials and tribulations of Plath’s journey into self discovery. I would also like to add a fun fact, supposedly I have heard through word of mouth that approximately in the year 2011 Julia Stiles has been asked to play the role of Sylvia Plath in a movie, which I cannot wait for!
Let me begin by describing what a bell jar is and symbolism and significance behind this clever title. Have you ever seen Beauty and the Beast? Well in that movie the bell jar is the glass container holding the only sign of life in the beasts’ mansion, a rose. If you cannot pinpoint this example, a bell jar is an air sealed glass container and here is a picture to the right. Esther, the main character in the book, was in hospitals because she was severally depressed. The bell jar is a symbol for that depression that was holding her back from breathing and being free. It was as if she were trapped inside of the jar like the rose, not being able to relate and communicate to the outside world yet able to sit back watching life flourish around her.
I feel as if Sylvia’s depression was a downward spiral ever since her father had passed away at the young, naïve, and impressionable age of nine. Plath has always blamed her father for leaving her too early, and he also committed suicide. With this type of influence I think that Sylvia was bound for trouble and it was no surprise that in the book she describes her multiple attempts at suicide. This novel is an American classic and I suggest that you all at least read a poem of Sylvia Plath’s just to sample Plath’s intricate style of literature and who knows you may be inspired.
Sylvia Plath is, well at least in my case, a writer that I remember reading and hearing a little background about, but can't remember anything in specific. I had also forgotten about about the rose in the glass jar in beauty in Beauty and the Beast, and wouldn't have ever put two and two together. What is the movie that you heard Julia Stiles is going to have a role in called?
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