Esther wants to be perfect and, therefore, wants to be everyone but herself. Throughout her life, Esther has had perfect grades and the perfect boyfriend, Buddy Willard. Her world comes crashing down when Buddy confesses that he had sexual relations with a waitress one summer and she learned he was not perfect after all. “I found out how he had fooled me all those years and what a hypocrite he was” (Plath 62). Esther begins to think that she must find that perfect person inside her so she uses alter egos and personality adaptations, which lead her into confusion and self-denial.

Esther’s desire to be carefree and a risk taker is inspired by the character Doreen, who is fashion-

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