... a model daughter and student, and was appreciated by everyone at school. Before entering Smith College in Massachusetts in 1950, she had already written over four hundred poems ("Sylvia Plath"). Beneath Sylvia's seemingly perfect surface, she was an unstable woman with mental issues, probably due to the death of her father. After her junior year at Smith College, she stayed in New ... her tragic suicide in February 1963 by intoxicating herself with gas ("Short Biography"). Sadly, this woman's life story was not a happy one, even when she tried to portray a joyful life, she was really de...

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• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School