... stanzas of 'Lady Lazarus'. In recognition of the injustice of circumstance, Plath places a timely warning on the men who seek to profit from her existence in 'Beware/ Beware, Herr God, Herr Lucifer.' Her use of the familiar contrast of God and Lucifer allows a more significant exploration of the underlying sense of impassioned revolt in the poem. The German diction of ... Herr, meaning Mister, is significant in portraying the nonchalant, everyday nature of oppression which forms an inescapable challenge to feminine identity. The repetition of the foreboding 'Beware' makes...

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... issues of oppressive patriarchy. And there is a charge, a very large charge For a word or a touch Or a bit of blood Or a piece of my hair or my clothes. So, so, Herr Doctor. So, Herr Enemy. I am your opus, I am your valuable, The pure gold baby That melts to a shriek. I turn and burn. Do not think I underestimate your great concern. Ash, ash- You poke ... ...

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