... failure, Esther subsequently starts to fall into depression. The Bell Jar focuses on the crazy- making society that drives crazy, because of the dominant conventions and norms, any ambition and talented woman who lives at the time of 1950. For example, in the 18th century Kate Chopin's The Awakening the norm, for how a woman should behave, represented by Madame Adele Ratignolle. In Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar the norm of how a 19th century woman should be ... is represented by Mrs. Willard. Both of them claim that women are only to reproduce and to serve a man. However, Edna Pontellier,...

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