1. Plath's Powerful use of Imagery and Metaphors
At the age of nine she was unready for her father's death when she says, "You died before I had time- (line 7) which simply means that her father died before she had any reason to hate him or be angry with him, or realize that he wasn't perfect, good, or the honest person she made him out to be. ... This is her image that she had of her father being God, and her husband, being compared to a swastika, whom is an evil person. ... Plath refers to how the Jews were went to ...
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- Grade Level: High School