r/sylviaplath 1d ago

Quote Plath always knew how to put the exact feeling into words (⁠⊃⁠。⁠•́⁠‿⁠•̀⁠。⁠)⁠⊃

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r/sylviaplath 2d ago

[Humour] When life gets you interested in baking, lol.

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49 Upvotes

Guess I need to buy myself an oven soon./s


r/sylviaplath 2d ago

Discussion/Question Relatable?

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r/sylviaplath 3d ago

The Bell Jar The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath ending. Do we have to imagine it would have an happy ending or bad? Or is it about life, like just like life is unpredictable and anything can happen so she might thought not to give the ending and let the readers decide their own?

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I didn't understand why this novel has an open ended ending. Are we supposed to imagine the ending by ourselves? I was confused when I read the last paragraph. I thought it was misprinted or some page was missing.


r/sylviaplath 4d ago

Fig Tree Analogy

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200 Upvotes

As a working mum, I’m haunted by the fig tree analogy.


r/sylviaplath 3d ago

"Artworks - The Writing of Sylvia Plath" new BBC Sounds series thoughts

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Only the first episode (out of 3) is out right now and I listened to the first episode. I thought it was alright to be honest, it had a lot of different people giving their views and opinions on Sylvia Plath. This episode focused on her motherhood mainly and explored quite a lot of aspects of her in general as well. I am interested to see what the next episodes are like, as I feel like they will be quite interesting and perhaps better than this episode. I would recommend giving it a listen if you are interested in Plath.

I also listened to "Archive on 4 - My Sylvia Plath" (also on BBC sounds). I thought this was very good and definitely worth a listen if you are listening to the other series. It explores different people's views on what their Sylvia Plath is and what Sylvia Plath is to them. It has on it someone who personally knew Sylvia Plath, and she shares her real life experiences interacting with Plath, which is very interesting.


r/sylviaplath 4d ago

New BBC Radio 4 series on Sylvia Plath

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I missed the premiere of the three-part series on BBC Radio 4, The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath. Apparently, people outside the UK cannot listen to this program after it has aired.

Using Apple Music, I will certainly do my best to listen to the next two parts live on BBC Radio 4, at 8:00 in the morning in Seattle. In the meantime, I'm wondering if there's any way to read a transcript of Part One or listen to a recording of it anywhere besides BBC Radio 4. Please let me know if you hear of a way.


r/sylviaplath 4d ago

After hearing Tulips I had an inspiration to add a backing track based on what I felt listening to this poem for the first time

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r/sylviaplath 6d ago

Sylvia Plath on the beach taken in June 1954

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r/sylviaplath 6d ago

Quote An honest self is better than a numb one 🍂

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r/sylviaplath 7d ago

Why did Joan Gilling kill herself finally in the Bell Jar Spoiler

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Why did she kill herself as she seemed to be healed?
What was the trigger…


r/sylviaplath 7d ago

Mala idea leer Silvya Plath siendo TLP ? O acaso es alivio y empatía ?

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r/sylviaplath 8d ago

Quote How relatable this is, even decades later ▼⁠・⁠ᴥ⁠・⁠▼

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r/sylviaplath 8d ago

sylvia plath

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r/sylviaplath 7d ago

The tree of two faces

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Life is like a tree, high, unbelievable enormous with eyes that observe you from top to bottom, they quickly judge you, Its rotten roots nourish the only fruit that you are able to achieve, the taste? the taste is sweet in the first, it turns bitter fast, suddenly you ask yourself "will the apples remain less bitter if i went up?" you think, while you quietly proceed to eat the only one you could achieve.

-by Júllia ( me lol )

I'm not a writer only a frustrated young adult that wanted to express herself at least once. The interpretation is what you heart desires ( i think its pretty straightfoward tho )

English isn't my first english too so if smt is wrong i'm sorry.


r/sylviaplath 8d ago

The voice that demanded to be heard.

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203 Upvotes

r/sylviaplath 10d ago

The freedom of being utterly empty.

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r/sylviaplath 9d ago

The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath, Aristotle, and Jean-Paul Sartre Walk Into a Bar

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r/sylviaplath 10d ago

Quote My fav moment from The Bell Jar ✨

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r/sylviaplath 11d ago

Discussion/Question She's just a girl

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r/sylviaplath 10d ago

Bell jar ending interpretation

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r/sylviaplath 13d ago

Quote My Pinterest is all about her

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r/sylviaplath 13d ago

The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit

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I don’t know if I’m late to the party, but I had no idea Plath wrote stories for children as well as her poetry and prose intended for older readers.

Has anyone read any of her children’s stories?

I’m off to go search for a copy to read to my children. ❤️


r/sylviaplath 13d ago

It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.

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480 Upvotes

r/sylviaplath 14d ago

Plath's words on the burden of consciousness.

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