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The "Thundercloud of a Common Crisis" of Williams' America
Feb 22, 2022
15 min. read
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On the notion that the the “thundercloud of a common crisis” in which the characters find themselves is a product of their self-denial.
Social Mores And How They Shape Williams' "Cat"
Jan 31, 2022
13 min. read
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On the proposition that in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Williams exposes the destructive impact of repressed feeling in a climate of social conservatism
Tulips / Bee Box / Balloons - A Close Reading
Jan 29, 2022
14 min. read
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This essay explores the twin threads of trauma and creation that for Plath seem inexplicably bound to her own poetic journey, and to that of women in her society.
On Freedom In 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
Jan 25, 2022
18 min. read
“I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage.” Reflections on the idea that none of the characters in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ are free.
"Nick and the Candlestick" / "Daddy" / "Balloons"
Jan 21, 2022
14 min. read
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This triumvirate captures Plath's poetic license running the gamut of paradoxes and conflicting imagery to precipitate a femininity that is torn between oppression and liberation.
"The Applicant" / "Lady Lazarus"
Jan 21, 2022
10 min. read
One offers a searing condemnation of gendered stereotypes, yet in this pairing, it makes the mesmerising, violent rebirth of the latter all the more breath-taking.