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Sylvia Plath was born to middle class parents in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; she published her first poem when she was eight. Her father was a professor of entomology, when he past away he left psychological scars on Sylvia when she was eight ....

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... Jar. On February 11, 1963, Sylvia Plath killed herself with cooking gas at the age of 30. Esther Greenwood attended College on a scholarship, earned top grades and majored in English just like Sylvia. Her life at the beginning seemed to be full of potential and goals, but as her thoughts and emotions are reveal to us; it becomes clear to us that despite all her achievement, Esther’s true state of mind is not in the right place. As the story goes on she has to make a decision, like Sylvia, whether she wants a career or a family (LW, pg. 38). “Esther sees herself as something else than primarily a housewife, and she uses much of her ene ...