Sylvia Plaths Preoccupation With Death [Edge & Lady Lazarus]
“Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives” A.Sachs
Explore the preoccupation with death in “Edge” and “Lady Lazarus”.
Death is very much a universal theme and one present in numerous poems written by Sylvia Plath. The subject of death, and consequently Plath’s work, can therefore relate to everyone as it is relevant to all humanity, nobody is exempt. It can be seen that Plath had a preoccupation with death, it has been said that she was attracted to it like “moths to an electric light bulb” . Indeed, Plath attempted suicide on several occasions throughout her life, finally succumbing to her “passionate flirtation” with death in February 1963. Both “Edge” and “Lady Lazarus” were written close to the end of her life and they both explore the idea of death, yet do so from different perspectives.
The title “Edge” could imply a knife edge, it could also suggest that an end is near and a journey is being......
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