Sylvia Plath As A Survivor

Sylvia Plath is a poet and author praised for her works discussing mental health and familial trauma, while also criticized for the legitimacy of her work as well as the imagery she used. While many attempt to discredit Plath\u27s work due to her living with mental illness, highlighted are the experiences that Plath survived which inspired and explain such controversial works. Along with critics, Plath\u27s ex-husband Ted Hughes attempted to slander her writing throughout her life. Sylvia Plath harbored no wishes for such negative attention. Plath only yearned to continue through life with the two things she loved most, writing and raising her two children. The argument that Plath\u27s works, which mainly themed around mortality and pain, reflect an unreliable narrator fail to realize that writing is used as a form of coping with the topics reflected in her own life. The criticisms of Plath\u27s content are reviewed and highlight the dangerous stigma against people suffering from mental illness. It is possible to appreciate and respect Plath\u27s work, even if the reader does not share the same life experiences or trauma expressed through Plath in her poems