context on MOTHERHOOD poems Flashcards
Plath exhibits insecurity through her inability to identify with societal expectations of womanhood. Being that her poems are of a Confessional genre, Plath is given licence to a greater degree of authenticity and truth thus creating conflict and insecurity between what she desires and what is expected by society. Within her Motherhood poems, Plath articulates the struggle of being burdened with intersectional identities that bare too much responsibility and are inextricably linked.
EXISTENTIALISM
‘EXISTENCE PRECEDE ESSENCE’
Plath longs for a state of nothingness, where there is no pressure or responsibility from life.
production of children is the payment for the loss of the creative self
role of a mother is in conflict with her identity as a poet
