Para 1 - suffering while he was alive Flashcards
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Point
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Plath explores the suffering faced by the speaker while her father was alive through the use of word choice. This emphasises that she felt as though her father was distant and hard to communicate with.
2
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Quote 1 + analysis
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The quote “I never could tell where you put your foot, your root” is used to show that although the speaker grew up with her father, she never actually got to know him well because there was a language barrier between them and he was closed off
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Quote 2 + analysis
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The quote “I have always been scared of you” also shows how the speaker suffered when her father was alive because it suggests that she was filled with terror and fear when she was around him which meant that they lacked a good father - daughter relationship.
