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Sylvia Plath —
“Daddy”
Assignment
- Reading: “Daddy”
- Writing: Research paper: note checks in
class.
- Submit a ROUGH DRAFT of the RESEARCH PAPER.
Questions on "Daddy"
- Who does the speaker compare her father to? Her husband? How
are the two phenomena similar?
- How has the speaker tried to free herself from her father?
- List some words describing the tone of the poem.
- What happened to Plath when she was 10? What was going on in
world history at the time? How does Plath relate world history
to personal history?
- How do your attempts to balance your family and individual
identity compare to Plath's? (let's hope favorably)
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