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Wellesley, Massachusetts
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After her father passed away, where did Plath, her mother, and her brother move to?
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Otto Plath, bees
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What was Plath's father's name? What was he fascinated by?
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when he first noticed symptoms of diabetes, he assumed he had cancer (for which there is no cure) and did not go to the doctor to find out he had diabetes (which is very treatable)
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In what way was Plath's father negligent in regards to his health?
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obstinacy/stubborness
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In effect, Plath lost her father as a result of his...
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Bradford Senior HS in 1950
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What high school did Plath graduate from, and in what year?
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Smith College, The Smith Review
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What college did Plath attend? She was the editor of what publication there?
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guest editor at Mademoiselle magazine
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In Plath's junior year of college, what position was she offered, and where?
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21 years older
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How much older was Plath's father than her mother?
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he didn't want to be a Lutheran minister
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Why was Plath's father shunned by his family?
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her father was her mother's professor
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How did Plath's parents meet?
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electroshock therapy
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When Plath suffered from depression, what treatment did she receive?
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he prescribed her anti-depressants that worsened her condition, and he prescribed her electroshock therapy
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In what ways was Plath's American doctor bad for her?
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Dylan Thomas
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What poet was Plath unable to meet?
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she was so distraught she slashed her legs
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How did being unable to meet her favorite poet affect Plath?
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highest honors
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Plath went back to Smith and graduated with what?
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Harvard
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Plath was rejected from where?
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Fulbright to Newnham College, Cambridge (London)
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What scholarship did Plath receive, and to where?
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Ted Hughes, a fellow poet
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Who did Plath marry? What was his occupation?
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at one of his book signings, 6 months later in 1956
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Where did Plath and her husband meet? How long after they met did they marry?
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Frieda and Nicholas
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What were the names of Plath's children?
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Canada, U.S., and Europe
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Where did Plath's family travel through?
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Hughes cheated on her with one of his students and was emotionally abusive; 1962
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What ended Plath's marriage? When did it end?
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she once took her mother's sleeping pills, slept for 3 days, then awoke
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Explain Plath in relation to sleeping pills.
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Lady Lazarus
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What poem describes Plath's suicide attempts?
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February 11, 1963 when she caused carbon monoxide poisoning from her gas oven being open in her kitchen
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When was Plath's final suicide attempt? How did she kill herself?
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31 years old
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How old was Plath when she killed herself?
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new anti-depressants that hadn't kicked in yet or could have worsened her condition
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What could have been the cause of Plath's suicide?
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The Last Days of Sylvia Plath
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What autobiography did a friend of Plath's write about her suicide?
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an old man across the street brought her coffee and a muffin everyday, and she timed her attempt so that he would walk in during it
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Explain how Plath's final suicide attempt could have been a cry for help.
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a ripe watermelon
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In a letter to her mother, Plath described the world as splitting open in front of her like what?
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Ariel
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What collection was published posthumously, featuring some of her most famous works?
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The Colossus & Other Poems
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Name a collection of Plath's work.
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The Bell Jar by Victoria Lucas
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Name Plath's only novel and the pseudonym she published it under.
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the point of view of a girl at an elite college, containing too much autobiographical info Plath did not want to be associated with - companion to Catcher in the Rye
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What was Plath's novel about, and why did she publish it under a pseudonym? What other novel is it often called the companion piece to?
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Electra on Azalea Path, a bumblebee
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What poem is about Plath visiting her father's grave? What insect did she say her father was like?
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Winter Trees
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What poem talks about how trees are lucky then don't have to endure the hardships humans do?
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Seventeen, The New Yorker, Ladies Home Journal
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Name some magazines Plath published in.
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8, in the Boston Herald children's section
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How old was Plath when she was first published? Where was she published?
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confessional poetry - writing from the heart about personal experiences before, most poets wrote about nature, love, seasons, death, etc
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What poetry was Plath famous for? Explain it. How did this differ from other types of poetry?
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spoken word
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What more popular poetry of today was inspired by Plath's poetry genre?
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The Collected Poems, 1981, Plath became the only poet to win the Pulitzer prize after death
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What volume of poetry was released posthumously? When was it published, and explain what it led to.
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Since Plath never divorced Hughes, her tombstone has his last name on it, and fans scratch it out
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Explain what Plath's fans do at her grave site, and why.
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he was given control of her estate and royals, and he destroyed half of her poems - he said he did this because they were too painful for their kids to see
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What did Hughes do once Plath died? What was the reason he gave for doing this?
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Assia Wevill who later killed herself and her 4-y.o. daughter
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Who did Hughes marry later? What happened?
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marine biology from University of Alaska Anchorage, and he hanged himself later
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What did Plath's son get his doctorate in, and from what university? What did he later do?
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1. to be constantly active and happy 2. to be introspectively passive and sad 3. to go mad by ricocheting in between
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In a quote, Plath said she had three choices. What were those?
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1965
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When was Ariel published?
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