Questions

Questions: Can someone please explain the vision section of TWL? (3.10) Also if anyone could explain the sphinx moth and butterfly sections that would be nice too

Which chapter would be the easiest to explain for a TWL oral? And why? ^I would go with the one about the inchworm (1), chopping block (3), Ferrar Burn (6), or Dave Rahm (7)... but I think it really depends all on what you know best. Those are just the ones I think we covered the most out of all of them. ^ Thanks ^

What are all of the letters in Lear?
 * 1) Edmund forges letter, gives to Gloucester; it says that Edgar is going to kill Gloucester.
 * 2) Goneril to Regan, delivered by Oswald, told Regan that Lear was coming with 100 knights.
 * 3) Lear to Regan. Said, “Goneril is being mean to me, so I’m coming to you early.”
 * 4) Cordelia to Kent. (Cordelia knows that Cauis is Kent, she desires to put Lear back on the throne.)
 * 5) Kent to Cordelia (sends her a ring, to let her know that he is still alive. Also talked about Lear’s mental state)
 * 6) Cordelia to Gloucester (3.3) [establishes the alliance, says that France is going to invade, letter that Edmund shows to Cornwall to become the New Earl of Gloucester]
 * 7) Regan to Goneril [says that Cornwall is dead]
 * 8) Goneral to Regan
 * 9) Goneril to Edmund [says, “if you kill my husband, you can be my new husband” this is the letter that Oswald was unable to deliver and therefore Edgar kills and intercepts this letter]

Which poems are connected and why? Although this is vague, I believe Tulips and Cut can be connected with the presence of red blood cell imagery and the idea that Plath's speaker wishes to die, but her body does not let her.

You might be able to connect The Colossus and Daddy, except make sure you mention that the speaker in Daddy is much more hostile towards the father figure.

Also, remember that for the poems that speak of purity, a Plath speaker defines purity as free from burdens and responsibilities. Both speakers of Tulips and Fever 103 talk of becoming pure.

All of the poems are connected because they're written by Plath ... also they all kind of have the same theme of the speaker wishing to escape womanly roles and duties

poem connectors page! (click on it!)

Elements: Morning Song - the baby's cry becomes its own element Fever 103 - the yellow sullen smokes make their own element

Dew/evaporation: Stings - "seen my strangeness evaporate, blue dew from dangerous skin" Ariel - "the dew that flies suicidal" - speaker escapes her duties/burdens through evaporation

Statues??: Daddy - "Marble heavy, a bag full of God, ghastly statue" Colossus (duh) Morning Song - "New Statue"

Yellow/impure: Two Sisters of Persephone - "turned bitter and sallow as any lemon" In Plaster - "the old yellow one"