the bell jar a05

what does sarah churchill argue about society

“neo-victorian”

what did plath say about sexual identity

“hate, hate, hate the boys who dispel sexual hunger freely”

what does linda w wagner argue about NYC

“rather than shape her life, it nearly ends it”

Ali Smith about parents

“poisoned chalice”

what does axelrod say about joan and esther

“esther severs her connection with joan by asserting her hererosexuality and sleeping with irwin”

what does boyer link between men and harm

“the female body is subjected to a range of harms and that male characters are the cause”

what does showalter think about mental hospitals

“environments in which deviants from conventional feminine roles were forced to conform”

what does perloff say about nolan

“dr nolan is an instrument by which esther is able to forge a new identity”

what does kendall think about society

“it is evident that the sickness is located not just in esther but in society”

what does bloom think about dr gordon

“dr gordan symbolises the patriarchal power of the medical establishment”

what does wagner think about mrs willard

“mrs willard the spokesperson for the dominant 1950s gender ideology”

what does diane bonds say about esther and marriage

“Esther must mutilate or deform herself through mating, marriage and motherhood”

what does ebba carlstein say about buddy’s chastity

“Esther thus cannot accept the fact that a man like Buddy Willard may lose his virginity and remain an attractive marriage prospect”