Power In The Bell Jar

Those women who live in the patriarchal societies have a common situation as being under the control of the male rule (Kaya,62). Man control occurs in many aspects of life such as at work, and school. He kept them in a certain space under their power. Throughout this situation, women started to be aware .They begin to resist against this confinement as stated in the novel of The Bell Jar. The novel sheds a light to the way men occupy and control them by power relations, and the way that women resist and break that barrier in the last century. A woman’s femininity was tied to her commitment in the home. The more she was running around cleaning, decorating, cooking and washing, the more feminine she was considered to be. To do so was considered a basic female desire, which came naturally merely due to her biology. The role of mother and wife was the role that God had assigned to women. In addition to nurturing their children, serving their husbands, and running the household, women were also expected to educate their children in moral and religious issues, and to raise their daughters …show more content…
At this part of the story, according to Buddic “though electricity does not immediately suggest the man, nonetheless it represents the male sexuality and power” (Buddic ,878). Esther is confined at the sanctuary in The Bell Jar. She is put in a sanctuary by male power. In order to go out she needs permission of a doctors who show the patriarchal society as stated in the story .But she resists and her mind doesn’t change by those and she says “But I wasn’t getting married” (Plath, 233). She manages to prove herself and stop this power represented by man no matter how powerful it is. She does not think about society. Plath