Plath went on to study at the University of Cambridge which during the time, she had published her book, The Colossus, and married her husband Ted Hughes, an English poet (sylviaplath.de). About two years after the birth of their first child, their marriage went downhill due to affairs on both sides. She then had her second child was living in London writing as many poems as she could, nearly one every day, because she was low on money and needed a form of support. One of Sylvia Plath’s most famous poems, Lady Lazarus, tells the true story of her struggle with depression and her eagerness to die. She uses the name Lazarus in references to a biblical being. Lazarus was resurrected from the dead, just as Plath herself survived many suicide attempts which are her coming back from the dead. She adds the title “lady” to make it known that she is a woman. It is believed that Sylvia had a hard time digesting sexism and she would end her life just to get away from the thought of
Plath went on to study at the University of Cambridge which during the time, she had published her book, The Colossus, and married her husband Ted Hughes, an English poet (sylviaplath.de). About two years after the birth of their first child, their marriage went downhill due to affairs on both sides. She then had her second child was living in London writing as many poems as she could, nearly one every day, because she was low on money and needed a form of support. One of Sylvia Plath’s most famous poems, Lady Lazarus, tells the true story of her struggle with depression and her eagerness to die. She uses the name Lazarus in references to a biblical being. Lazarus was resurrected from the dead, just as Plath herself survived many suicide attempts which are her coming back from the dead. She adds the title “lady” to make it known that she is a woman. It is believed that Sylvia had a hard time digesting sexism and she would end her life just to get away from the thought of