The Willing Domesticity of Sylvia Plath: A Rebuttal of the "Feminist" Label

The difficulties of living in a society for an individual who is in some way different from the norm or somewhat nonconformist is a subject thoroughly explored not only in modern literature but in literature throughout the ages. In this paper I consider the domestic thread remained in Sylvia Plath's works. Despite the fact that many people knew her as a person who shunned her responsibilities as a housewife, I am going to prove the opposite of what is said. In order to justify my position, I will elaborate on the subject through a discussion of her criticism of the feminist establishment in American society, her willingness to find a mate to fulfill her needs, her escape from social frustration, and her relationship with her family members, her optimistic attitudes and her genuine motherly tone in a modern society. Sylvia Plath has accepted some roles of a housewife. She is longing to find a person who can help her to function as a real mother. She would like to have a sense of security which is created by a being a real mother. Naturally Sylvia is going to play the role of a house wife. So she doesn't like to be exceptional .In her mind, she has a common sense about the real wife. Thus, she wishes to have a common life One of the roles Plath is searching for is encompassing all the aspects of her multifaceted life. To her, complete devotion is no betrayal of herself as a woman. It would make her whole as a person. Since she would be a wife, she wishes to be a vibrant, nature-connected woman whose setting clearly would make her a symbol of fertile womanhood. Despite her own emotional difficulties, the speaker presents herself as a responsible mother, a life nurturer and identified strongly with the domesticity of a woman. She loves her baby and desires to be a wife. To her, pregnancy plays the role of meaningfulness. Her suffering from pregnancy is in the affirmative side. It is a warning to her about the dangers of life in the modern society. She loves her life and doesn't like to demolish it. She urges to have an ideal life. Two things seem clear as we trace in Sylvia Plath's poems as well as in her life: the eschatological paradise and redemption (to go back to her home). Endemic imagery and metaphor for searching the purity are found in different voices. To her, the quest for simplicity or lucidity is of great significance. At the end to Sylvia Plath Husbandry, Children, House, Fame are more significant in her life than the other notions such as feminism and post- feminism.