In the poem "Daddy", Sylvia Plath says that there are women
who, due to early conditioning, find themselves without the
tools to deal with oppressive and controlling men. They are
left feeling helpless and hopeless. For some women, the
struggle is never resolved, others take most of a lifetime.
For a lucky few, they are granted a reprieve. The speaker
in this poem is Sylvia Plath. The poem describes her
feelings of oppression and her battle to come to grips with
the issues of this power ...
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