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Class Discussion Daddy

Class Discussion Daddy

Q Read Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" and answer the following questions in a post of 100 words or more. You also may be interested in hearing Plath reading her work; if so, you may do so here:Audio Player 00:0000:001.00x 2.00x 1.50x 1.25x 1.00x 0.75x 0.50x Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. ." Within 24 hours of the original deadline, return to this "Discussion," read through all of the contributions, and post a 100 word (minimum) response to at least one of your classmates that converses thoughtfully with his/her post and moves the conversation forward. 1. How would you describe the speaker of the poem? On what specific grounds would you do so? 2. Why might the speaker link her individual pain to the communal suffering of the Jews in the Holocaust? How are we supposed to respond to this comparison? Is her equation of father = Nazi vs. speaker/herself = Jew an effective one? is it appropriate? is it shocking or offensive? What specific reaction might she be trying to get from the reader, and why might she do so? 3. What other forms does "Daddy" take on during the course of the poem? (In other words, what else does the speaker compare him to?) For what specific purposes might she have him take on these additional identities? How do these comparisons assist her as she attempts to sort out her relationship with him?

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The speaker of the poem seems to me to be very angry and in pain. She bears a lot of grudge against her daddy and wants to express this via this poem. The speaker’s word choices and tone depict pain and anger