90. Lady Lazarus(10) (AltE/3rdSem)

1. Who wrote 'Lady Lazarus?'
A:- Sylvia Plath wrote Lady Lazarus.

2. What is the theme?
A:- The themes of the poem are death, her suicidal attempts and the poet's capacity to recreate herselves.

3. What is Lady Lazarus?
A:- The phrase and title 'Lady Lazarus' refers to the New Testament's account of Jesus's resurrection of Lazarus from the dead.

4. What are the symbols?
A:- Skin, phoenix and Holocaust imagery are the symbols in the poem. The speaker's skin referred to here experiences the pain she went through. The phoenix imagery at the end of the poem is about rising up and reliving. The Holocaust imagery refers to the men who caused the pains in her life.

5. Is the poem a feminist poem?
A:- The poem is a feminist poem. The male gaze only focusses on her suicidal attempts. They missed the strengths of the poet where she ultimately also says how she will rise up and eat the men like air.

6. In which anthology does the poem arrive?
A:- 'Lady Lazarus' is in Ariel.

7. Who was her husband?
A:- Ted Hughes was her husband who had betrayed her for another woman after just seven years of marriage. This poem is written after their separation and before her suicide.

8. Who was her father?
A:- Otto Plath was her father who was a Harvard professor. He died when Sylvia was just eight years old. It was the first shock of her life and she felt deserted by her father. At the age of ten, she attempted her first suicide by trying to drown.

9. How did she commit suicide?
A:- In her third and last attempt to kill herself she consumed carbon monoxide from her gas stove and killed herself.

10. How many stanzas are there?
A:- There are twenty eight stanzas in the poem which were connected to each other through their last lines. Each stanza has three lines each.

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