Quick Hughes Q (1 Viewer)

[mreditor16]

Quick Q -

Is it too harsh or unsuitable for an essay for me to say that Hughes represents Plath as deranged?

EDIT - And also how about using the word psychopathic for describing how Hughes sees Plath?

 

[moonshoes]

It's not too subjective if you can back it up with quotes.
eg.

In "Your Paris" Hughes employs plosive consonants at the end of each phrase to emphasise Plath's volatile nature. This is witnessed within 'Your Paris/ Was a desk in a pension/ where your letters unopened/ Was a labyrinth. Where you still hurtled, scattering tears.' Once again, Plath’s destructive mentality is connected to her father's death in the form of a classical allusion of the Labyrinth.

Maybe find more sophisticated terminology? But 'psychopathic' does have a ring to it ahah.

Hope this helped!

 

[mreditor16]

should be okay, you're not saying that Plath is actually deranged, you're saying that Hughes represents her as deranged... so thats perfectly fine.

And I like psychopathic

haha thanks HPF.