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Furthermore, Lady... ...logy with negative self-image to create an extreme check that women fell from grace when they needed to eat, making this poem, like anorexia, evocative of unselfishness women should not feel as th ough they need to deprive their clement needs to improve their worldity. These poems should not be considered negative examples of female rationale, but rather, allegories of empowerment by their own choices, Lady Lazarus rises like the phoenix, and the anorexic woman matures spiritually, each through her own death. Furthermore, each woman acts as the quotation of morality, as Lady Lazarus transcends heaven and hell, and the anorexic woman judges herself. though the cause of the anorexic womans desire is not clear, her reaction, like Lady Lazarus, is a choice free from God, as Nietzsche explains. Thus by destroying themselves, these women are in truth asserting their autonomy. Empowerment of Women in Sylvia Plaths Lady Lazarus and Eavan Bolands Empowerment of Women in Sylvia Plaths Lady Lazarus and Eavan Bolands Anorexic Although the title foreshadows an extrinsic approach, this essay mostly features intrinsic analysis. Eavan Bolands Anorexic seems descendent from Sylvia Plaths Lady Lazarus the two share common elements, yet have significant differences. An examination of the poems themes reveals that self-destructiveness can serve as empowerment for women. Plath explores Lady Lazarus nontraditional view of suicide in her poem (since Plath does not hold the speaker of the poem a name, I will refer to her as Lady Lazarus). Lady Lazarus reveals her first suicide was accidental, but she reveals that her two subsequent deaths have been deliberate. This is significant as she is not speaking of attempts, but factual suicides also, she establishes her intention. In describing the womans attitude, Plath varies between using metaphors, such as Its the theatrical/ retort in broad day (51-52), and similes my skin/Bright as Nazi lampshade (4-5) I rocked shut/As a seashell (38-39). Plaths indifferent and nigh positive connotations suggest Lady Lazarus embraces death as indicative of her exponent to survive. Also, the poems structure of three-line sta nzas is symbolic of this being Lady Lazarus third suicide. After her suicide, Lady Lazarus declares she is only Ash, Flesh, bone,(75) A cake of soap/A wedding ring,/A gold filling (76-78) she does not reminisce about who she was, but rather, literally what she now is. Plaths repetition of ash indicates Lady Lazarus preoccupation I turn back and burn (71) Lady Lazarus does not express resentment towards this death, likely symbolic, as she does not articulate the exact method. Furthermore, Lady... ...logy with negative self-image to create an extreme view that women fell from grace when they needed to eat, making this poem, like anorexia, evocative of charity women should not feel as though they need to deprive their human needs to improve their humanity. These poems should not be considered negative examples of female rationale, but rather, allegories of empowerment by their own choices, Lady Lazarus rises like the phoenix, and the anorexic woman matures spiritually, each through her own death. Furthermore, each woman acts as the inception of morality, as Lady Lazarus transcends heaven and hell, and the anorexic woman judges herself. though the cause of the anorexic womans desire is not clear, her reaction, like Lady Lazarus, is a choice free from God, as Nietzsche explains. Thus by destroying themselves, these women are rattling asserting their autonomy.