Lady Lazarus
1. The symbols of Lady Lazarus and a cat with nine lives represent death and resurrection. The different dilemmas and sufferings that she is living cause her to die for a certain period of time. But then she comes to life again just like she was before.
2. Stevenson’s opinion about Plath’s poem means that Plath’s feelings and emotions about herself and her surrounding has gone way beyond normal. One can normally feel disappointment and hatred about the struggles and complications that come to our lives, but not to the extreme that Plath reaches. Her disapproval and fury have come to the limit therefore, these feelings aren’t what a normal person would feel. Which leads her to attempting suicide.
3. The metaphor “dying is an art” signifies that death also has a more than ordinary significance. This metaphor puts death as amusing and Plath feels that she has the skill to hold attention with her death.
4.The ending of the “Lady Lazarus” does imply that Plath will outlive her suicide attempts. Even though she blames her surroundings for her passing death “out of the ash” she will rise again; she will resucitate.
