Outlets

Sylvia Plath had some extreme issues with her father, and in her poem "Daddy" she expresses her hatred and neglect from him, but I think she has blinded herself to see only what she wants.  He probably was not always authoritarian and demanding towards her, but those are her most prominent memories. She was an incredible poet but none of her poetry had a positive theme. She chose to remember the worst moments in her life rather than the best, but her poetry created an outlet that helped her deal with her issues for at least ten years before her suicide. Her life was sad yes, but I do not think there was only suffering; that was just her outlook on life. Writing can create any situation and it is the author's duty to make it what she wants, and although Sylvia Plath wrote depressing poetry, there was a definite purpose and lesson that came out of it.