Women In The Bell Jar By Sylvia Plath

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For years women have struggled to make an outbreak from the stereotypical view on women, particularly back then. Although women had their rights by 1920 that didn't mean that society’s viewpoints changed immediately after. Even today women still suffer with inequality between men and women, men being viewed higher than women. That is exactly what the main character, Esther Greenwood, in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, experiences in her day to day life. Throughout the novel Esther struggles to decide whether she wants to pursue with her academic career or settle down as a housewife which leads to further complications with her health. Esther is a 1950’s American girl who struggles to meet the standards of the society’s strict stereotypical view