I think there is further context to her suicide. Her husband, the poet Ted Hughes, was having an affair and his mistress was pregnant. He married the mistress after Sylvia’s death, and four years later, she also took her own life along with taking the life of their four year old daughter. Some have theorized that Ted Hughes may have played a role in both women’s suicides. Not literally. But perhaps driven them to it in some way.
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Reply to "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath by salon_i
I think there is further context to her suicide. Her husband, the poet Ted Hughes, was having an affair and his mistress was pregnant. He married the mistress after Sylvia’s death, and four years later, she also took her own life along with taking the life of their four year old daughter. Some have theorized that Ted Hughes may have played a role in both women’s suicides. Not literally. But perhaps driven them to it in some way.