ENGA11H3 Lecture Notes - Finnegans Wake, Yale School Of Medicine, Deer Island Prison

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English notes: the bell jar tells the story of a young woman"s coming-of-age, but it does not follow the usual trajectory of adolescent development into adulthood. Instead of undergoing a progressive education in the ways of the world, culminating in an entrance into adulthood, esther regresses into madness. Experiences intended to be life changing in a positive sense esther"s first time in new york city, her first marriage proposal, her success in college are upsetting and disorienting to her. Instead of finding new meaning in living, esther wants to die. As she slowly recovers from her suicide attempt, she aspires simply to survive: esther observes a gap between what society says she should experience and what she does experience, and this gap intensifies her madness. She dreams of a larger life, but the stress even of dreaming such a thing worsens her madness: the bell jar takes a critical view of the medical profession, in particular psychiatric medicine.

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