THE CYCLE OF ETERNITY:
A STUDY ON THE MYTH OF IMMORTALITY IN A SELECTION OF PLATH'S POEMS
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This study consists of bibliographic research of four of Plath's poems: Ariel, Daddy, Lady Lazarus, and Edge from the main work Ariel (2019). It recognized the theme and motifs of the poems proposed by Tomachevski’s (1970) scope. It debated the symbolism and semiosphere conceptions based on Lotman (1990) and the mythical narrative by Meletinski (2019). It adopted the archetype studied by Jung (2014) in the development mainly of anima and animus definitions which were identified in the poems. It discussed how a postmodern author like Plath regarded death, rebirth, and survival in her literary work in a cyclical pattern by reflecting the myth structure. The analysis addressed the ancient cultural memory, the spiritual influences, the social knowledge, and the metalanguage mechanism in the creation of messages, metaphors, and text-forming in the development of what was expressed as a never-ending cycle of life movement that transcends thus, to the myth of immortality. In this way, Plath addresses the issues beyond death, as a way to keep alive endlessly.
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