Sylvia Plath's life, like her manic depression, constantly jumped between Heaven and Hell. Her seemingly perfect exterior hid a turbulent and deeply troubled spirit. A closer look at her childhood and personal experiences removes some element of mystery from her writings.         One central character to Sylvia Plath's poems is her father, Professor Otto Emile Plath. Otto Plath was diabetic and refused to stay away from foods restricted by his doctor. As a result , he developed …showed first 75 words of 968 total…

…showed last 75 words of 968 total…when she was alive, her life would have been more fulfilling, but at least she is now at peace.          Works Cited Hughes, Ted, and Fredrick McCullough. The Journals Of Sylvia Plath. London: Simon and Schuster, 1983. Butscher, Edward. Sylvia Plath : Method and Madness. New York: The Seabury Press, 1976. " The Bell Jar ". Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Electronic Publishing, 1995. " Suicide ". Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Electronic Publishing, 1995. Gilson, William.Sylvia Plath Bio. http://home.interlynx.net/~hecate/pbio.html