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Various images are identified in this 3 page paper. The paper explains why the various images are used and what it says about the protagonist. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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that image and relate it to the text is perhaps too simplistic an endeavor. Plath does a marvelous job of using imagery in the work and there are numerous examples
of images related to race, ethnicity and gender, and idea that Plath seems to align and this occurs throughout the context of the book. Form the outset, the book refers
to ethnicity with a mention of the Rosenbergs on the first page (Plath 1). As the story goes on, Plath makes looser references to race, ethnicity and gender. She writes
"The Negro wheeled the food cart into the patients dining room" (Plath 269). It is not as if Plath becomes more organized, but rather, she becomes more comfortable in addressing
ethnic ideas. Also, this is an attempt to demonstrate something about the character of Esther. Baldwin points out numerous details that appear throughout the work and quotes a line in
the middle of the book that references a Negros face (21). Other racial and ethnic images go to the types of eyes that a Chinese woman has and a
reference to "Esthers fecund Catholic neighbor" is made (Baldwin 21). It seems that as the story unfolds about this mentally ill narrator, there is a sense of familiarity. In some
way, this author does not want to reveal the prejudices or insights of the narrator too early on. This is not unusual and likely has nothing to do with race
or ethnicity specifically. Rather, as more of the character is revealed, she notices more elements in the environment. Baldwin also notes that a man from Peru assaults Esther (Baldwin
21). Here, there may be characterization that is formed based on race or ethnicity. This is very different from an identification of a character based on race or appearance. Rather,
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