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2. Although the poem is openly autobiographical, Plath uses certain symbols to represent

herself (Lady Lazarus, a jew murdered in a concentration camp, a cat with nine lives and so on.)
What do these symbols tell us about Plath's attitude pward herself and the world around her?

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Answer:

The symbols that plath uses tells us that she is resilient, and also, that she feels her life is tragic or sad.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lady Lazarus is a reference to Lazarus, a man who Jesus brought back to life. This tells us that Sylvia Plath is resilient, because she has felt, at some point in her life, that she literary came back from death.

This is also related to the symbol of "a cat with nine lives", again, Plath feels that she has come back from life several times.

Finally, the symbol "a jew murdered in a concentration camp", probably tells us that Plath thinks her life has been tragic, or has had many tragedies.

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