The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

Current Events & Pop Culture

Available to teachers only as part of the Teaching The Bell Jar Teacher Pass

Teaching The Bell Jar Teacher Pass includes:

Assignments & Activities
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Current Events & Pop Culture articles
Discussion & Essay Questions
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Related Readings in Literature & History

Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture

Unfilmable?

Someone in Hollywood thought a Pulitzer-prize winning novel about female identity and mental illness needed more lesbian suicide pacts for good measure. It's not good. But it's interesting to see how someone interprets Plath's work.