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In Sylvia Plath's 1965 poem Daddy, Plath uses Nazism to show an implied power imbalance between her and her father. The use of Plath taking on the persona of a Jewish character in the Nazi era was controversial to say the least. I do not like the metaphor Plath uses to compare herself to a marginalized group of people to shed light on her trauma. Despite the metaphor or analogy of being a jew coming across as insensitive, it further depicts her father being stuck in the past and continuing his hateful mindset, even passing judgment on his daughter when she displays “similarities”. This use of the persona was interesting. Plath's choice of using the Nazi archetype as a way to describe her father shows their heavily strained relationship as a father-daughter duo. It depicts the true hatred and evil her father has for her, specifically. It reminded me of Josef Mengele, commonly known as The Angel of Death. Mengele had done horrific experiments on Jewish people: women, children, and disabled individuals, to name several demographics. This detail can illustrate the father's lack of empathy towards his own daughter.

Plath’s father is stuck in his ancestral background and the Nazi mindset. As if they’ve moved, he's still back in time and will not let go of the past. This detail can show the expectations of the American dream of present figures. Plath writes her father as a man who would not let go and held onto it despite the war being over. He takes pride in his German roots as the “better aryan being” as said on lines 44 & 45. To Sylvia, she is seen as the “lesser being” in his eyes. Emphasizing her desire to be seen as his ideal daughter, which she is not.

The trauma plath…“I could never talk to you…I thought every German was you” (Plath 1507) hints at the beginning of the trauma being displayed in how she does not interact and cannot view other Germans as the same without hearing her father. Plath also included that she had “...always been scared of you” (Plath 1508), which also helps imply the Nazi character she had given her father, further playing into the power dynamic and how she considers herself as the “jew”.

Plath also uses fictional characters to describe her father, such as a vampire with a black heart. Plath refers to her heart as red. I pondered on what the red could symbolize, possibly her desire for his love or embrace, which he lacks. The use of color in this poem has a contrast.  Plath has a sense of innocence that is not tainted with her father's darkness. Finally, in the last paragraph, Plath states, “Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through” (Plath 1509). This indicates that she wants to move on and wants him to move on from a tradition that he has learned and embraced.

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I was reminded of the title of this novel!!!