💭The speaker of “Lady Lazarus” despises men like her doctor, in part because they obstruct her agency, but also because they objectify and dehumanize her. The poem's central conceit is that the speaker is a “lady” version of Lazarus, a man who was miraculously restored to life after having been dead and buried for days.

💭The poem begins directly with the main theme of this piece that is suicidal thoughts and death. According to the speaker, she has tried to kill herself once every ten years. The first time, when she was only ten, was not an attempt at all. It was just an accident. But, the second time she was determined to accomplish her goal of self-destruction. However, that attempt also bore no fruit.

💭It gave rise to bitter emotions in her heart concerning those who were around. She reveals her biggest enemy between her and the goal, is the doctor who saved her. So, before the last attempt, she bluntly says no matter what happens in this attempt. If she gets saved, she will rise like a phoenix and devour men like air.

💭Sylvia Plath wrote “Lady Lazarus” in 1962, during an intense burst of creative energy that shortly preceded her death by suicide, early in 1963. This creative burst led to the composition of many of Plath’s most famous poems, which were collected in the posthumous volume of 1965, Ariel. These poems, most of which are autobiographical and written in the first person, belong to what critics have dubbed the “confessional” turn in midcentury American poetry. Confessional poetry is known for its direct language and naked honesty, often addressing traumatic or otherwise troubling personal experiences from the poet’s life. This definition neatly describes many of Plath’s final poems, including “Lady Lazarus,” which centers a thirty-year-old woman who has attempted suicide on three occasions. Each time the speaker has survived a suicide attempt, she experiences a deeply traumatic return to the world she longs to leave behind. The poem’s title ironically likens the speaker’s return from the dead to Christ’s resurrection of Lazarus, as recorded in the Gospel of John. Whereas the biblical story is celebratory, the speaker’s tone is bitterly ironic and full of anguish. She suffers greatly in a patriarchal society that refuses to allow her control over her own body and life decisions.

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