Plath - A Rebuttal to the Label "Feminist"Sylvia Plath has long been hailed as a feminist writer of great importance. In her 1976 book Literary Women, Ellen Moers wrote: "No woman writer has meant as much to the feminist movement today" (quoted in Wagner 5), and even today, at a time when the idea of ​​equality of women is not as radically Revolutionary as it had been at the turn of the century, Plath is a literary symbol of the women's rights movement. Roberta Mazzenti cites Robert A. Piazza who writes that there is "little feminist consciousness" in Plath's work, and goes on to explain this because "Plath's work [is] read...by readers seeking political support,” the feminist sentiment that the author never held can easily be attributed to her writings (201). This type of misattribution is exemplified by the opinions of critics like Sheryl Meyering, who claims that Sylvia Plath's intense desire to be accepted by men and to marry and have children was purely the product of mentality restrictive social system of the 1950s during which the author arrived. to femininity (xi). A closer examination of Plath's work, however, paints a different picture. Although Plath's awareness of and disgust with the submissive and insignificant role a woman was expected to play in the 1950s is clear from her early journals and poems completed in the last month of her life, this same body of work also makes clear that she had accepted part of this role for herself on her own terms: a common theme throughout the writing is the author's intense desire to be a wife beloved and loving and, perhaps even stronger, her desire to become a mother - for as long as she can. always speaks about his “deepest self” through his writings. In 1953, at the age of 20, Plath wrote in her diary: "I must find a powerful and high potential partner who can counter my dynamic and dynamic self: sexual and intellectual, and although comrade, I must admire him : respect and admiration must be assimilated to the object of my love (this is where the remains of paternal and divine qualities come into play). (Journals, 73) Here the reader finds no trace of misandrist resistance to the idea of ​​a strong attachment to a partner. Indeed, it seems clear that Plath was looking for an equal to accompany her in all aspects of a multifaceted life..