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​**Key Literary Elements for** //The Bell Jar// Setting: In the 1950s at New York City, The Private Asylum

Point of View: 1st person Esther Greenwood

Theme: Roles of women in the 1950s

Literary Element: FlashBack- The begining of the book is one flashback after another. Plath uses the flashbacks to show how Ester got being insane. Symbolisim- The Fig Tree is a symbol in the book. It is described on Pg 77. The figs on the tree reprsent different pathes and choices for her life. If she picks one she loses the rest. If she can't choice one they rest of the figs fall off the tree and she loses them all.

The bell jar is a big symbol in The Bell Jar. A bell jar is a glass jar that is used in experiments to contain gasses. In the book a bell jar is a symol for her being insane. Once the bell jar is lifted off her is feels better and sane.

//Glass Bell Jar With Knob Top 6" x 10", 150 mm x 250 mm//. N.d. //www.thesciencefair.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2010. .
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//my-fig-tree-experience//. N.d. //bizwisdom.info//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2010. .

Plath, Sylvia. //The Bell Jar//. New York: HarperCollins, 1971. Print.

By: Robert Cuuningham