Question

What event in Plath’s life significantly influenced the poem Daddy?

• A. The death of her husband Ted Hughes
• B. The death of her father when she was a child
• C. Her first publication success
• D. The birth of her daughter

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The death of her father when she was a child

Plath lost her father, Otto Plath, when she was eight. His death deeply impacted her, and this unresolved grief and mixed feelings of love, fear, and anger are central to Daddy.