Question

Which historical imagery does Plath controversially use in Daddy?

• A. The French Revolution
• B. The Holocaust and Nazi Germany
• C. The American Civil War
• D. The Russian Revolution

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The Holocaust and Nazi Germany

Plath uses disturbing Holocaust metaphors (e.g. “Chuffing me off like a Jew,” “Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen”) to describe her oppression and fear, linking her father to Nazi figures and symbols of tyranny.