The Applicant

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The Applicant is a poem by Sylvia Plath that explores themes of gender roles, identity, and the commodification of women in marriage.

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instanceOf poem
addressesTopic female domesticity
marital expectations
marriage as transaction
social evaluation of women
analyzes marriage as a contract
author Sylvia Plath
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Sylvia Plath
criticizes commodification of the female body
traditional gender expectations
examines bureaucratic view of relationships
dehumanization of women
power dynamics in marriage
firstPublishedIn Ariel
genre confessional poetry
hasAuthorGender female
hasCulturalSignificance feminist literary criticism
hasInfluenceOn feminist readings of mid-20th-century marriage
includedIn Sylvia Plath’s poetic oeuvre
language English
literaryForm lyric poetry
literaryMovement confessionalism
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
narrativePerspective second person
partOf Ariel
publicationStatus posthumous
settingType interview-like scenario
studiedIn modern poetry courses
women’s studies courses
theme commodification of women
consumerism
gender roles
identity
marriage
objectification
patriarchy
performance of gender
social conformity
tone critical
darkly humorous
satirical
usesLiteraryDevice enjambment
irony
metaphor
repetition
satire

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Ariel containsWork The Applicant