Daddy | Sylvia Plath - Line by Line Explanation

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Daddy by Sylvia Plath is a poem misunderstood by most readers and critics. it is full of complex symbolism and tricky metaphors. This video is a complete class lecture with line-by-line explanation, analysis of themes and discussion on the symbols of the poem. Watch till the end to discover what the poem is really about. A must-watch for students of American Literature and Feminism.
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00:00 Intro
05:21 Text
36:58 Between the Lines
Related Links
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Sylvia Plath Documentary: • Sylvia Plath documenta...
Sylvia Plath with Ted Highes Interview (1961): • Video
Sylvia Plath Interview(1962): • Sylvia Plath Interview.
Frieda Hughes Website: www.friedahughes.com
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Monami Mukherjee, working as Assistant professor of English at Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya, has a teaching experience of over 15 years. She got her education at Lady Brabourne College and University of Calcutta. She completed her MPhil from Calcutta University and has worked in St Xavier’s Institution, Panihati Mahavidyalaya and Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya. She has delivered invited talks in Post Graduation Classes at Lady Brabourne College and Taki Government College. She takes special interest in issues of Feminism, Post-colonialism and Modernism. She is known for her conversational style of teaching and grasp of core concepts in literature.
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@monalisadutta43 2 жыл бұрын

I can't even begin to put in words how excellent this was! I had to take 5 mins break just to unwind from all the emotions. Such an engrossing poem. I forgot the count of time. Thank you Maam for such an amazing explanation and also for encouraging to put our own inputs into our writings. To be honest i have to watch it again as I missed some of the slides while listening and looking at you😅. Wish there were more similarities in UG and PG syllabus.

@NibblePop 2 жыл бұрын

If there were more similarities then you would all get lazy😂

@monalisadutta43 2 жыл бұрын

@@NibblePop 😅😅

@Sidesmokeml 10 ай бұрын

Never thought you tube lectures would be this good.. I really forgot this lecture is 1 hour long 😂

@NibblePop 10 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@snehit-chan 7 ай бұрын

Thats how a teacher should be teaching, i enjoyed too😍....

@shadokpamsusmita3542 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had a teacher like you during my master’s class ❤

@shwetaailawadi8150 Жыл бұрын

Omygod. This was a mindblowing experience indeed. No one could've imagined thinking the way you did. You deserve standing ovations👏

@briti Жыл бұрын

Ma'am please make a video on Silvia Plath's poem "Lady Lazarus" .

@anshikasrivastava8018 Жыл бұрын

Huge respect for you ma'am ..the way you explained this poes is just brilliant...when I started reading this poem I was very confused what Sylvia plath wants to convey..she is contradictory her own words in this poem.. and i thought that she just wrote this in her anger but after watching this video I must say I have developed a huge respect for her...the world needs more like her and you are just amazing..words can't describe how I'm feeling right now... reality should be come infront of all.. looking forward for more such explanation...thank you so much 💗

@santaghosh4362 Жыл бұрын

I'm literally speechless to how this video turned out to be one of the best explanations for me...I have never watched a hour video without skipping but this one was surprisingly exceptional...your explanation and the facts that you provided is amazing...I would be watching more of your videos from now on...thank you so much ma'am ❤️✨

@chhotonmandal-of5mp Ай бұрын

I love your logic and the way how you interpreted that complicated poem . And now I have gained the confidence that I can write any question from this poem even without doing any tutions and classes but watching your video . Thank you ma'am ❤

@debjanibanerjee895 7 ай бұрын

Ma'am all the points you mentioned about the portrayal of a very masculine tyrant in this poem, the figure of famous poet Ted Hughes as an oppressive husband and Sylvia's mental trauma and frustration she expresses as a poetic persona--it shook my inner conscience and emotions...thanks a lot ma'am for teaching us this well❤

@nishisingh167 Жыл бұрын

HUGE APPLAUSE for your efforts.Deeply touched.❤

@shivanibahl3068 2 жыл бұрын

loved the way you explained this poem . Highly appreciable !! 👌👌

@livyavarghese2707 Жыл бұрын

That was an Eye-opener for me.. Expecting more such lectures from you ❤

@BK_Aditya 11 ай бұрын

An explosion of creativity, colors, and emotions, leaving minds in awe. Thank you so much ma'am! 🤍🤍🤍

@NibblePop 11 ай бұрын

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@Themobong 7 ай бұрын

Your description narration explanation and critical analysis are the best free available resources Internet. thank you

@Annie-bt2up 5 ай бұрын

This is the first 1 hour I spent on a lecture and didn't want it to end. Thank you maam.

@mahendrasamanta7601 Жыл бұрын

Your interpretation changes my view to see this poem from a different angle😍

@esshhhaaa6521 Жыл бұрын

I dont have words to express my gratitude for this humble and helpful explanation ❤️✨

@ghizlanezouhairi3396 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this useful analysis

@tashinakhatun6028 Жыл бұрын

Most satisfied with this interpretation than any other I have heard 🔥

@33niharikasingh56 8 ай бұрын

Thank you ma'am, it was a wonderful lecture. You changed my whole perspective towards this poem.

@jitdas2236 Жыл бұрын

I love this interpretation of yours...it made me rethink over many points and I got a bold perspective over it, thanks ma'am ❤️🙏

@elainaedwards6166 2 жыл бұрын

This was truly incredible!

@shivangipathak6800 2 жыл бұрын

Best lecture i have ever came across ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@ramitbiswas7154 2 жыл бұрын

Please ma'am don't stop making the videos It's very much helpful 😃

@sonalimurmu8704 4 ай бұрын

I have got many new ideas from this poem which I have not got before . wonderful lecture ❤❤

@TheEnglishOpedia Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dear Ma'am so much for teaching us this poem in a nice way! 😊 You taught it in a better way than my English Literature teacher....

@kuhusarkar6097 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing lecture mam...i feel like am sitting in a university classroom. Thank you for bringing such amazing video & making us to think in another way. Take my love and respect 🙏

@zoyaarora1570 Жыл бұрын

I can't tell you how grateful i feel to have your interpretation of this poem. I m in love w Sylvia💜

@NibblePop Жыл бұрын

Don't forget to watch Emily Dickinson too (going to be published on 12th)

@shreyagon5833 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Ma'am for your invaluable lecture.. Definitely your explanations are out of express.. please continuing your lecture about anything of the text, textual matter of English hons students..

@krishnakshis9288 2 жыл бұрын

Great explanation.. really loved it and looking forward for more such

@radhevishnoi6734 Жыл бұрын

Splendid coverage, thanks a lot Ma'am

@rajkumarshaw6888 Жыл бұрын

yours videos are just wow☺️ thanks for your support in this subject..

@manirakhatun9492 5 ай бұрын

Ma'am you are my best teacher. How easily you explained the thing. You are the best. And I'm totally agree to your point of view.

@priyadarshini688 9 ай бұрын

Thankyou so so so much mam. The way you explained the whole poem and added your perspective it's marvellous. So thankful❤

@a.d4024 Жыл бұрын

Mesmerizing lecture... salute 🙏

@sabiyakhatun9028 Жыл бұрын

After listening your explanation on this poem, it seems that all doubts become clear . Now I understand it properly. Thanks a lot mam. If you give one more video on the text "A portrait of the artist as a young man" I will be grateful to you 🙏🙏

@safasajeer4450 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ma'am..you covered all points.. there's no need of further reference

@joycebasu9626 Жыл бұрын

This is such a in-depth explanation man

@amitpramanick8954 2 жыл бұрын

💝finally I get someone who can give a reliable explanation of this poem

@prvnkr4063 Жыл бұрын

i will gladly share this perspective in my exams cz i can understand ur point and it amazes me .. thank you for ur efforts.

@anuankita 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful session it was!!!! 😊 U have proved ur explaination with so much valid points....ur explaination accords with such a well-honed poem...

@shizukaminamoto6662 Жыл бұрын

Very good analysis of the whole poem. Each and every part of the poem is covered in the analysis. Can you please make a video on the poem "Widow" by Plath?

@subarnasaha8210 6 ай бұрын

Very much different aspect, analysis of between the lines is very much to the point and clear

@abhishekghosh6445 2 жыл бұрын

Such an enriching experience. Great Ma'am 👍

@sejalsingh8943 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful poem and even more mesmerising explaination, i ve read the poem earlier and even i was not able to relate how cud a daughter hate her father so much tht too when she was so little when he died but the way u explained relating it wd ted hughes along wd suitable examples from the text itself and even from her personal life nd interviews made me more convinced...thank u for ur efforts mam ,,,, awaiting for more videos ahead

@championbrothers-rayyanraz1046 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing lecture Mam👌👌really need these kind of classes👍👍

@ankurkumar-kk1gc Жыл бұрын

beautifully explained.indebted to you for this

@victoriavitorio8672 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this ❤️

@aadila457 2 жыл бұрын

Rushed with emotions! Thank you so much!

@aadila457 2 жыл бұрын

@nibblepop Maam please make more videos on Sylvia poems And in Linguistics ( Theories by Saphir , Chomsky)

@dishaburman1581 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Ma'am Amazing explanation ❤

@danonymousd Ай бұрын

Thank u so much maam... Your teaching skill helped me a lot...and i successfully completed my honours with 75% marks

@NibblePop Ай бұрын

That's great ❣️❣️

@tejaswinivenkatesh3443 Жыл бұрын

Amazing lecture mam the way you have lucidated the poem is so beautiful thank you so much mam for helping to see the poem in a different light

@khushibutt586 Жыл бұрын

Wooow, I wish to have you my all time teacher

@naveedakhtar527 2 ай бұрын

Marvelous interpretation

@rabibarik1931 8 ай бұрын

Chinua Achebe, Things fall Apart Crime and punishment Fyodor dostoyvesky Madame bovary Gustave Flaubert Bend in the river v s. Naipaul Blow up Julio cortazar Bora ring Judith wright Mahasweta Devi Draupadi Beloved Toni Morrison. Daddy video lectures very interesting lectures thanks ma'am

@satarupaganguly3271 2 жыл бұрын

ohhh god!! Such an emotionally packed lecture. Thankyou soo much ma'am.

@NibblePop 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was one of my most emotional classes.

@aasthapatel1612 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for this amazing lecture mam!❤

@gongshuohu1240 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely engrossing and riveting lecture. It educates and elucidates the poem so meticulosly with support of facts and valid interpretations. Thrilling to listen to discover what's between the lines. Devastatingly brilliant and shocking towards the end, It takes a brilliant mind to uncover the tortured brilliance of Sylvia Plath. And this is the first time I came across her poem. Many grateful thanks. Robert from SG.

@NibblePop 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment and appreciation. Just one small qs, what does SG stand for?

@rishikamarethia9220 Жыл бұрын

Dear mam , Thanks for such a critically viewed analysis of this poem , the in between lines observation which you stressed upon is really something to be focused at , I completely agree with what you told , Also since she lost her father at the age of 8, how can she even has so many experiences or judgements for him , there's a grief of loss of fatherhood , she's recreating the image of daddy with her husband now, ...thank you so much for this observation , your lectures are always an enrichment for us the students.. 🌼🌼🥰❤️

@utkarshk5731 Жыл бұрын

What a great interpretation I'm really speechless how did you put your views 👏👏👏

@shrikantpradhan680 6 ай бұрын

Great analysis, Mam . Thanks a lot.

@shreyamaity2783 Жыл бұрын

Really I got a unique explanation from you...👌👌 My gratitude to you 🙏🙏

@vismayanhattuthala5319 2 жыл бұрын

What a great women... What a great teacher... Feel in love with your strong words and Ideas.

@NibblePop 2 жыл бұрын

Oh your words are so heartwarming

@bibeksarkey2624 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ma'am. It is very helpful.

@hadisakhatun1032 Жыл бұрын

This is very helpful for me ❤️❤️ thank you ma'am

@rameshanm6128 3 ай бұрын

Awesome...expecting more.....❤

@mirshapt5270 Жыл бұрын

Much love❤... Thanku.. Expct more... U are a great teacher... .. Love

@aarushiyadav5563 11 ай бұрын

Ma'am you have explained it so well. I have no words to explain my admiration for you.. Ma'am, please make an another video on the poem written by the same poet known as 'Lady Lazarus'. A humble request ma'am.

@shadiyasaif3884 Жыл бұрын

i had been thinking in this perspective after doing a thorough background research on Sylvia Plath and was highly confused with many peoples' interpretations. Your content, way of presentation and everything is highly impressive mam. was an outstanding lecture ,,,👍🥰. Love from Kerala 🥰🥰🥰🥰

@sayheytodia29 2 жыл бұрын

Mam, I can't thank you enough for this one. We have this poem in third semester of ug. The way you explained the whole poem helped me understand it better. You're literally the best teacher I have ever come across my life. Please keep making such videos. Mam I have a request. If you kindly make more videos on ug syllabus it would be very much helpful for us ug students. Thank you. ❤️

@trinabasak8627 4 ай бұрын

madam, your way of explanation with a deep analysis and background study is absolutely amazing...Can you please make a video on "Lady Lazarus" next time?

@bravo2457 2 жыл бұрын

Mam, your lectures are excellent💯

@K_F_fox 6 ай бұрын

The first time I read the poem, I assumed "barely daring to breath or Achoo" was a metaphor. But my wife... her mother threatened to beat her as a child if she didn't stop burping (which was due to a hernia and food intolerances), and her grandmother threatened to beat her mother for coughing (which was due to asthma). Many spiritual practices involve the control of breathing, as it is both an involuntary and voluntary action. Why wouldn't a controlling, abusive parent want to exercise that level of control?

@nipuniekanayake216 11 ай бұрын

Awesome explanation 🎉

@vinitas20 2 жыл бұрын

Great work ma'am

@shreyagupta1914 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much madam for this excellent explanation❤your thoughts about this poem also triggered me to deeply think about this poem.... And at lest i am in your side madam 😇thank you for provoking us to thought beyond conventional explanation🙏💕

@MoonLight-og7gf 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@rajkumarshaw6888 Жыл бұрын

This was wonderful ❤️ Try to make a video on the hollow men by t.s Eliot... Please Ma'am

@pawankumarbishnoi7718 Жыл бұрын

Great work ma'am ✨

@anjuvijai6354 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice 👌 Thank you so much mam...

@shanbaruah8076 Жыл бұрын

Thanks alot , thank-you mam. Perfect 🥰🥰🥰🥰💕

@sangitadas5981 9 ай бұрын

It was a very incisive discussion..Well done

@debankadey7357 Жыл бұрын

It felt like a good researched lecture

@ashishkumarshaw3722 2 жыл бұрын

Refreshing insights. 👍

@diptikumari4930 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ma'am for this wonderful explanations ❤️. Pta nahi ap na hoti tho ye kaise ho .i am fully dependent on your vedios . You are angel for me 😊.

@ayazulhaq6040 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@upashnalimbu7074 Жыл бұрын

Ma'am can you do lady lazarus

@naazparveen6103 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ Amazing

@Little_Star143 2 жыл бұрын

I've found this video on other channels . But why they I don't know only go through the lines and most importantly that type of video can't extract out the deeper sense of the poem. What is this video showed me . Thanks Mam . It was the best video for Honors students , though it take time but doesn't matter .

@NibblePop 2 жыл бұрын

Sylvia Plath spent a lifetime on poetry. So it is only justified that we spend an hour or two😊 Literature demands patience, and time. Only then can we enjoy it and not feel panicked by the enormity of syllabus. Good luck dear and thanks so much

@sitatudu3009 Жыл бұрын

Listen 4 time and never get bored

@ganthaswaroopan7978 Ай бұрын

It was very amazing class mam

@souvikpal1485 2 жыл бұрын

great session mam

@niharendude4965 2 жыл бұрын

Madam your explanation is great. I request you that you also discusses in "Indian Diaspora" like Anita and me by Mera Syal(Novel),One out of many by V.S Naipaul

@milfbangerbhabhilover9771 2 жыл бұрын

Ay, this is in cc5 of Calcutta University English Hons ug course. Very useful video as exam is tomorrow and I haven't really prepared for this poem

@NibblePop 2 жыл бұрын

Hope it helped.

@sutanukasarkhel8382 Жыл бұрын

Excellent mam ❤

@lively_saumya 4 ай бұрын

Ma'am, I am little bit confused...why did she heavily use German words if she is not addressing her father? Because it is certain that he might be either a German or Polish, not very explicit but still... And I would like to thank you for presenting a different viewpoint that to with such proofs for which you must have done some rigorous research. We couldn't think that she could have used the word "Daddy" for Ted Hughes. I feel like we have only been studied Plath very superficially till now. But thank you for sharing this. Will surely try to spread this perspective.

@tariniyasheswani3439 8 ай бұрын

Ma'am please make a video for analytical answering of' Bliss'.

@seaofliterature6158 2 жыл бұрын

Madam,your explanation is really engaging and thought provoking indeed. Can you please upload video/share critical annotated notes on The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost? I'd be very grateful to you.

@NibblePop 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. Will try.

@deeparamanathan6772 Жыл бұрын

My God, I am still in a trance, your words have cast their magic spell on me. Your explanation too.....None of the Dictionaries have the word to describe it. I say the bestest if there's a superlative degree Just a thought--Could it be that her mother had an affair with a guy,( the reason for her hating her mother so much), who was like a father figure who bossed about when she was young to the extent of her hating him

@NibblePop Жыл бұрын

Very interesting thought indeed! Who knows! Anything is possible