“Exploring Visual and Written Elements: Sylvia Plath’s Drawings and The Bell Jar”

Sylvia Plath was a visual artist and a writer. A selection of her drawings were sold and made available online. In your third discussion posting, you will pair one of Plath’s drawings with one quotation from chapters 5-8, asserting an argument regarding what the similarities or differences teach us about the novel. As you analyze the drawing and the passage from the novel together, take into account the visual elements that make the drawing a drawing and the written elements that make the novel a novel. Include a screenshot of your image with your posting.  
Your response will be at least 250 words and take the shape of the “sandwich paragraph” 
Remember to cite all sources you consult and add a list of works cited that includes the edition of the novel that you quote from. You must use your own words, cite, and quote appropriately. If you are using an e-book, you can cite chapters rather than page numbers in parentheses.
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For further information regarding Plath’s artwork, see Kathleen Connors and Sally Bayley, eds. Eye Rhymes: Sylvia Plath’s Art of the Visual (Oxford UP, 2007). You can hover over the cover to “look inside” on Amazon.
Please let me know if you have any questions!