It also portrays the fact that despite clearly being tortured by her mental health condition she never got the help she needed. It conveys the paradox of Plath pouring her emotions into her work but at the same time her words fading away as she was a woman in the 1950’s. This is an interesting circumstance as it strengthens the feeling of being confined.
They are used in science as well, as amateur vacuums and for simple experiments such as demonstrating that the propagation of sound is mediated by air as sound inside of a bell jar fades (Nedungadi).
Bell jars are commonly used to preserve flowers or food, preventing them from decomposing. The bell jar depicts Plath’s depression and feelings of being trapped.
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