Sylvia Plath at 20 during the period that would inspire The Bell Jar. The Boston Globe/Canva July 22, 2025 Sylvia Plath’s ‘fig tree analogy’ from The Bell Jar is being misappropriated Elisha Wise, University of Sheffield There are many possible lives we could live but the use of Plath’s fig analogy to explore this idea is not quite right.
