2007-08-05 01:49:44 · 11 answers · asked by Colin 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
No. If you read her poetry, it is clear that she was the root cause of her own suicide.
You know, as a counsellor, I am constantly reminding people that others do not "make" you feel a certain way, rather you just let them make you feel that way..
2007-08-05 03:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by MetalMaster4x4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. Suicides often try to blame it on the people around them, but the fact of the matter is, they are killing themselves to get away from themselves. There are any number of things Sylvia Plath could have done -- she could have left the no-good cheating you-know-what. She could have tried marital counselling until they were both too old to go around anymore. She could have accepted his philandering, and turned her passions into another direction.
He may have been a factor, but a minor one. The root cause of Sylvia Plath's suicide was Sylvia Plath's faulty brain chemistry. If she'd never met him, there's a good chance she would have done the Drama Queen about some other guy.
2007-08-05 02:00:08 · answer #2 · answered by Madame M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plath was troubled in the mind before Hughes came along but he didn't help matters.Nobody can cause another person to commit suicide unless they have a fragile troubled mind in the first place
2016-05-18 22:46:07 · answer #3 · answered by margo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Following Sylvia Plaths suicide, Ted Hughes re-married to a woman who also committed suicide. He sounds like good fun ..!
2007-08-05 04:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, Sylvia Plath's mental illness was the root cause. ted Hughes and various other cronies just added to the problem, but in my opinion, they should have all done it and saved us having to read their self indulgent crud.
2007-08-05 02:23:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No; most of the previous answers have identified her inherent instability. Also suicide comes from within; external factors are small contributors but never the principal cause.
The question you ask has long been fashionable amongst the extreme feminists who have never allowed facts to interfere with a headline-catching onslaught against men.
2007-08-05 08:09:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, not at all, I don't suppose he helped the situation but I believe that she was very ill anyway. Her poetry is incredibly dark.
2007-08-05 02:35:50 · answer #7 · answered by Christina K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She had mental instability which was probably not helped by him. He wasn't the root cause.
2007-08-05 03:00:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didnt help an already unstable woman
2007-08-05 01:55:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They both had very dark thoughts I don't think he was a help but we all have choices . interesting question
2007-08-05 01:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by lucy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋