Resumen de The colour of mental illness in Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar"
Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar" is a novel about a teenager's mental illness and the failure of the medical treatments she undergoes. In this paper, I have analyzed the role of colours during her disease and how they change as she gets worse. The main character's personality as well as her relationships with the rest of the characters is presented through colours that stand for specific symbols. In the first half of the novel, colours are striking, as if she felt bombarded by discordant situations that are the cause of her illness; whereas in the second half, colours are more neutral and alienating, showing the critical and irreversible state of her depression.
