Assessing Sylvia Plath’s Tragic Prosopography through Her Family Tree

Tragedy is found not only in the genre of drama as Aristotle’s or
Shakespeare’s would propagate; instead, it is an indispensable fact
of human existence. It is not a petty imitation or a fantasy but
often an unsayable horror as absolute as happiness and misery in
the daily affairs of life, and depression is one of the most common
comorbid psychiatric disorders in people who die in cataclysmic
suicide. It does happen. If so, could such a monstrous thing
be genetically inherited or an outcome of social environment?
T
here is growing evidence that familial and transmissible factors,
marriage, and stress-festered events contribute to the risk of self
slaughter acts. Even before the turn of the 20th century until
now, its prevention has become a severe effort of every concerned
individual. Suicide is on the rise today, which is why we stand
in extreme need to put an end to such sad deeds because it is
not over-comed yet. Sylvia Plath, a famed American 20th-century
author, is one such representative victim. Therefore, this article
attempts to assess Sylvia Plath’s tragic prosopography through
her family tree, especially her despondency, depression, trauma,
suicide, and finally, the tragic end.