ity when one finds that things are not the way that one envisions them. When Esther finds that her boyfriend is not as virtuous as she believes him to be, she becomes very adamant about his negative qualities: “Actually it wasn’t the idea of Buddy sleeping with someone that bothered me…. What I couldn’t stand was Buddy’s pretending I was so sexy and he was so pure, when all the time he’d been having an affair.” (Plath 73). Esther is not upset about his actions, but the way in which he lies. This rouses the familiar emotion of betrayal that almost all readers to which almost all readers can relate. Esther does not forgive Buddy for his deceit, rather she holds on to it and remembers it at all times, creating a more wretched existence for herself. Esther also allows herself to be let down in other ways. Rejection is an ancient reason for feelings of unimportance, and Esther exemplifies this behaviour: All through June the writing course had stretched before me like a bright, safe bridge over the gulf of the summer. Now I saw it totter and dissolve, and a body in a white blouse and green skirt plummet into the gap. (Plath 120).Esther states feelings that are common to everyone, hopelessness and feelings of failure that usually accompany results are not as planned. In this way, the reader is able to both understand her thoughts and actions and grasp the reasons for one’s own in moments similar to hers. Often when one is discouraged by the reality of everyday, hope can be derived from remote ideas or circumstances. People are notorious for having thoughts that involve how circumstances could be much improved with the involvement of a few changes. Miss Greenwood characterizes this human trait when contemplating why a man would not sleep with her: “I thought if only I had a keen shapely bone-structure to my face or could discuss politics shrewdly or was a famous writer Constant...
