Lazarus" are Plath's recollections of her most recent suicide attempt. She begins to characterize her doctors as Nazi's trying to execute her, when in fact they are trying to save her life. She refers to them as "herr doktor"(63) and "herr enemy"(66), very cruel terms for the people trying to save her life from her own self inflicted injuries. It seems obvious that her real conflict is with herself. The violence she portrays that is happening to her, is actually her rebellion against life. She even goes so far as to characterize her caregivers as "herr lucifer"(79), a rather strong title, but this gives insight into the writers desire to die. She is fighting against life, and she sees the doctors saving her as her "enemy"(66) for their part in her resurrection. She explains that she has tried to kill herself three times, the first time being an "accident".(36) The second time, she explains, she tried to kill herself and "to last it out and not come back at all."(38) Her second attempt was obviously thwarted, and this causes her to hold even more resentment towards the doctors. When finally revived, she becomes even more bitter. She comes back to "the same place, the same face , the same brute."(53) It is obvious that she is not happy about feeling like "ash"(73) while the doctors "poke and stir."(74) The real violence in "Lady Lazarus" is the violation of Plath's personal wishes to just be left to die, her true "theatrical"(51) performance.The internal violence encountered in "A Far Cry from Africa" deals more with Walcott's internal struggle with himself over the slaughter. He is "poisoned with the blood of both"(24) people, the British and the Africans. He is at war with himself over his alliances, and where his loyalty should be. He questions himself, and asks "where shall I turn, divided to the vein?"(27) Walcott's internal conflict continues through out the last stanza, when he mocks himself for his hyprocracy. H...
