Birthday Letters, Telling The Truth
Submitted by tayfitz on July 27, 2008
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Through the study of “Birthday Letters” by Ted Hughes, my thoughts have been challenged about the concept of truth, and the way in which it is told. I have come to understand and recognize the tribulations of defining or categorizing the meaning of truth, and the implications that the idea of truth entails. Perspectives on the significance of truth are largely reliant on our understanding of its appearance in the real world. “Birthday Letters” represents a perspective on the tempestuous relationship between Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, and whether the accounts in the anthology of poems are true or untrue, the concept of fluidity and pluralism of the truth has been clearly highlighted. Particularly through the poems Fulbright Scholars, The Shot and The Minotaur, have I come to consider the multi-dimensional nature of truth.
The dictionary defines truth as ‘consistent...