let's just say its both. sylvia was mentally unstable enough, and ted did have a part on her suicide. im not saying its his fault entirely. im saying its a mix of both.
Also let's face it is a little sketchy that he destroyed Sylvia's journals where she wrote about their last months together, and I don't buy that it was for the good of the kids. It's also a bit sketchy that Owlyn, his sister has had hands in not allowing Sylvia's work to be printed if it makes her brother look bad. He may have been a great poet but like most famous male poets not a good husband, much like Pablo Neruda.
Oh and as a note, Ted, self admittedly, was not the most supportive of husbands in the sense that things were often about him and his writing, he was sometimes oblivious to his role as husband and father. And as far as studying them, believe you me a lifetime is not sufficient to understand the mechanics of anothers life. And pegging things on the fact that Sylvia was unstable is as ridiculous as full blaming Hughes. He was a jerk as a person and that just didn't help.
I beg to differ I think in many ways Sylvia felt stifled creatively by Hughes, so the case as to whether or not she would have remained in obscurity has yet to be seen. It was her death that brought her fame, and her being a woman, married and not exactly scandalous publicly that kept her from it in life during those times. As for Ted it's not a coincidence that both your wives die by suicide, and that one takes your kid along with her. In my book that ceases to be bad luck.
So its just a tragic coincidence that TWO of his wives committed suicide under similar circumstances? Ted Hughes is clearly misunderstood!?! please the guy was an asshole.
P.S. to jonpoet21, trust me i am no feminist activist, it seems to me you are rather narrow minded. forgive me for saying that although it wasn't all his fault, it is true that his infidelity didn't help her problems. And, i'm sorry but after studying Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes for a year i'm pretty sure she isn't phsyco, the poor girl had a crap life! Besides, he was known for being a player and clearly was unfaithful, which caused the maritial problems.
All of you bashing Edward(Ted) need to get a grip, if it weren't for him Sylvia would have stayed in obscurity, this film overall is good but most of its portayal of Edward is based on unfounded rumours and the fact that when Sylvia died everyone was looking to blame someone and Ted was a convenient target
actually, it's a proven fact that he cheated on her, he admitted to it. so i suggest you stop calling him a convinient target. maybe he wasn't the main reason, but he was definatley A reason.
the reason she killed herself had nothing to do with ted,in fact bashing him IS unfounded,she killed herself for the same reason she had tried to years previous, she was manic depressive, and unstable.
I am not, I was simply making the point that bashing ted and some people I have heard actually saying he inadvertently kiled her, its bullocks, a crock, she WAS unstable, it's well documented and I have researched it, with that said, I suggest you do the same.
He left her for Assia AFTER they had already started having problems
P.S to porcelain. you're a typical feminist activist type doesn't take me long to figure out you seem to have an aversion to men, I didn't "assume" she was a psycho, I said she was not always the most rational, everyone that knew her would tell you the same
I don't think they made Sylvia look unjustly paranoid ... it's pretty obvious from his unnecessarily angry reactions that her suspicions weren't without basis.
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elmaravilloso96 1 week ago
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this bitch was a fucking nut.
metronomic1 11 months ago
The book "Her Husband", by Diane Middlebrook is an exceptional reference for the relationship between, and individual psyches of, Plath and Hughes.
SisterRags 1 year ago
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SisterRags 1 year ago
(looking over comments) Feminism has such nasty implications. Funny, that.
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eecortese 2 years ago
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u are the saddest bunch of faggots
who gives a flying fuck about these two people,
get the fuck over them, theyre both fuckwits
ted hughes should have killed her and saved us all some grief on having to read her shit. better still her dad should have worn a god damn condom!
FUCK YOU ARE THE SADDEST BUNCH OF PRICKS
brownydom 2 years ago
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Agreed.
I hate this shit.
CollateralSandwich 2 years ago
then why are you watching it you fuck head
damienxxxpele 2 years ago 3
dude. blame the HSC.
ted hughes and silvia plath wasted months of my life.
im guessing that ur watching this out of leisure, hate to.
ps. good name faggot. reply when u have a good name or something descent to say fuckwit
brownydom 2 years ago
spoken like a true Philistine....
poor bastard......
damienxxxpele 2 years ago
let's just say its both. sylvia was mentally unstable enough, and ted did have a part on her suicide. im not saying its his fault entirely. im saying its a mix of both.
892lgy7382 2 years ago
Oh and just one last thing. The saddest thing of all to me, the one that breaks my heart the most, is that their own son Nicholas killed himself too.
rsmunoz01 2 years ago 3
Oh sorry and before I meant to write fully not full. Sorry for writing so much I'm just a little passionate on the subject. :o)
rsmunoz01 2 years ago
Also let's face it is a little sketchy that he destroyed Sylvia's journals where she wrote about their last months together, and I don't buy that it was for the good of the kids. It's also a bit sketchy that Owlyn, his sister has had hands in not allowing Sylvia's work to be printed if it makes her brother look bad. He may have been a great poet but like most famous male poets not a good husband, much like Pablo Neruda.
rsmunoz01 2 years ago 2
Oh and as a note, Ted, self admittedly, was not the most supportive of husbands in the sense that things were often about him and his writing, he was sometimes oblivious to his role as husband and father. And as far as studying them, believe you me a lifetime is not sufficient to understand the mechanics of anothers life. And pegging things on the fact that Sylvia was unstable is as ridiculous as full blaming Hughes. He was a jerk as a person and that just didn't help.
rsmunoz01 2 years ago 2
I beg to differ I think in many ways Sylvia felt stifled creatively by Hughes, so the case as to whether or not she would have remained in obscurity has yet to be seen. It was her death that brought her fame, and her being a woman, married and not exactly scandalous publicly that kept her from it in life during those times. As for Ted it's not a coincidence that both your wives die by suicide, and that one takes your kid along with her. In my book that ceases to be bad luck.
rsmunoz01 2 years ago
So its just a tragic coincidence that TWO of his wives committed suicide under similar circumstances? Ted Hughes is clearly misunderstood!?! please the guy was an asshole.
manynights 2 years ago
P.S. to jonpoet21, trust me i am no feminist activist, it seems to me you are rather narrow minded. forgive me for saying that although it wasn't all his fault, it is true that his infidelity didn't help her problems. And, i'm sorry but after studying Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes for a year i'm pretty sure she isn't phsyco, the poor girl had a crap life! Besides, he was known for being a player and clearly was unfaithful, which caused the maritial problems.
and FYI it's Bollocks. Not Bullocks.
PorcelainShadow17 2 years ago 6
All of you bashing Edward(Ted) need to get a grip, if it weren't for him Sylvia would have stayed in obscurity, this film overall is good but most of its portayal of Edward is based on unfounded rumours and the fact that when Sylvia died everyone was looking to blame someone and Ted was a convenient target
jonpoet21 2 years ago
actually, it's a proven fact that he cheated on her, he admitted to it. so i suggest you stop calling him a convinient target. maybe he wasn't the main reason, but he was definatley A reason.
PorcelainShadow17 2 years ago 13
the reason she killed herself had nothing to do with ted,in fact bashing him IS unfounded,she killed herself for the same reason she had tried to years previous, she was manic depressive, and unstable.
great poet, but not the most rational person.
jonpoet21 2 years ago 3
riight, so it had NOTHING to do with the fact that he was cheating on her with other women and then left her for someone she considered a friend?
typical men, always asume the womans a phsyco. i dont need more that one second to see you're just a male shovenist pig.
PorcelainShadow17 2 years ago 11
I am not, I was simply making the point that bashing ted and some people I have heard actually saying he inadvertently kiled her, its bullocks, a crock, she WAS unstable, it's well documented and I have researched it, with that said, I suggest you do the same.
He left her for Assia AFTER they had already started having problems
jonpoet21 2 years ago
correction to typo *some people I have heard actually saying he inadvertently killed her*
jonpoet21 2 years ago
P.S to porcelain. you're a typical feminist activist type doesn't take me long to figure out you seem to have an aversion to men, I didn't "assume" she was a psycho, I said she was not always the most rational, everyone that knew her would tell you the same
jonpoet21 2 years ago
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AdArmand 2 years ago
I don't think they made Sylvia look unjustly paranoid ... it's pretty obvious from his unnecessarily angry reactions that her suspicions weren't without basis.
belleglass 2 years ago
I love how Gwyneth plays Sylvia's character -- the exasperation around 8:00 when she grabs everyone's plates is both horrifying and hilarious.
Versailles1798 2 years ago 3
theyre making sylvia look like a paranoid bitch. hughes WAS sleeping with other women after all..
bbravo2 2 years ago 4
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Poor Ted he is only being a gentleman!!What a jealous bitch.
pjsdoggy 2 years ago
gaaaah, she's so paranoid. It's infuriating!
i3skate 2 years ago
.."well, this soup is extraordinary" lmao .. the pretensions of the middle class
eclecticfire73 3 years ago
daniel craigs a really good actor...he gets Teds anticipation of assia at 3:38 down to a t. Its all good acting actually.
eclecticfire73 3 years ago
yeah, totally right
missmephistopheles 3 years ago
What a wonderful film about such a great poetess!
ryanatl20 3 years ago 2
i don't know if the movie is that great but Sylvia Plath was wonderful...
missmephistopheles 3 years ago 4