“Lady Lazarus” provides an unfiltered view of the emotions and desires of a deeply tormented woman. Having been denied a relationship with her father, humiliated by an unsatisfied mother, betrayed by her husband, and deprived of the ability to take her own life, Sylvia Plath desperately sought control. Plath's "Lady Lazarus" contains her evolution from a tortured, paranoid soul to a powerful feminist icon who appears to be more than human. Despite the poem's openness, in nature and form, the haunting imagery helps to place an enormous distance between the poet and the reader. Although this places Plath at the center of a show – a situation with which she clearly expresses her discontent – ​​it secures a dominant position in which viewers can watch only with detached fascination. Written in the stormy period surrounding Plath's thirtieth birthday, the work contains vivid descriptions of her grief, but at its heart is a woman's struggle for control. As the poem develops, Plath moves from a vulnerable state of suffering and weakness to a position where she takes control of life and death, warning God and Lucifer of her newfound power. Plath steps up throughout the poem, as if it were an outline of her strategy. The poet demonstrates the method by which she must first control her oppressors and her own experiences of suicide, and then be enabled to complete this transformation as a result of her election to return to causing chaos rather than embracing a worldly lifestyle. due to the tribulations of her condition, the speaker, assumed to be Plath, compares her skin to a Nazi lampshade. Recently revived from her third suicide attempt, Plath is not yet human; she is a… middle of paper… mind of a suicidal woman. The poet most likely did not intend to direct her anger outward in the future nor did she aim to survive nine total suicides, but her emotions and reasoning contain a moralistic value. In describing her desire for control, Plath conveyed to the reader what factors lead an individual to seek suicide, how to sympathize with them, and, indirectly, how to provide help. Concluding the poem with rebirth into a life where Plath is in control indicates that she retained hope of leaving her anguish behind. However, the poem contains scattered hints regarding the volatility of a suicidal individual, suggesting that the poet's final suicide was not rationally contemplated; it was performed in a moment of overwhelming excitement. Although “Lady Lazarus” is a work of literary skill, its value in the context of Plath's life is much more valuable.