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Applicant
Applicant may refer to: * one who submits an application * ''Applicant'' (sketch), by Harold Pinter, 1959 * " The Applicant", a 1962 poem by Sylvia Plath See also * Application (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Applicant
"The Applicant" is a poem written by American Confessional poetry, confessional poet Sylvia Plath on October 11, 1962. It was first published on January 17, 1963 in ''The London Magazine'' and was later republished in 1965 in ''Ariel (poetry collection), Ariel'' alongside poems such as "Daddy (poem), Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus" two years after her death. The poem is a Satire, satirical 'interview' that comments on the meaning of marriage, condemns Gender role, gender stereotypes and details the loss of identity one feels when adhering to social expectations. The poem focuses on the role of women in a conventional marriage and Plath employs themes such as the conformity to gender norms. It was written a few days after Sylvia Plath’s decision to divorce Ted Hughes and it has been interpreted as a comment on her isolation within that relationship and the lack of power women held in her society. Biographical Background Before ''Ariel'' was published, Plath studied at Smith College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Application (other)
Application may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Application software, computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks ** Application layer, an abstraction layer that specifies protocols and interface methods used in a communications network * Function application, in mathematics and computer science Processes and documents * Application for employment, a form or forms that an individual seeking employment must fill out * College application, the process by which prospective students apply for entry into a college or university * Patent application, a document filed at a patent office to support the grant of a patent Other uses * Application (virtue), a characteristic encapsulated in diligence * Topical application, the spreading or putting of medication to body surfaces See also * * Apply In mathematics and computer science, apply is a function that applies a function to arguments. It is central to programming languages derived from lambda calcul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Applicant (sketch)
''Applicant'' is a dramatic sketch written by Harold Pinter. Originally written in 1959 and first published by Eyre Methuen in 1961, it was first broadcast on BBC Radio on the Third Programme "between February and March 1964," along with Pinter's other revue sketches, '' That's Your Trouble'', '' That's All'', ''Interview'', and '' Dialogue for Three''."Revue Sketches" in ''Plays: Three'' and ''Complete Works: Three'' 222. A revised and much-expanded version of ''Applicant'' is incorporated in the last scene of Act One of Pinter's play '' The Hothouse'', wherein the character still called Lamb is "tested" in "''a soundproof room''" by Miss Cutts, the successor of Miss Piffs, and her colleague Gibbs (58–78). According to Pinter's official authorised biographer Michael Billington, the sketch (and the scene in ''The Hothouse'') was inspired by and reproduced details of "his own experience s 'a guinea pig' at the Maudsley Hospital in London" in 1954, in which he took part to ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
