Plath as a Weak Feminist in DaddyPlath's innate emptiness and emotional constraint come, I believe, from her lack of male encouragement and need for domination . This stems from the untimely death of his father at age 9. In this poem, Plath alludes to her relationship with her father by emphasizing her German origins and identity. She comments on him thus in contradictory terms, first as a divine figure: "..A bag full of God", who dominates her in an apparently totalitarian manner. She then transforms her implication into "No God, but a swatztika", a completely ironic comment compared to the first since Nazism is essentially pagan in nature. The extended reference to her father's confusion as Hitler is manifested through indications of his "Look Mein Kampf" and "neat mustache". Likewise, Plath confuses herself with the role of a Jew, symbolizing the insecurity that resides in her subconscious, and her recognition of her victimization at the hands of men. This victimization follows allusions to her marriage to Hughes and Plath's associated similarities between her father and her husband. If I killed one man, I killed two --- The vampire who said he was you” Hughes himself acknowledged this confusion in his poem THE SHOT: “Your real target stood behind me. , Your Daddy. The Man with the Smoking Gun” This quote reinforces her father's role in Plath's eventual demise, as it implies that the "smoking gun" once fired Plath's fatal bullet. Plath's weakness and threatens her iconic stature as a feminist. In reaction against this common stereotype with which she is named, her poetry indicates a lack of stability and inner faith, excluding those who are bitter and entirely negative..