"And she set something on my tongue and in panic I bit down, and darkness wiped me out like chalk on a blackboard."

— Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)

Author

Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)

Work Title

The Bell Jar

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date
1963
Metaphor
"And she set something on my tongue and in panic I bit down, and darkness wiped me out like chalk on a blackboard."
Metaphor in Context
Miss Huey began to talk in a low, soothing voice, smoothing the salve on my temples and fitting the small electric buttons on either side of my head. "You'll be perfectly all right, you won't feel a thing, just bite down...." And she set something on my tongue and in panic I bit down, and darkness wiped me out like chalk on a blackboard.
(p. 214)
Categories
Writing::Chalk and Blackboard
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. Modern Classics Deluxe Edition. New York: HarperPerennial, 2006.
Theme
Blank Slate
Date of Entry
06/11/2009

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.