explains that no matter where she is, she exists in the "hell" of her own mind. She is trapped inside herself. The bell jar of Esther's madness separates her from the people she should care about. Esther's suicidal urges come from this sense of suffocating isolation. Esther can no longer escape from her unhappiness. Jay Cee has forced her to take a good look at herself, and what she sees scares her. She retreats more within herself. The bell jar is
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