e for Esther to pave a way in her life. Her mother, Mrs. Greenwood, is a traditional and practical woman and she tries to dominate Esther's life by interfering and imposing by not taking Esther's thoughts into consideration. And Esther is not happy with this situation and seems to have great hostility towards her mother: "I had always been my father's favorite, and it seemed fitting that I should take on mourning my mother had never bothered with" (Plath 87). In the novel there are some critical examples of Mrs. Greenwood trying to have power over Esther. Mrs. Greenwood wishes her daughter could make money easily and does not respect her interest in literature. Mrs. Greenwood tries to affect Esther's future by using the power of motherhood, which can be regarded as an important attempt to control, though Mrs. Greenwood motives are arguably based in a mother's love for her daughter. For example, as soon as Esther comes from New York City to her hometown, Mrs. Greenwood unsympathetically tells the news which is really bad for Esther but it does not seem to upset Mrs. Greenwood: "I think I should tell you right away, you didn't make the writing course (Plath 60)". Also, worrying about society's notions about woman, Mrs. Greenwood sends an article via mail to Esther which tells of the importance of virginity until marriage: "The main point of the article was that a man's world is different from a woman's world and a man's emotions are different from a woman's emotions and only marriage can bring the two worlds and the two different sets of emotions together properly. My mother said this was something a girl didn't know about till it was too late, so she had to take the advice of people who were already experts, like a married woman (Plath 42)". This is interesting because of the fact that the concept of control is not done here by the way of traditional means. Instead, Mrs. Greenwood ma...