The poem "Dogs Eat Your Mother" refers to the actions of feminist critics who blamed Ted Hughes for the death of Sylvia Plath. Sarah Lyall said Plath had become a "tragic feminist icon" and that Ted Hughes had been chosen, "in the eyes of many, as her tormentor". His death was considered gruesome. The poem “Dogs Eat Your Mother” refers to how Sylvia died. Hughes said how “She jumped out of our window”. It seems less disturbing if she jumped out of a window rather than placing her head in the oven with the gas. lit. If she jumped out of the window, it would have been like she was flying. Similarly in Rebecca, Mrs. Danvers suggested that the narrator commit suicide in front of an open window when she told him, "Why don't you leave, none of us want you here." This shows how tormented the narrator and Sylvia were, as they were both driven to think about suicide. The narrator was tormented because she could not control her marriage and would rather die than see it fail and Rebecca was tormented because she had cancer and could not comprehend the idea of ​​her beauty fading. Ted Hughes wanted more privacy after Sylvia's death for the sake of his children. This is developed in the poem through the single stanza of “so let her”.