Literary Analysis Of Mirror By Sylvia Plath

Literary Analysis Of Mirror By Sylvia Plath
Some poems are exuberant, while, sometimes poems can be a cry of the heart. Written in 1961,
"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath is an emotional poem, successfully personified and narrated through a
mirrors point of view. Plath was an American literature figure that wrote poems, novels and several
short stories. During her life time, it was always noted that she was chronically gerontophobic,
which is the fear of growing old. Plath's poem represents a woman grappling with the reality of
ageing and fear losing her beauty. Plath unfolds...... Through the use of several different literary
terms. Plath's poem is written in stanzaic form of two stanzas each consisting of nine lines. The
double stanza of the poem can be interpreted as catoptric, since the poem is describing the
reflections, while also describing its own image. Likewise, both stanzas are equal in length to reflect
each other, in that they both have little to no sign of rhyme or rhythm, otherwise known as a free
verse poem. The structure of Plath's poem perhaps can serve to reflect the extended figure, for like
the woman in this poem we too are entranced by the product of its general simplicity. As Plath's
poem shows no evidence of stressed and unstressed syllable patterns or even complicated diction,
the poem is written in such a way that, when spoken, it naturally and exquisitely roles of the tongue.
As a rhythm booster Plath takes advantage of adding in phrases such as "over and over" and "comes
and goes," and in doing this attracts attention to the sound of the word which in turn adds rhythm
and flavor. In the beginning of the poem, the speaker starts out to seem young and optimistic, seeing
things "exactly" how they look on the surface, although it does not judge what if feels or sees. The
poem opens by describing a graven image of the speaker, "silver and exact" (line 1), in which the
poet felt compelled to immediately certify the speaker. By line 5, the speaker becomes somewhat
egotistical, calling itself "the eye of a little god." This line displays the mirrors "god" like powers
over the woman looking into the mirror, as she feels eager to acquire a perfect reflection of herself.
The power of the mirror is so intnse that is causs the woman to turn to
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Sermon Title: Who Told You That?
Sermon Title: "Who told you that?
Prelude:
First, I want to give and honor to God first for saving me. Second, I am also very grateful for this
opportunity to stand before you, and I have my Bishop and First Lady to thank.
Third, I wouldn't be a husband if I didn't acknowledge for the first time my awesome wife Pastor
Mahogany.
Paul tells us to examine ourselves to see if we are in the faith (2Corithians 13:5) So I just want to
take this moment and pray that God will help us to that...
PRAY:
So! Lord today we ask that you help us to examine ourselves by opening our ears to hear something
we've never heard, and open our eyes to something we've never seen. Break our hearts for what
breaks yours and may your name be glorified in all ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
TAKEAWAY POINT:
The next time you look in the mirror you remind the mirror who you are is Christ
Psalm 119:114, "You are my refuge and my shield. I have put my hope in your Word. In Philippians
4:8, God tells me to think about whatever is "true, noble, right, pure, and lovely
The next time someone else tells you who you are you remind them what God says about you:
Psalm 139:14 where God says, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made." God tells me in Psalm 17, "I
am the apple of His eye." In Deuteronomy 7:6, God tells me that I am "His treasured possession." In
Philippians 4:8, God tells me to think about whatever is "true, noble, right, pure, and lovely
The next time your situation tells reminds you where you are, you tell your situation that God said:
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a

Mirror Image Of Electra In Aeschylus The Libation Bearers
In this paper I will discuss Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers. Close reading reveals that Electra is
Orestes' mirror image of a Fury. This thesis will be demonstrated through the analysis of passages
through the lens of the following principles of close reading: anomaly and parallel stories. To prove
this theory, the interpreter needs to offer evidence to show that Electra is a mirror image of Orestes,
a physical copy of himself meant to display his emotional and 'Fury–like' motivations towards
killing his mother. Hence, the interpreter then also has to prove that Electra shares the same
characteristics as a Fury. In this case, her parallel story with Orestes and the anomaly of their
physical similarities proves the first condition. To demonstrate ... Show more content on
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Apollo focuses on the "oath to the Father" (p.259; 626–628) and the value of knowledge over
kinship (p.260–261; 665–675), while the Furies focus on the "mother's rights" (p.259; 630–631) and
the emotional values of kinship, "Disclaim your mother's blood? She gave you life." (p.258; 614)
Athena weighs both of these arguments out and makes a compromise that takes in both sides
(p.264–265; 748–758). In comparison, Orestes compromises Electra and Pylades' motivations in
The Libation Bearers by killing Clytemnestra with motivations of emotion, "You flung me into a life
of pain" (p.217; 900) as well as those of oaths and logic, "my father's destiny...decrees your death."
(p.219; 913) Hence, what Apollo and the Furies are to Athena, is what Pylades and Electra are to
Orestes. As discussed in class, Pylades is the disguise of Apollo, and Athena represents humanity.
When combining these conclusions, Orestes also represents humanity, with Pylades as his Apollo,
and Electra as his mirror image of a

The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the...
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth–Century Literary Imagination
"And the lady of the house was seen only as she appears in each room, according to the nature of the
lord of the room. None saw the whole of her, none but herself. For the light which she was was both
her mirror and her body. None could tell the whole of her, none but herself" (Laura Riding qtd. by
Gilbert & Gubar, 3).
Beginning Gibert and Gubar's piece about the position of female writers during the nineteenth
century, this passage conjures up images of women as transient forms, bodiless and indefinite. It
seems such a being could never possess enough agency to pick up a pen and write herself into
history. Still, this woman, however ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Mirrors are the only way to see one's own body and so in a way the body can only really exist in
mirrors. However, the body seen in the mirror can only make sense if there is recognition. There are
many moments in Villette when Lucy sees herself in a looking glass but rejects what she sees as
something not her. After she has had her hair dressed for Madame's fête she exclaims, "I could
hardly believe what the glass said when I applied to it for information...I feared [the hair] was not all
my own" (161). An even more significant scene is at the concert after Mrs. Bretton has had Lucy
made up and wearing a pink dress. She sees a group approaching her which she first thinks is a party
of strangers but then realizes she is looking in a mirror. She is amused at the "giftie" of seeing
herself as others do and yet, "It brought a jar of discord, a pang of regret; it was not flattering" (262).
These moments gain even more meaning when juxtaposed with the text's many reminders that Lucy
is not beautiful. In these scenes, however, Lucy has been done up to fit the part of a beautiful
woman and she is unhappy with the result. Gilbert and Gubar refer to a "woman's own tendency to
'kill' herself into art in order 'to appeal to man" (14). On one hand, Lucy can not do this because her
looks do not allow it, though on the other, even when she is done up for this purpose she does not
like what she sees. Thus,

Mirrors In V For Vendetta
In the 2005 film, "V for Vendetta", McTeigue strategically uses mirrors to quietly echo the desire to
expose the truth of a totalitarian government. V, a heroic, masked vigilante, takes it upon himself to
plot the demise of a fascist British government. Evey emerges as V's unlikely accomplice in his plot
to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption. Although Evey
eventually becomes a fighting force, she begins the film as an obedient, and most importantly, a
fearful citizen of her tyrannical government. In the opening scene of the film, McTeigue introduces
both V and Evey seated in front of mirrors. In the way the McTeigue films the scene, it actually
appears as if Evey and V sit on opposite sides of the same mirror. If the mirror represents the truth,
then Evey and V are also sitting on opposite sides of the same truth: the truth that the society they
live in is based on lies and must be ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
As V addresses the entire United Kingdom, he rationalizes with the population: "And the truth is,
there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and
oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you
now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your
submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame... if you're looking for the guilty, you need only
look into a mirror...Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high
chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in
return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence."

Video Analysis On Run
The third video, Run, includes more symbolism. However, it is mostly focused on the relationships
that the characters had with each other and their interactions together. Basically, the group can be
paired off into Rap Monster and V, Suga and Jungkook, and J–Hope and Jimin. Jin does not have a
partner in this. He is further differentiated from the group in this way, and in the video he still has
his recording motif, as well as looking into the camera. The video starts with V falling backwards
into dark water. The water acts as a mirror in this case, showing him fall from one side of the mirror
into the other. There are shots of him struggling underwater throughout the video as well. After that,
Rap Monster is featured visiting the train tracks where the group was seen together. In this video, his
would be considered the present time. When he opens the door to one of the train cars, he starts a
flashback to times when the group was having fun. While the entire video is meant to be before the
members die, these are further flashbacks to when even V has not died, and they are all having fun
together. Some of these moments of fun directly mirror the activities that the ... Show more content
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One explanation of the basic plotline is that first, V kills a man. He is at a loss as to how to handle
this, and ends up killing himself. After that, unable to cope with his not being there, the rest of the
members also commit suicide in various ways, except for Jin. Although the specific order is not
abundantly clear, one can infer that at least Suga dies before Jungkook. Jin, however, is the only one
left alive by the end of this, forced to watch each of his friends disappear without being able to do
anything about it. These hypotheses can be deduced from the symbolism present in the form of
cameras of recordings, butterflies, and mirrors, among

The Focal Length of Spherical Mirrors
THE FOCAL LENGTH OF SPHERICAL MIRRORS
Section 1: The Focal length of a concave mirror
Section 2: The focal length of a convex mirror
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Section 1: To determine the focal length of a Concave Mirror by locating the centre of curvature.
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ABSTRACT:
In this paper we want to discuss the focal point of a concave mirror by locating the centre of
curvature. The focal point is a point in space at which light incident towards the mirror and
travelling parallel to the principal axis will meet after reflection. The diagram at the right depicts this
principle. In fact, if some light from the sun were collected by a concave mirror, then it would
converge at the focal ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In the diagram I have drawn I've had to exaggerate the shape of the mirror a bit to be able to use it in
some of the diagrams later on, but you should be able to get the basic idea. Like a regular circle, the
distance from the centre to the surface of the mirror is the radius.
Focus or Focal Point (F)
If an object was infinitely far away from the mirror, the light from it would converge on this one
point. In the diagrams we are doing we will mostly be looking at how some light rays pass through
(or appear to pass through) this focal point. The focal point is exactly in between the mirror and the
centre. Since the distance between the centre and the mirror is the radius, the distance from the focal
point to the mirror is half of the radius.
Principle Axis
The blue line is the principle axis, a line that we will use as a reference point in our diagrams. It
passes through the centre and is perpendicular to the surface of the mirror. (White, 1999)
There are two main rules we need to use to figure out where the image of the object will appear. All
of the rules involve what a ray will do when leaves the object.
Rule #1: Any ray through the focal point will reflect parallel to the principle axis (Figure 2).
Light reflects off objects at all sorts of angles, and if it will help us to find where an image is, we
might as well assume one ray goes right through the focus.

Hadassah Argumentative Essay
Hadassah was born on November 9, 2015 at seven pounds and fifteen ounces with the height of
twenty inches. At eleven months old this female infant's weight was twenty–four pounds and her
height was twenty–eight and half inches. Hadassah had a full head of straight blonde–brown hair
and blue eyes. She wore a gray shirt with a picture of a lion and pants with pink and gray stripes.
Her feet had white socks on and her shoes were also pink with a combination of Velcro and lace to
keep them fastened. Hadassah's mother, Henna described her pregnancy as fairly normal. She
planned this second pregnancy with her husband, Craig. They used prenatal care throughout the
pregnancy, which included ultrasounds and a test for diabetes. She did not have an ... Show more
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The family also has a dog named Huck. Her mother takes care of her throughout the day, but
sometimes her father cares for her in the mornings. Hadassah sees her grandparents from her father's
side every other month, but she only sees her grandparents from her mother's side twice a year.
Henna takes her two daughters to play group once a week at their church. Two to three times a
week, Hadassah is exposed to children ranging from her age until five years old. These children
mostly include Hosanne's friends and their siblings.
I. Sense of Self
A. Expressing Initiative/ 3. Child moves with persistence until reaching a chosen person or object.
Professor Keating in a high–pitch voice said, "Can I see your ball?" Hadassah held the ball in her
right hand and moved her body towards the professor by walking with her left leg bent in a 90–
degree angle and her right leg tucked under her bottom. She scooted her body until she reached the
professor.
B. Distinguishing self from others/ 2. Child smiles at self in mirror. Professor Keating held up a
mirror to Hadassah's face and said, "Who's that?" Hadassah looked into the mirror and continued to
play with a toy that played music. The professor put down the mirror on Hadassah's left side. After a
minute or so Hadassah lifted up the mirror with both her hands to her face and said

Identity And Identity In Persepolis, By Marjane Satrapi
The graphic novel Persepolis is a coming of age memoir written by Marjane Satrapi. It is an
autobiographical depiction of the life of an Iranian girl living in Iran during and after the period of
the 1979 Iranian revolution and the Iran–Iraq war, demonstrating how Marjane's persona becomes
increasingly aware of the various cultural influences and religious influences that surround her and
the constant conflict between the promotion Iranian and Muslim beliefs and the repression of
Western ideals in an increasingly war–torn Iran, which has affected the formation of her personal
identity. Later on, it portrays her struggle with a young Iranian woman's identity, where her ten year
old self is often seen talking to God about her numerous troubles, and she see ... Show more content
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In "The Vegetable", Satrapi describes the "physical metamorphosis" of her body as a direct result of
the "mental transformation" she undergoes, where she describes several identity–altering
experiences within the first few months of her residence in Vienna, such as the isolation she felt due
to language barriers and stereotyping of her cultural background. Satrapi uses a full page to detail a
variety of bodily changes Marjane experiences at puberty, featuring panels of "before and after"
images of facial features and other body parts. As the persona's physical body is represented
repeatedly and multiple times across the page, she thus asserts a physical, bodily presence that links
directly to changes she experiences in her internal identity. The proliferation of selves with slight
variations in each panel indicates an uncertain, altering physical identity that correspond with
Marjane's changing personal identity. Although this corporal reconstruction was involuntarily
brought on by puberty, Satrapi clearly shows her individuality was intimately tied to her body's

Summary Of The Poem Mirror By Sylvia Plath
The poem "Mirror," by Sylvia Plath, was written in 1961. The poem takes place during a time when
women's reflections were changing quickly, and women's movement was becoming more important.
According to Kristine Tucker in "The Overall Meaning of the Poem 'Mirror,'" she states, "The
'Mirror' was written by Sylvia Plath in 1961 but wasn't published until 1971, eight years after her
death by suicide." Therefore, presuming the lady in the mirror is Plath, readers assume she wrote the
poem referring to her personal life and her struggle with depression due to her appearance.
Sylvia Plath's poem "Mirror" is about a woman who gets older as the mirror watches her. At first,
the mirror is "silver and exact" (1). The mirror does not judge; however, it swallows what it sees and
reflects that image back (2). The mirror is also "not cruel, only truthful" (4), and considers itself a
four–cornered eye of a god (5). Therefore, the mirror sees everything for what it is, and does not lie.
The mirror looks across the empty room most of the time (6) and meditates on the pink speckled
wall across from it (7). The mirror is attached to the wall, and has looked at that wall for so long,
that the wall is thought to be "part of my heart" (8). The darkness in the room and the people who
consider the mirror are the faces and darkness that separate the woman and the mirror (9). In the
next stanza, the mirror is now portraying itself as a lake (10). A woman is looking into the lake (10),
and she is

Is The Mirror Image Rule?
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ADVICE________________________________________ The facts quote that Kate never disputed
that she owed £ 2,500 to Orlando which show unqualified acceptance of the offer of Orlando. This is
the mirror–image rule which says that an acceptance has to be defined as final expression of assent
of exact terms of an offer. Determining Intention It may be that the promisor never anticipated that
the promise would give rise to legal obligation but if a reasonable person considers that there existed
an intention to create a legal relationship, then the promisor is bound. In favour of the seller
(Orlando) on the principle of reduced consideration in a pre–existing duty In the case of Foakes v
Beer the facts ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In the case of Stilk v Myrick where a seamen had contracted with the defendant to pay him more
than was promised in the original contract if the defendant would work the ship home short–handed
and these extra wages were refused by the seamen later, the Court held that they were not entitled to
extra money because such extra payment was void for want of consideration and they were
contractually bound under the old contract for the original sum. The court recognized the concept of
economic duress as follows: '...if a sub–contractor has agreed to undertake a work at a fixed price
and declines to work further unless the contractor agrees to pay an increased price, the subcontractor
may be held guilty of securing the contractor's promise by taking an unfair advantage of the
difficulties caused...' However, this approach has been overruled and distinguished in some cases
where a contractor had promised a carpenter extra wages for some 'practical benefits'. Such new
bargain may not fail for want of consideration. This goes in favour of Kate. But these cases cannot
be determinately applicable in our factual situation

Jenny's Mirror Image
Mirror Image Which character do I relate to the most? In the story Mirror Image, I relate to Jenny
the most. Jenny's current relationship with her sister, Alice, is like my brother and mine. Whenever
my brother and I argue, I respond the same way Jenny does. Jenny and I are awfully distant. Similar
to Jenny restricting her sister from reading her diary, I also have expressed harsh "whatever's" to my
brother. Just as Jenny is, I am also passive–aggressive. Jenny showed that she's quite upset with the
"new" Alice by calling her "Gail". In the same way, I have shown disgust by dropping hints like
using one–word responses. Jenny is quite reserved as am I. Like Jenny keeping her diary from the
"new" Alice, I keep my journal to myself. I can relate

Rotation of Mental Images and its Effects on Reaction Time
Rotation of Mental Images and its effect on Reaction Time
The participants for this study were recruited from a Spring 2013 Experimental Psychology
Undergraduate Course at Queens College, City University of New York. The research study was
IRB approved and the participants for this study were not compensated. However, by remaining in
the course, the students gave consent to participate in all studies. There were a total of 22
participants, 20 being females and two males. The participants consisted of 21 right–handed
individuals and one left–handed. The mean age was 21.09 years, and the standard deviation for age
was 1.02.
Materials
The materials used for this study included PsychMate Student Version 2.0 (St. James, Walter
Schneider and Amy Eschman.) Psychology Software Tools, Inc. Along with the PsychMate
software, a computer provided by Queens College was used in order to successfully complete the
study.
Design
The experiment done for this study was chosen from the "Perception" section of the Experiment
Categories menu of PsychMate. The experiment selected was titled 1.3 Rotation of Mental Images.
The experiment Rotation of Mental Images was conducted in the "Normal" mode. The expected
Running Time for this experiment was 18 minutes.
The task of the experiment was to determine whether the stimulus presented was a mirror image or a
match of an image compared to our own "perception" or representation of the image. For example,
is the image shown, an exact

The Japanese Bronze Mirrors And Its Impact On Japanese...
Japanese art has had a huge impact on the Japanese culture. It was created in various forms. New
styles and techniques were created like sculptures, paintings and pottery. Mirrors have played a big
role in their culture and was incorporated in people's everyday routine. It has significance in their
lives and symbolizes several things for them, especially the Japanese Bronze Mirror. The mirror
symbolizes the value of the Japanese culture and itself is a beautiful image to look at. In this culture,
their beliefs and values teaches important things to us and shows how their tradition is something
more than art.
The Japanese Bronze Mirror was created in the 12th century during the Heian period and it was
found in something called the "mirror pool" at the shrine of Mount Haguro. At Mount Haguro, there
were hundreds of other mirrors and leaving mirrors at that location, was considered as a
contribution. Offerings in Japan are traditions that the people take seriously and see the importance
of it. The mirror is decorated with two dancing cranes on one side, which is a symbolism for a long
life and marital fidelity. The other side was not decorated and it was a reflective surface which
would also be known as a mirror. Mirrors first came from China and China had a significant impact
on Japan for a long time. The mirrors were connected with a "sun–goddess Amaterasu, ancestress of
the Japanese emperors, because of their ability to reflect light" (Joy). This is another reason why

The Role Of Rape In Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak
In Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson utilizes mirrors to provide the readers with insight into the mind of
the protagonist, Melinda Sordino, an isolated and lonely high school freshmen with the weight of
what happened to her at a party over the summer break. Prior to the party, Melinda was not
extremely popular, but she had a core group of friends. Her assault changed all of that. According to
a report in the late 1990's, "the number of incidents of date rape has slowly declined. In the 1990s,
the time period for Anderson's novel, 1.1 million women reported intimate violence in 1993 as
compared with 900,000 female victims in 1998" (Constantakis 262). Although the incident of rape is
not uncommon and fortunately declining, it is still a taboo ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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Melinda notices that while in the car, Heather's mom is watching her and she feels judged. She then
tries to hide herself from Heather's mom, but continues to look at her own reflection and comes to
the conclusion that "The scabs on [her] lips are especially gross in that little rectangle mirror"
proving that she is slowly deteriorating inside and out following her rape (Anderson 82).
Throughout the novel, she constantly bites her lips as a nervous tick and they are always bloody and
scabbed. She is aware of this and how disgusting they look but cannot stop, therefore it contributes
to self–destruction of her body along with her mind. In another section of the book Melinda is
scrutinizing the image that stares back at her in the mirror and she "push[es] her ragged mouth
against the mirror. A thousand bleeding crusted lips push back" (125). Her lips are becoming
irritated along with her mind. The thoughts she has about herself are twisted and always negative.
She is destroying herself mentally which ultimately results in the adaptation of low self–esteem.
Hart writes that, "she has little protection between her outer and inner self" proving that her thoughts
are uncontrolled and lead to impulse habits that physically destroy her (Hart 264). Melinda is
breaking apart, yet no one notices the subtle changes in her body that are the consequences of her
self

Self Analysis Of Mirror By Sylvia Plath
Introduction The lyric poem "Mirror" was written in 1961 by the late Sylvia Plath. This poem was
not published until 1971; ten years after it was written. "Mirror" was written two years before Plath
separated from her husband and shortly after committing suicide. "Mirror" speaks freely about
women and their obsession with appearance and aging. In a way Plath used Mirror, in order to
portray what she herself had been dealing with, in a time where she felt the most vulnerable and
insecure as she was getting older. This was a self reflection poem from the voice of a third party;
which in this case would be the mirror itself. The Mirror was the main character that would see
many faces, after reading this poem it would seem as if Plath was using the mirror to criticize
women in general for feeling the way they do about their appearance, when in fact the second stanza
focuses on one particular woman, which is believed to be Plath criticizing herself for the way she
felt about her appearance and aging. The theme of women and their obsession with appearance and
aging is portrayed through the use of various literary devices and no specific rhyme scheme,
however, metaphors, symbolism, and imagery are prominent throughout the entire poem.
Review of the Literature There are many interpretations to Plath's famous poem "Mirror," ... Show
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"Mirror" was used to help the reader reflect on what they were going through by accounting the
experiences of Plath. With time a woman who was once a young child started becoming a worn old
woman, who was compared to an "ugly fish" in the poem. The use of metaphors, symbolism, and
imagery brought all those aspects of what many compare aging and appearance to but this poem did
it in such an imaginative and beautiful way that the reader didn't realize what pained Sylvia Plath
and what ultimately led to her

Examples Of Mirror Image In To Kill A Mockingbird
The Mirror Image During the depression, the town of Maycomb, AL is old and run–down; this
mirrors the characters as they passively travel through the days. The first two chapters of Harper
Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird are very uninteresting, and do not contain much action. The first
chapter is used to introduce the town and characters. The narrator, "Scout" Finch, is arguing with her
older brother, Jem. They are debating who is to blame for the breaking of Jem's arm. The debate
starts by describing Simon Finch, who floated down the river and built a homestead near the town,
and describes how he is the reason they were in the town of Maycomb. This town is where they met
"Dill," a small seven year old visiting his aunt for the Summer. They tell Dill the story of Arthur
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The people worship, kids attend school, and adults work. The heat is unbearable, adding to the
weariness of the town. The activity is quite monotonous; everyone does the same thing each day.
When it rains, the roads turn to "slop," grass grows on the sidewalks, and the buildings sag. The
people are always tired because of the heat. The men go to work, and by mid day, their collars wilt.
Then, they return home, eat dinner, and go to bed. The women bathe before noon, and by nightfall,
are drifting away into the night. The days in this small, desolate town seem to drag on into eternity,
yet the day is a meager 24 hours. If the kids wanted to play they would often reenact popular motion
pictures, which they learned from Dill, because in such a small town, there were rarely picture
shows. Some of the people were too poor to afford proper clothing. Walter Cunningham does not
own a pair of shoes, and could not bring lunch to school because the depression had hit his poor
family hard. The book shows the tough times these people face. The town of Maycomb is a small,
fatigued town, and the occupants reflect this idea by drifting through the days in a tired

Identity In Mirror Image And Flowers For Algernon
George R.R. Martin once said, "Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it
your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used
to hurt you." In both stories of Mirror Image by Lena Coakley and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel
Keyes they have a common theme of identity and about how you find yourself. For both the
characters in the story they find themselves finally by first losing themselves. For example in the
short story of Mirror Image, Alice is a character who struggles to find herself and tries to understand
if this is truly who she is. The situation of Alice is that she is the first to successfully have her brain
transplanted in a new body, and due to this she is struggling to find her own identity. ... Show more
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The relationships that she has with others are affected due to her change, however through this
struggles and meeting the parent of the body she inhabits she finally discover that she is not Gail
Jarred, but she is actually who's she been all her life, Alice. Alice finds peace with herself and her
identity when she has a talk with Mr. Jarred when she hears him say to her, "I'll tell her I looked into
your eyes and that I didn't see my daughter" (Coakley, 18). Alice's journey to find herself and her
identity was a long where see was lost, but she shares a similar journey to others. It also seems like
this story can be considered an allusion and share a common theme to Flowers for Algernon where
Charlie Gordon is struggling to find

St Augustine Confessions Analysis
In his Confessions, St. Augustine presented his life from his adolescence through his adulthood and
conversion to Christianity. One of the most prominent themes throughout his narrative was the
reaction of weeping in a situation of separation. Whether it was Monica grieving when her son left
for Rome or Augustine lamenting the distance between himself and God, these scenes of weeping
proved incredibly crucial to the presentation of his life story, acting as frames for specific points in
his life. Through his placement and description of four specific scenes of weeping, Augustine
created a pattern of mirrored events that marked the distinction between his life prior to and after his
conversion. One of the first pressing occasions of a separation was the instance of Monica weeping
when she discovered that Augustine had left Christianity behind to be a Manichee. He described that
she "wept for [him] before [God] more than mothers weep when lamenting their dead children," as
she was overwhelmed with sorrow that her son was separating himself from God (Conf. 3.19). Even
though Augustine himself could not see that he was straying from salvation, Monica "perceived the
death which held [him]" and turned to God for guidance (Conf. 3.19). Through her prayers, "she
was granted a dream" from God in which a man asked her why she "was downcast and daily in
flood of tears" (Conf. 3.19). She replied that she mourned Augustine's separation from God, to
which the man told her "to have no

Amory Blaine's "Mirrors" in Fitzgerald's This Side of...
Amory Blaine's "Mirrors" in Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel This Side of Paradise, Amory Blaine searches for his identity by
"mirroring" people he admires. However, these
"mirrors" actually block him from finding his true self. He falls in love with women whose
personalities intrigue him; he mimics the actions of men he looks up to. Eleanor Savage and Burne
Holiday serve as prime examples of this. Until
Amory loses his pivotal "mirror," Monsignor Darcy, he searches for his soul in all the wrong places.
When Monsignor Darcy dies, Amory has the spiritual epiphany he needs to reach his "paradise" –
the knowledge of who Amory Blaine truly is. Amory appears to be a rather vacuous choice for a ...
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Eleanor and Amory hate each other after this realization, but the hatred has a good quality in that
Amory understands that he "had loved himself in Eleanor, so now what he hated was only a mirror"
(218). Choosing to emulate Eleanor's dementia proved to be a bad decision along the course of
Amory's search for himself. He sees his own defunct image in this "mirror," and it frightens him.
It causes him to temporarily loathe himself as well as Eleanor, but it also teaches him that he needs
to become an individual. While this idea exists in
Amory's mind, it does not strike him full force until the death of Monsignor
Darcy.
Monsignor Darcy seems to be an odd choice for a role model for Amory since Amory continually
refers to himself as a "paganist" (209). However, it is not surprising that Amory idolizes the
Monsignor not only because his pagan talk is superficial, but also because Beatrice held the
Monsignor in the highest regard. Amory does not mean he believes in paganism when he refers to
himself as "paganist;" he does not know himself well enough to know whether or not he believes in
God. Rather he means he experiences what could be called a paganism of the soul: he has no soul,
therefore nothing exists for him to, figuratively, worship, or technically, with which to worship.
Amory looks up to Monsignor
Darcy because he epitomizes what Amory wishes he could be; passively he

Who Are Victims Of This Oppressive Institution?
When I reflect on my life, I often feel like I am looking at a mirror image of myself. One of the most
important moments was in fourth grade. The mirror showed an image of a girl, a girl who was alone,
trapped, and depressed after being constantly attacked by words of judgement by her peers. "Hey
F.O.B.," my peers would call. "Go back to your home land, you sound like you are from China,"
they teased. I felt unwelcoming––– not only because they categorized me as Chinese when in fact I
am Vietnamese –– but because I was being treated merely like a foreigner, outsider and not a
"friend" even though I was physically standing on American soil. How would you feel like if you
were to be called by names day in and day out? 1.2.3
Throughout elementary and even into high school, kids seem to build an arsenal of names getting
updated every week that harms us in unfathomable ways. 1.2.3 Today, many students are still
victims of this oppressive institution because schools do not provide enough anti–bullying programs
to help get the "no racial bullying" message across. The bullies' words hurt more than expected, they
influences the way we see ourselves and the world around us giving us a nonrealistic view of what a
beautiful world this place should be. For me, it was that fake image of that once beautiful girl inside
the world deemed as imperfect. It took many years and many supportive friends and family to help
me realize that I was not the wrong doer. It was my peers, they were ones

Self-Recognition And Child Development
Child development in general is something most people do not really think of. Even if someone has
children they do not really think about it unless something seems wrong with their child. Ever since
this class I never really thought too much about how we all develop. A lot of things we learned in
this were actually surprising to me but I could only choose one. I chose to look at an experiment on
self–recognition because I found it very interesting that the researchers used a mirror to understand
how the infants would react. In the self–recognition experiment the researchers put the infants in
front of a mirror and tried putting different things on them to see if they could recognize themselves.
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Child development is not as easy as that. Infants need to see themselves multiple times in the mirror
to develop self–recognition. I was surprised with what I learned because it made me start to think
about development in general not only with self–recognition. Development is not something that
happens overnight. This study proves it because an infant will not realize themselves the first time
they look in a mirror they will need to get used to the things around them and realize they are
looking at the other objects so the person they are looking at has to be themselves. This is an
important study because is an infant does not have self–recognition there could be something wrong
with them. All stages of development are important because the sooner doctors find out their
development is behind the sooner the problem can be fixed so the child will not be behind in their
stages of

Analysis Of Mirror By Sylvia Plath
Mirrors reflect the innermost part of the soul. A mirror can show you at your most beautiful and
your most unpleasant times. Sylvia Plath's poem "Mirrors", conveys a message that is much deeper
than the words printed on the page. The denotation of "Mirrors" provides the reader a basic reading
of the poem, whereas the connotation gives a deeper meaning to the work. Plath's word usage
conveys two meanings to "Mirrors", allowing the reader to better personalize the work. "I am silver
and exact. I have no preconceptions. / Whatever I see I swallow immediately / Just as it is, unmisted
by love or dislike. /" (Plath 739 lines 1–3) Reading these lines obviously describe a mirror. The
mirror is a first person narrator describing itself; it is "silver and exact" with no "preconceptions". It
takes in whatever looks at it and feels no emotion towards it. Studying the text shows a deeper
meaning. The mirror is exact, nothing is wrong with the object itself. The mirror does not have any
feelings, it will not judge whomever is looking into it. Whatever looks into the mirror will see its
entire self, without filters of love or dislike. The next lines follow "I am not cruel, only truthful –/
The eye of a little god, four cornered. /" (Plath lines 4–5) The mirror is not mean, it only shows the
object its true reflection. It seems to be a god–like entity since it sees all. The connotation is seen as
the mirror shows you who you truly are. It casts back an image that some are happy with

Identity And Identity In Persepolis By Marjane Satrapi
The graphic novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, is an autobiographical depiction of her
life in Iran during and after the period of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the Iran–Iraq war. It
reveals how Marjane's persona becomes increasingly aware of the cultural and religious influences
that surround her. The conflict between pre–revolutionary secular Iranian–Western ideals and the
post–revolutionary Muslim beliefs affects the formation of her personal identity. Her struggle is
portrayed through a young Iranian woman's identity, where her ten year old self is seen talking to
God about her numerous troubles. She portrays herself as wanting to be "normal" in a country where
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11, at the the end of the first volume, the vast spaces between Marjane and her parents imply a
transitional space, representing mobility, and displacement. Marjane leaves behind Iran and her
family, establishing a prolepsis through revealing foreknowledge about her future in Austria. She
finds herself lost, in in between the space, separated from her by the glass of the departure gate. The
look back in the airport scene can also be interpreted as metalanguage as the novel is, by itself, a
narrative "mirror" of the past viewed upon from the present, physically expressed through the form
of glass mirrors. When Marjane looks for the last time to her parents, she is looking to her personal
and cultural identity in her country, leaving them behind to live in Vienna. This image links to the
last image of the second volume, painting a visual echo through the novel, as the ending panel in
volume one serves as a mirror to the final panel in volume two. A lot of the same graphical aspects
in volume 2 are present in Fig. 12, such as the presence of the glass panel in the background and the
physical separation between Marjane in the background, and her parents in the foreground. The
mood of the picture is much more optimistic, with Marjane positioned higher up than in Fig. 11,
foreboding Marjane's confidence in her personal identity as she returns to

Mirror Image Lena Corkley
Nowadays children but more so adolescents have a hard time finding who they really are and
figuring out there identity In the Short Story "Mirror Image" by Lena Coakley the idea of finding
your true self is found in the main character of this Short story Alice. Alice does not think that her
identity and her personality are the same. Alice has a hard time trying to figure out who she really is
in her new body due to her family not ever letting go or forgetting that she looks different than
before, but after Alice meeting with Mr.Jarred she comes to terms that she is the same girl.Firstly,
everything on the outside of Alice is a different world to her and others because when Alice first
sees herself after having surgery on her new body with only her brain being the same she knows that
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Secondly, Alice's family has not been therefore since after her procedure Alice needs support, that
her family has not given. Alice's sister who is also her twin named Jenny fails to give Alice any
support Jenny feels the need to give her sister flack and reminds her on how she is different, and
does not let Alice me in a close relationship with her as much as they used to. " I have to get to
know you better"(Coakley pg.2). Jenny, Alice's twin thinks that now that Alice looks different she
can not trust her because she is not sure if Alice is the same person as she used to be " get to know
you", Jenny is leading Alice to think that maybe she is not who she thinks she is and wondering if
she is still like her twin still or

Analysis Of No Time To Stop By Kate Hosking
The feature articles 'No Time to Stop' written by Kate Legge and 'The Ugly Truth about Beauty' by
Julie Hosking, embody a range of generic conventions. Both articles make use of conventions such
as a descriptive opening paragraph, graphics and omission, to allow the journalists to present their
ideas and opinions effectively to the reader. A common idea evident in both texts relate to children
and society; the first article conveniently stating that if only we more willing to help and were less
engrossed in our own lives, a young boy would've been reluctant to see the next day. The other
article deals with a young girl, who has been deprived of a normal childhood through the
accessorisation of her falsified childhood. These ideas, together ... Show more content on
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The immediate pronunciation of Kieran's death, "by then he was dead", leaves the reader guilt–
stricken, contemplating that maybe if people were less engrossed in their own lives and more
attentive to others, Kieran would be alive today. In the second article, 'The Ugly Truth about Beauty'
Julie Hosking compares the lives of two girls, showing two extremes – a little Somalian girl and
American girl. The contrast between these girls displays how invigorating the little American
'princesses' childhood is, alternatively how depressing the little Somalian girl's childhood is. "The
first one lives in a dustbowl, nothing between her and unforgiving sky. Her clothes are torn and
dirty, her feet rough and bare. The second lives in a four–bedroom house surrounded by trophies.
Her clothes are covered in feathers and sequins, manicured feet ensconced in silver heels". The
descriptive comparison between the two girls in the opening paragraph entices the reader and notes
how the African child is deprived of her childhood because of hunger and poverty and how
deceptive the other little girl's childhood is through the glamorisation and vicarious motives of her
mother.
The second device utilised in both articles were 'graphics'. In

Persepolis Body Language Essay
A graphic novel consists of both a narrative and its accompanying illustrations, which are capable of
providing insight through a collection of images. Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical novel,
Persepolis (2003), is a collection of her comic–strip memoirs, written and illustrated by Satrapi
herself. Persepolis tells the story of Marjane's growing up and coming of age in Iran's capital,
Tehran, during the Islamic Revolution. It is a story filled with noticeable moments, all of which are
supported by the artwork Satrapi has decided to include. Further analysis of Satrapi's artistic
decisions reveals her choice to include symbols that often represent Marjane's emotions. Objects
such as mirrors and the use of body language in certain characters, ... Show more content on
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The pattern, and what transforms the mirror from an object to a powerful symbol, is the fact that
Marji's reflections vary based on how she views herself at the time. The first time we encounter such
situation is on page 16, in which Marjane, during her conversation with God, sees herself as
demonstrator Fidel Castro. During this time in her life, Marjane had but two aspirations: to be a
protester, and the next Prophet. Her relationship with God and His messages comes to define itself
in the following chapters. On page 46, Marjane looks into the mirror and chants to herself, "You
have to forgive! You have to forgive!" (46) and adds that "I had the feeling of being someone really,
really good," likely alluding to her supposed role as God's messenger. However, just pages later, we
see Marji's reflection depict her as a devil, and in the same panel she narrates, "Back at home that
evening, I had the diabolical feeling of power..." (53) Learning what goes on to rebels behind prison
doors changes Marjane, and for a moment her values are forgotten. Finally, near the end of
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi incorporates a direct reference to the mirror into her narration, which
has significant meaning to those analyzing artistic choices. On page 226, Marjane describes the dark
thoughts she adopts about herself in response to her teacher's question: "what do you want me to
say, sir? That I'm the vegetable that I refused to become? That I'm so disappointed in myself that I
can no longer look in the mirror? That I hate myself?" (226) In this scene, we see Marjane state that
she has started avoiding mirrors, when previously we have seen them play a major role in
representing Marjane's ambitions. Marjane Satrapi successfully informs the reader that Marji has
come to despise the person she's become, but puts on a facade to maintain an image of

The Words Of Salman Rushdie
Instead of going through life without meaning, individuals try to pursue their interests with purpose.
Athletes practice everyday, hoping to improve their performance; farmers wake up early in the
morning, readying themselves for a long day of planting; students study hard for exams, hoping to
get a high grade. Although such daily activities may seem disconnected and unrelated, a sense of
purpose and propensity to make a larger contribution to the world pushes these characters to act.
Connecting this idea of society to literature, novelists seek to write with a purpose, too. In the words
of Salman Rushdie, a British novelist, "It may be that writers in my position, exiles or emigrants or
expatriates, are haunted by some sense of loss, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Through this passage ("It may be that writers in my position ... some of whose fragments have been
irretrievably lost" (Imaginary Homelands, 10–11)) from Imaginary Homelands, Salman Rushdie
emphasizes the essay's theme of perfection through imperfection (Imaginary Homelands, 19). To
achieve perfection while bringing forth memories, the passage from Imaginary Homelands stresses
how consciously writing about and indicating doubt in one's recollection will help to patch the
shattered state of the "broken mirror." Rushdie starts Imaginary Homelands by describing an old
photograph of the house he grew up in. He realizes upon a visit to the home in Bombay years later
that because the 1946 picture is black and white his memory "ha[s] begun to see [his] childhood in
the same way, monochromatically" (Imaginary Homelands, 9). Wanting to make his writing more
vivid than merely black and white, Rushdie "realize[s] how much [he] want[s] to restore the past to
[himself], not in the faded greys of old family–album snapshots, but whole, in CinemaScope and
glorious Technicolor" (Imaginary Homelands, 9–10). Despite this desire, he explains in the passage
that "his physical alienation from India almost inevitably means that we will not be capable of
reclaiming precisely the thing that was lost" (Imaginary Homelands, 10). However, rather than
forfeiting to his own mental limitations, he emphasizes that expressing the imperfections and doubts
in his memory can strengthen a story:

Gender Stereotypes In The L Word
The L Word in one of the rare examples of a television show that centers itself on characters that fall
outside of the straight male hegemony; this is true from the introductory shots of the show. After
doing a series of setting establishing shots of LA, the camera pans across a typical suburban street,
and image that immediately invokes the idea of the typical mom and with with their kids, American
nuclear family. The next scene introduces the first character, a muscular, straight, white, cis–man in
a white t–shirt movie furniture within a room that one would expect to find in such a suburban
scene. The typical male character is the type of protagonist that viewers are typically asked to
identify with, but in this case, he is placed behind ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
By allowing the viewer to see this character once again, it gives them a familiar face to identify
with. As Mulvey suggests, most visual media is meant for white men to identify with, this type of
character gives the short allusion that the television show is going to be this same type of
experience: a show directed at straight white men. However, it quickly flips the script on this as the
next scene, in which we receive the shows first dialogue, depicts one of the women from the bed,
named Tina, standing in front of a mirror, looking at an ovulation test. Mulvey writes about what is
called the mirror phase, "The mirror phase occurs...with the result that his recognition of himself is
joyous in the he imagines his mirror image to be a more complete, more perfect than he experiences
his own body. Recognition is thus mislaid with mis–recognition: the image recognized is conceived
as the reflected body of self, but its mis–recognition as superior projects (60)." This quote describes
a stage of identity in psychoanalysis in which a child first recognizes themselves in a mirror, and can
therefore imagine themselves as more than a reflection of their mother's face even though the image
is a misrepresentation in it's incompleteness (Mulvey 60). This concept is directly applicable to this
scene, as the character standing in front of the mirror represents a stage of identification for the
viewer. By seeing the character reflected in the mirror the viewer receives a more complete image of
her, is forced into this step of self–identification; thus, the audience directly cued that they are
supposed to identify with this character, rather than the male character that was shown

Mirror Image
Adapting to changes is one of the most difficult mental and physical challenges a person can face.
The struggle to adapt to change makes a strong presence in both Alice in Lena Coakley's "Mirror
Image," and Barry, from W.D. Valgardson's "Saturday Climbing." Alice is the protagonist in "Mirror
Image" and the author illustrates the struggle of self–acceptance she faces after having a brain
transplant. Barry is the protagonist of "Saturday Climbing" and he tries to cope with the fact that his
daughter is not a child anymore and seeks independence. Both characters have many similarities
regarding their struggle with adapting. Change is a very strong, opposing force that emphasizes the
battle both characters face to achieve inner peace.
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Alice and Barry have family struggles where their loved ones are against them. Additionally, Barry
and Alice are have conflicts with the media. However, Alice is the centre of attention for the media
because she is the first person with a successful brain transplant, whereas Barry can be a used in the
media as a representation of the conflicts a father faces in a typical father–daughter relationship.
Barry has trust issues with his daughter, ever since she came home with the "sweet–sour smell of
marijuana clung to her" (Coakley 23). Similarly, Alice's twin sister, Jenny, has trouble trusting Alice
when she wants to read her diary. Jenny denies her and replies that she "[has] to get to know [her]
better" (Coakley 2), enforcing that she does not trust her. Despite these similarities, they have many
differences in their struggles with the people around them. Alice has family issues where her mother
and twin sister have trouble accepting Alice in her new body; it is jarring for them. Jenny is the most
critical in her family, as she feels as if "[Alice] is dead" (Coakley 6). This shows that she thinks the
Alice she knew is dead, even though Alice tries to prove that she is still alive. Despite Jenny feeling
this way, Alice's mother also feels uneasy and uncomfortable around her. Alice observes that her
mother may think that she is not "the same daughter she knew before" (Coakley 6), and that she tries
to avoid any eye contact with her. Another difference between Barry and Alice is that, Alice has a
struggle with society and the donor's family. People in her community have trouble recognizing her
and they mistake her for Gail, Alice's donor. The Jarreds, Gail's family, also have a grudge against
Alice; Mrs. Jarred feels helpless and desperate that she cannot see her "supposed" daughter. In
contrast to Alice's situation, Barry struggles to rekindle his relationship with his

The Mirror In Sylvia Plath's Mirror
Sylvia Plath's, Mirror, takes hold of a young girl's misery with her reflection. The poem's narrator is
the mirror, that witnesses accounts of the girl's miserable life. The girl ridicules her image, every day
of her life, by looking into the mirror and watching closely her imperfections taking over. As the girl
grows older, the mirror becomes abundant with the girl's sorrow towards her figure. The girl is
drowning in her self–loathing and can't find a way to overcome her reflection.
The narration of Mirror is not human, but a mirror that witnesses sorrow and despair of a young girl
transforming into a woman. The mirror neither judges nor lies. It does not shed opinions but rather
respects the ethical meaning of the truth. The mirror shows what is respectfully present. "I am not
cruel, only truthful." (Plath 5). The speaker is not talking to one person but is messaging the world,
that a mirror will not show what you want. A mirror represents the truth. It doesn't hide what is
shown but embraces the person looking into the mirror, that whoever is looking in, is born this way,
and should not stray from it. Mirror is a free verse type of poem, which doesn't block the poem from
conveying the meaning of the poem. The poem is broken down into two stanzas, both consisting of
short sentences. The first stanza represents how the girl first realizes her image through the mirror.
The little girl understands what she looks like and that the mirror can't replace her image with
something

Mirror Image Compared to Alice in Wonderland
Alice's Conversion The feeling of not knowing who the person really is and how they feel can be
hard. This emotion was described in the story "Mirror Image" by Lena Coakley. This short story had
a girl named Alice who had to go through a brain transplant. This changed her whole life. Because
of this brain transplant, she sometimes felt that she was not really herself but felt that she was Gail,
who was the body of the person she was in. This is also an allusion to another Alice in the fantasy
world but that book was written by Lewis Carroll and the name of that novel is Alice Adventures in
Wonderland. The book mentioned right above had the same type of allusion in which the main
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Jarred, Gail's father. That's how Alice in Wonderland felt about her feelings towards not knowing
who she was by saying "I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir, because I'm not myself you see" to the
Caterpillar (pg.19). Alice was very confused about herself and could not answer Caterpillar's
questions even though she tried. These questions that popped in both Alice's heads where alike in
the same sense of not knowing how their feelings and reaction to this situation was.

Freudian And Lacanian Psychoanalysis, By Barbara Creed
INTRODUCTION
Psychoanalytic film theory, which is derived from Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, appears in
the discussion of cinema early in the 1970s. As the conjunction of psychoanalysis and film theory,
scholars use this theory for textual analysis and different elements like the monstrous–feminine,
mirror stage identification, and the Oedipus complex are concluded and developed. To reexamine
the mother–child relationship, I will argue that these key elements of psychoanalytic film theory are
useful to understand the psychic activities of protagonists of Black Swan and The Babadook.
Additionally, they provide some evidence to explain the mode of how a mother gets along with her
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Based on this idea, Barbara Creed (1993) concluded the concept of monstrous–feminine as the
"shocking, terrifying, horrific, and abject" (Creed 1993, 1) female image which is also commonly
associated with mothering functions. We can find that the abjection occupies the whole film The
Babadook.
For Amelia, the loss of her husband on the birthday of her son becomes a powerful abjection which
she tries to deny and avoid. However, every time Amelia struggles to reject it, exclude it and make it
'other' (Buerger 2017, 35), the significance and the effects brought by the trauma become profound.
Thus, the monstrous feminine is fully revealed when Amelia has to surrender to mister Babadook,
the embodiment of the abjection. One of the scene shows Amelia tries to pull a tooth out of her
mouth. A series of close–up of Amelia's facial expression and hand movements indicate the struggle
she goes through when the Babadook takes up her. The only sound is Amelia's painful cry, which
also shows her cruelty and determination. In relation to several scenes before, Amelia has a
toothache when she eats something with her son. Working the same as a viscera, the tooth Amelia
pulls out symbolize her son Samuel, and the action of pulling the tooth out represents Amelia
refuses to play the maternal role and wants to get rid of her son. Besides showing Amelia in the
front, a few

Mirrors by Sylvia Plath
13th March, 2014 In the poem "Mirrors", by Sylvia Plath the speaker accentuates the importance of
looks as an aging woman brawls with her inner and outward appearance. Employing an instance of
self refection, the speaker shifts to a lake and describes the discrepancies between inevitable old age
and zealous youth. By means of sight and personification, shifts and metaphors, the orator initiates
the change in appearance which relies on an individual's decision to embrace and reject it. The
author applies sight and personification to accentuate the mirror's roles. The declaimer of the poem
says "I am silver and exact [and] whatever I see I swallow" (1, 20). The purpose of these devices is
to convey the position of the mirror in ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
According to Tomei, Sylvia Plath is subject to depression just like her father (1213). Possibly
hereditary, she detaches herself from everyone due to her immense discomfort and displeasure.
Moreover, she imprints her feelings and memories in her poems as witnessed in the poem "Mirrors".
Plath initiates her child hood in the narrative when she "meditates on the opposite wall" in her room
(6). Although a mirror is personified in the poem, it signifies Plath's nature as an individual. As
lonely as widow, she reposes against the wall, gazes at the divider and muses about her life. This can
be due to the fact that Plath felt it was her fault her father died (Freedman 159). Thus, she translates
her experiences into a poem and transmutes it literary denotation to figurative language. To
conclude, everything happens for a reason and life teaches great lessons. As detected from the shift
in the poem, Plath utilizes symbols in nature to delineate her view on the world. Situated in the
criticism of Giles, Plath creates "images of great sound and beauty... as the sea is second only to the
moon as one of her favorite symbols" (2597). As witnessed in the sonnet, the candles and the moon
are viewed as liars; however, they are distinguished as her favorite symbols. Since society and
individuals represent these symbols, Plath conveys the deceitful nature of people in the word.
Subsequently, she "turns"to them

Comparison Between Optical Telescope Systems And Modern...
Background knowledge:
The topic of this investigation is to compare and contrast three different optical telescope systems
that are used in modern day times. The three main telescope systems that will be focused on in this
report will be reflecting, refracting and cassegrain which is a combination of both and how different
types of error such as aberration effect the telescopes ability to capture an image and the quality of
the image it produces.
Reflecting telescopes use mirrors to reflect incoming light rays onto a secondary mirror which
magnifies it through an eye piece to form an image. (BBC, 2015)
When light rays come in contact with the mirror they are called the incident ray and then when the
ray reflects back off the mirror it is then called the reflected ray. As the light rays hit and leave the
mirror at particular angles these are titled angle of incidence and angle of reflection which can be
seen in the figure 2 below.
By the first law of reflection it is assumed that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of
incidence. This would only be true for totally reflective flat surfaces.
When light rays come into contact with convex and concave mirrors parallel to the normal they are
reflected onto a 'focal point'. To find the focal point of a mirror, the mirror formula can be used.
1/f=1/u+1/v
Where 'f' is the focal length, 'u' is the objects actual distance away from the mirror and 'v' is the
distance the image is formed from the mirror.
To find the

Essay on slyvia plath
Sylvia Plath's "Mirror," shows a truly thoughtful look into the different sights and
feelings a mirror would have if it were a live conscious being, unable to lie. By showing the
thoughts and emotions that a mirror would emit, Plath makes you look inward towards how you
present yourself not only to your mirror but also to yourself. This is an eye–opening poem because
of its truthful descriptions of the relationship between the inner feelings of people and how their
outward appearances that they portray of themselves affect them in and out of the public realm.
Examples of this are put throughout the poem "Mirror," and can be found in just about
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The next section of the poem introduces a woman into the life of the mirror. She look toward the
mirror seeking to find what she truly wants to discover (beauty), and the mirror truthfully reflects
back to her what it sees. She turns from the reflection as if to look for the "truth" in
something else, not excepting what she has just seen. Unable to find it, the mirror sees her agitation
and depression after seeing her true self within it. She is always looking into the mirror to make sure
everything is perfect and to put everything in it's place, so to speak. In this the mirror, as the years
seemingly pass, sees the young girl transform from her youth into an old woman and lose all that
she has fretted over and over about throughout her life. Each day, she is reminded by the mirror of
her lost youth and beauty that was once projected back at her so faithfully.
The mirror in the poem is a representation of the truths in life that as a person is difficult to come to
terms with in one's self. The woman's view of herself and her reluctance to accept her natural and
God–given beauty, shows how we all (as a society or as an individual) find it hard to accept
ourselves for who we truly are. How we try to make ourselves into a conformed object of
"popular beauty" based upon our outward appearance, instead of going by how our
personal feelings that come from within us.

Essay on Comparing My Twin Cousins
Comparing My Twin Cousins
For years I have been fascinated by that mysterious quirk of nature called twins. In my family, there
are several sets of identical twins, and I have always concentrated on their similarities. I did not
realize that identical twins also have many differences. My identical twin cousins, Sue and Heidi,
appear to be perfect mirror images. They love to dress alike. They can feel each other's pain. They
sound alike and can complete each other's sentences. But upon taking a closer look, I have found
that they are as different as day and night. Aside from Sue and Heidi's outward characteristics, they
possess several distinguishing traits that allow them to be viewed as two separate, independent ...
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Her grades positively reflect her efforts.
Sue and Heidi also possess very dissimiliar personalities. Sue is a free spirit; she is wild and crazy
and thrives on adventure. One night at a football game, she was dared by some of her peers to go
onto the field and moon the opposition. Needless to say, she took the dare. She is very talkative, a
real chatterbox. Also, she is very–quick tempered and impatient. For example, the slightest thing,
like a grocery store clerk's slowly checking out customers in the line she is in, will cause her to
become irrational. On the other hand, Heidi is extremely conservative. On the same occasion that
Sue was dared to moon the opposition on the football field, Heidi was given the same dare but
would not even consider taking part in such an immature prank. Heidi does not talk much; she is
very shy. She is known as the level–headed and laid–back twin.
Sue and Heidi's personal interests and goals further reflect their individual styles and tastes. Sue is
very creative. She is a talented, self–taught artist. She can draw practically anything she has seen.
Sue is also a very good athlete. She plays tennis in her leisure time, and she is on her school's
basketball and track teams. She has great endurance. She can run miles without easily tiring and can
play several consecutive games of tennis or basketball without breaking a

Lena Coakley's Short Story 'Mirror Image'
Life: A Journey of Challenges Pulkit Sahi Ms.Helme ENG3U0 Tuesday, October 7, 2014 As we
grow, we face new challenges, which is all part of our journey as we try to find ourselves and what
we are best at. Lena Coakley takes the idea of self–realization and portrays it through the character
Alice, in her story "Mirror Image". The author Cathy Jewison brings up the concept of finding what
you are good at, through the protagonist Norman, in her story "The Prospector's Trail". Although
both stories focus on the main idea of facing new challenges while growing and changing, "The
Prospector's Trail" plot is based more on finding your passion rather than finding yourself. "Mirror
Image" consists of Alice, a young teenager who ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Like Alice, who has a hard time adjusting to her new body, Norman has a hard time adjusting to a
new place. When Norman is out finding something he is good at, "Norman's eyes misted over and
his throat constricted, but the cause was neither the rain in his in his eyes nor the stench in his nose.
The rubble he saw before him was more than just the detritus of Yellowknife dump– it was the
rubble of his future. Wifeless. Homeless. Hopeless. (Pg.29)." Norman has such a hard time adjusting
to a new location and not being able find something he is good at that he is left in tears. Moreover,
this quote also mentions that Norman worries about being wifeless. On his journey to find his
passion, a loved one, Norman's wife, is not supportive of him, much like how Alice's sister Jenny
doesn't accept Alice. Norman's wife even threatens him by saying to him, "Six weeks! Unless I catch
you wearing a red plaid flannel shirt, in which case I'll leave you on the spot. (Pg.24)" Last off,
being clumsy is another challenge Norman faces. "The Prospector's Trail" mentions, "Norman's
reputation spread and he could no longer get work." (Pg.25) Norman continuously makes mistakes
at work and is very awkward, this challenge prevents Norman from getting a job and finding what
he is good at, because every time Norman does find his passion, he somehow ruins it. In summary,

The Reflection Of Mirrors In Black Swan By Nina Sawyers
A mirror only reflects who people have become on appearance, but whispers to the psyche of its
audience to reveal who they desire to be in their fantasy. A mirror plays a rather important role in
most of our mundane lives routinely used to fix erratic hair, oddly looking at ourselves brushing our
teeth, and for some, correcting the red mountain flaws against the skin. To a ballerina a mirror
represents a sense of alignment with one's body. To Nina Sawyers, perfecting her technique is
important and the only way to fix her mistakes is if she turns her life upside down. Sawyers
practices so often she starts to take notice of her evolution from childhood to adulthood through a
mirror.
Director Darren Aronofsky uses a technique that executes an important meaning– specifically his
arrangement of mirrors in the movie shows self–reflection of the leading character. Obviously, a
ballerina primarily uses mirrors to build and correct his/her weakness out of obsession and technique
perfection. Which in Black Swan takes up nearly the entire movie, however it expands beyond our
initial perception. Aronofsky uses the mirrors in a way so complex it shows the audience the internal
struggles that Sawyer encounters in her household and in her career. Black Swan illustrates what
Nina Sawyers, a devoted dancer, can do in order to achieve her wildest dreams on hardwork and
dedication alone.
Toma, the director of Swan Lake defines Nina as a " beautiful, fearful, fragile", dancer. Sawyer is an

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