myself in the long mirror behind it. I was convinced that within the mirror there was another world‚ another dimension in which another me lived. Mirror Me was perfect in my eyes for even then I knew the real me wasn’t. I found solace in knowing that somewhere there was version of myself that was perfect and I suppose this is where my deep fascination with my reflection was born. But things are so different now. Gone are the days when I could converse with my reflection in the mirror‚ to do that now
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Lena’s gentle‚ sweet‚ servant-like behavior was a commentary on the way on the way society saw and treated women in the early 20th century. Lena did not have an opinion of her own‚ she did not know how to make decisions on her own; she was told what to think‚ where to work‚ what to do with her money‚ her free time and her future; her life was designed by someone else because she was a women and unable to make decisions for herself. In the early 20th century society treated women as though they
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MIRROR -The simplest and the most common optical instrument. -Uses the Law of Reflection to redirect light it receives. -It reflects most of the light in one direction. -Good reflecting mirrors can have 85% reflectance. Types of Mirror 1. Plane Mirror A mirror with a flat surface. Image formed: Laterally inverted Upright and always the same size as the object they reflect. Virtual image (images appear to behind the mirror) at the same distance as the object in front of the mirror. Examples:
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Singer/actress Lena Horne’s primary occupation was nightclub entertaining‚ a profession she pursued successfully around the world for more than 60 years‚ from the 1930s to the 1990s. In conjunction with her club work‚ she also maintained a recording career that stretched from 1936 to 2000 and brought her three Grammys‚ including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989; she appeared in 16 feature films and several shorts between 1938 and 1978; she performed occasionally on Broadway‚ including in her
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‘Macbeth’ in particular‚ written in the 16th Century‚ is a mirror image of the themes and beliefs of Elizabethan times. Some of the themes and beliefs of the Elizabethan era are what some people in the 21st century still believe‚ like Karma‚ that is if you do something awful to someone it will eventually get you back worse than what you did to them‚ but some beliefs are not taken as seriously now as they were in the Elizabethan period‚ for example today you wouldn’t believe a witch if she told you
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the mirror says that it’s unjudgemental and it just reflects everything it sees.... it calls the candles and moon liars and goes on about how the woman needs the mirror. It also compares and places itself within the ranks of godliness. This poem is not a riddle‚ speaking with the voice of some mysterious "I" until the end‚ where the reader is shocked to find out that it’s a mirror‚ and not a person speaking. Instead‚ the poem lets us know from the start that we’re hearing from a mirror‚ with its
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””(Chaudhry 635) While a lot of people are fascinated by the self-expression and democracy facilitated by the new technology that is constantly being developed in society today in this new blogger democracy‚ Lakshmi Chaudhry published an article titled “Mirror‚ Mirror On the Web” to argue how the medias have rapidly evolved into tools for one to become famous. She is worried that self-expression has fallen effortlessly into self-promotion. The media culture made people; especially the young people’s appetite
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Mirror‚ Mirror on the Wall Indonesia’s advertising Industry which is one of the youngest in the region‚ is almost at its adolescence trying to come to terms with all the rapid changes that it faces as it comes of age to find its own well defined personality and identity. A philosopher rightly said about life “We see life not as it is but as we are”. This seems so true in advertising too. Advertising should draw upon people’s emotions in order
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singer‚ Lena Horne was born June 30‚ 1917‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York. Her parents were Edna Scottron Horne and Edwin "Teddy" Horne. Since her mother traveled as part of various theater troupes‚ Horne alternately accompanied her on the road and stayed with family and friends around the country. Lena Horne was the youngest member of the NAACP. Lena’s photo appeared in the October 1919 issue of the NAACP Branch Bulletin. Lena’s parents divorced‚ when she was three. Due to her mother traveling‚ Lena grew up
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Analysis of “Mirror” In her poem “Mirror”‚ Sylvia Plath takes us into the thoughts of a woman from an interesting perspective. We always view ourselves truthfully in the mirror and face the outside world in nothing but lies. Through the speaker of mirror‚ it tells us that woman’s beautiful appearance will not stay for a long time. In the poem “Mirror”‚ Plath uses various poetic techniques that effectively shapes its meaning and creates a mood for the poem. One of the features in this poem is that
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