The use of Personification and Metaphor in ‘Mirror’ In the Poem ‘Mirror’ by Sylvia Plath‚ there is a continuing theme of change. In the beginning the changes are simple‚ like the acts of day turning to night‚ but at the end we see the life changes of a woman in particular. Through the use of metaphor and personification in the poem‚ Plath creates images of water‚ reflections‚ and colors as having human characteristics to emphasize the strong theme of change throughout the poem. From the beginning
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Analysis of Sylvia Plath’s “Mirror” Sylvia Plath is known as the poet of confession. Her life is strongly connected to her works. She uses poetry as a way to confess her feelings‚ to express and release her pain in life. “Mirror” is one of her most famous poems. Sylvia Plath wrote the poem in 1961‚ just two years before her actual suicide. After suffering a miscarriage‚ she realized that she was pregnant again. She and her husband moved to a small town and their marriage began going worse. The poem
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In the poem “Mirror” Sylvia Plath reflects the way society puts pressure on the way you look and can destroy you. “Mirror” is a poem told in first person by the reflection in the mirror. I believe that the mirror‚ the lake‚ and the woman are all one. She is judging herself the whole time through different objects‚ talking as if she is the mirror‚ the woman‚ and the lake. Sylvia Plath proves her point in the first stanza by describing how she feels about herself through the mirror. Plath describes
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I sat down on the park bench by the Mirror Lake that was closest to the fountain. Even though nobody was sitting on the seven foot long bench‚ I sat on one corner occupying the minimum amount of space possible. Only after sitting on the wooden bench I realize that the bench was still slightly wet from previous night’s heavy rain. Though autumn had stripped away the youthful leaves of deciduous trees around the lake‚ it brought a strange nostalgic beauty to the campus. Dry and crispy fallen leaves
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Imagination - “Girl Before the Mirror” Kaiulani Frink Eng/340 May 21‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Imagination - “Girl Before the Mirror” The painting by Pablo Picasso “Girl Before the Mirror” was the painting that caught my attention because at first glance I notice a woman adjusting the mirror as she is looking at her reflection; this is something I do every day. I gazed longer at the painting and the woman’s appearance seems to be younger in the mirror‚ perhaps she is reflecting on her
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Direct and Indirect Representation Living in a democratic society‚ we as Americans have the right to vote on just about all aspects of our lives. The votes that we cast either have a direct or an indirect representation of our beliefs. In cases such as city and statewide laws‚ our beliefs are directly represented; in all national and organizational matters our votes have an indirect impact. The decisions are made by elected officials who we vote into office to represent our beliefs. One example
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In my Language class‚ I choose to read‚ Nancy Drew and the Mystery of Mirror Bay: by Carolyn Keene‚ for my mystery book report. I choose to read this book because I heard that the Nancy Drew books were a good read. As I continued to read it‚ I found out otherwise. This book is about a girl detective‚ Nancy Drew‚ and her best friends George and Bess‚ as they head to Cooperstown‚ NY to solve three mysteries. The mysteries were a girl walking across the bay‚ a green mountain “sorcerer” that scared away
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Politics in education is an issue that presently pervades educational system in the country. The government‚ specifically the legislators‚ is inept in formulating laws that can address the crisis in the educational system. A sad reality that is happening right now is the formulation of policies with the main purpose of making our educational system at par with those in other countries‚ but there are no concrete guidelines as to how these are to be implemented. Most educational experts are technocrats
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Before reading Chimpanzee politics by Frans de Waal‚ I was unaware of the preeminent intelligence Chimpanzee’s possess. Although Chimpanzee’s showcase outstanding technical intelligence for primates and mammals‚ precluding human beings of course‚ their intelligence is truly exhibited in regards to social intelligence. One can argue the social intelligence of Chimpanzee’s rival that of human beings. Many theories have arisen to explain the high social intelligence of these fascinating animals‚ large
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Self-hatred can ruin your life if you let it control your thoughts and actions. This is one of the many themes in “Mirror Image” and I think it is the most important. Humans have a tendency to dislike themselves and only see their faults. The first sentence‚ “If only there were no mirrors” talks about how she doesn’t actually want to see how she looks and that life would be easier without seeing how you look all the time. Alice had a brain transplant and since she has a different body she has started
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