Daily Mirror

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.

Vrrrm-brummm-brmmmm! The engine roared like a hungry grizzly bear as I fired up the old blue truck. I reached up to the overhead compartment and took out my Aviators to shield my eyes from the bright autumn sun. The leaves were golden yellow. Yes, the weather was perfect for a Sunday drive. My mom sat next to me on the wide bench seat, ready to head up the road into “Pillsbury.” Minnesota's oldest state forest boasts a mix of deciduous and coniferous trees over 40 square miles dotted with small lakes

“blind spot”. You might have a crash which he causes, and he goes on his merry way. Many people drive with a blind spot on either side of their cars, roughly alongside the rear fenders. It’s simply a bad habit on their part, of not adjusting the mirrors. The solution is to set the

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

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

and rifles. But upon hearing the people coming, Mary broke off her spell and raced into the woods. The villagers chased after her, and when they reached her cottage, they captured her. As she thrashed about, fighting off the villagers, Mary broke a mirror, cutting her hand. Mary screamed and cursed all the women and girls of the village. The people called it "the curse of Bloody Mary." Mary was put on trial, and at the trial the miller's daughter described the sound she had heard as a melodic whistle

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

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

After nearly a millennia, I am free, but what have I become? Have I become an angel? I look into the mirror that was showing my reflection. I still looked like a demon. I had sharp talons and pointed fangs. I had long, spiraling horns that became redder as they reached upward. My skin was darker than the night without stars or the moon. My wings were like that of a bat, but they were tattered along the edges. My ruby red eyes were glowing in the barely lit room. I still looked like I used to. Not

is very paranormal and that is something I would like to study one day. Bloody mary was a beautiful woman who was in a car accident in the 1700s. She spent hours a day looking at herself in the mirror. One day she was in a severe car wreck, after this wreck she wasn’t able to look at herself in the mirror, even the kids at school could not look at her. One night she was done thinking