Mirror

Mirror In the first stanza, the "I am not cruel, only lawful" phrase reveals the mirrors personality and charter. Unlike macrocosm a mirror cannot judge her with opinions. Sylvia Plath uses onomatopoeia to give the mirror adult male characteristics. On line five she writes "The eye of a petty god, four-cornered" which shows that the mirror is given God-like powers over the women. It becomes almost an obsessive family descent between the mirror and the women because she looks to the mirror for comfort only to confronted with the truth about your youth wasting away.

The mirror triggers conscious and unconscious memories of her life faithfully. On line thirteen it reads "I live her back, and reflect it faithfully" once again showing that artless charter of the mirror. Regardless of the fact she hates her reflection the women becomes dependent on the mirror, and on line fifteen you can see that relationship were it says "I am important to her. She comes an...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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