Essay on slyvia plath - 618 Words

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Sylvia Plaths quot;Mirror,quot; 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 quot;Mirror,quot; and can be found in just about every line of the poem.†¦show more content†¦nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;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 quot;truthquot; 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 its 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. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;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 ones self. The womans 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 quot;popular beautyquot; based upon our outward appearance, instead of going by how our personal feelings that come from within us.