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The Mirror As an Image of Concealment and Revelation in Carol Shields' "mirrors"
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 2,0, University of Marburg (Fremdsprachliche Philologien), course: Proseminar The Short Story in English Speaking Canada, language: English, abstract: The couple described in "Mirrors" has decided to live without mirrors during summer, while spending their time in their summer house at Big Circle Lake. This cohabitation turns out to be not as harmoniously as the rest of the world sees it. The absence of mirrors causes several problems both partners try to deal with by themselves. This paper shall be concerned with the image of mirrors in the story, regarding especially the concealment and revelation it symbolizes. Therefore the image of the mirror in general has to be viewed. Afterwards the mirrorless summer house has to be examined as well as the couple, which deliberately lives without mirrors. In addition special scenes will be analysed. After looking at the couple, the usage of mirrors in the story play an important role to find an answer to the question if the deliberate mirrorlessness reminds both partners of their better selves.
Analysing Blends
Scientific Essay from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Marburg, language: English, abstract: “You see it’s like a portmanteau – there are two meanings packed up into one word” (Carroll 2002:186). That is what Humpty Dumpty told Alice about a poem, where words were mixed together out of other words. But not only in Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass” words like these occur. If you take a newspaper, you will find a lot of mixtures. One of the most famous of the last years are names like Brangelina oder Bennifer, where popular couples were shortened to one name. These names caught the attention of...
Harm to Others
Harm Richmond is an ideal soldier, husband and father fighting to protect his family from the devastation of a dying way of life in ante-bellum Louisiana. He struggles to save his family and friends through the battles that decimates his world. From the citadel of Vicksburg south to Natchez and westward through the Red River Campaign, which became the greatest single victory for the dying southern nation of the Confederacy. He fights with Yankees and Renegade members of Quantrell's Raiders in a desperate attempt to survive.
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