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This paper provides an outline of ''Jane Eyre'', the novel by Charlotte Bronte and describes the way in which she uses mirrors and windows to symbolize Jane's need for freedom. The paper also describes how Jane grows up to be a self-empowered woman who finds her true identity and how the mirror symbolism reflects Jane's identity, and the window symbolism shows her feelings of freedom or entrapment.

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''In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte tells a story of Jane's self realization and how the views she has of herself change as she grows older. It also shows how she gains freedom and independence as she flourishes into a young woman. Jane ventures through suffering in her childhood, to obtaining a job, as well as falling in love with a married man. Jane builds her own identity as she experiences different situations throughout her youth. To enforce Jane's feelings of her identity, Bronte includes Jane seeing herself in the mirror, and windows to create a sense of freedom for Jane, as well as a barrier to freedom.
''At the beginning of Jane Eyre, Jane is an unloved orphan in her childhood and she is trapped at Gateshead, her Aunt Reed's house. The Reeds treat her as inferior to them, and they always treat her with disrespect and cruelty (Bloom). She reads a book about birds while sitting by the window. The birds represent the freedom she wishes to have and the window is the barrier to that freedom and the outside world.''

Tags:window, literature, moor freedom

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The paper relates that in Russian literature the symbol of the mirror plays an important role, as in literature in Germany, France and in other lands since the early 1800s. The paper discusses how the two Russian writers, Vladimir Nabokov and Yuri Olesha, treat the themes of the mirror and perspective in two passages selected from their books, "The Gift" and "Envy", respectively. The paper shows how Nabokov uses the mirror as a closeup picture of the character of Fydor while Olesha employs it as a technique to analyze the world and its relationship to himself.

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"Yuri Olesha is playing around with perspectives in this long passage which ends with the phrase above. The scene takes place when he is looking into a street mirror, excited at the tricks it plays, for when he sees a pedestrian coming in the mirror, it turns out he or she is coming from the opposite way they are actually coming from and creates a surprise when the pedestrian brushes against him on the side he is not expecting. The mirror is the focus of this scene in the street."
"The mirror also creates an effect the opposite of a telescopic effect, making things appear very small, as if looking in the wrong end of binoculars, and then they suddenly are large when seen with the naked eye. This admission that perspective is warped and distorted is an image of how he sees things in life, as all people do."

Tags:focus, perspective, images, Romantic, Era

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This paper introduces Nazir Ahmad's landmark novel, "The Bride's Mirror", championing Indian Muslim female education, that is thought to be the first novel in the Urdu language, set in Shajahanabad, Old Delhi, in the 1860s. The paper provides notes on Ahmad's career, ideas on purdah, why education was needed by women and endorsement of future service roles for women. The paper also addresses the numbers of Indian Muslim female doctors, social workers and educators.

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"Amidst much ignorance of Muslim culture in South Asia, the case of Nazir Ahmad (1836-1916) and the first novel in the Urdu language provide a fascinating sidelight. "Mirat-ul-Urus" was one of a series of reformist novels endorsing female emancipation led by female education. Its author, Nazir Ahmad, looked about his often displaced community and demanded that young women be educated towards their greater independence and ability to serve others."

Tags:nazir ahmad, bride's mirror, female muslim ed

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This paper discusses the poem "Mirror," by Sylvia Plath, analyzing it in detail. The writer describes the contrast between the two stanzas, a transformation from innocence and truth to maturity and dualism, and how the mirror reflects the woman's entire life from childhood to adulthood, climaxing with an allusion to her old age to come. The writer explains how this exposition of the woman's life shows us the embittered relationship that must exist beneath the surface between the mirror and its monologue's object.

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"While it is easy to see the personal, auto-biographical nature of this poem, it is important to note that this approach, specifically when applied to Plath's writing, may not actually yield the deeply held secrets that we suspect. Ted Hughes, her husband from 1956 until they separated in 1962, wrote about the "Fantasia of Sylvia Plath" in a letter to The Guardian in 1989. Hughes acknowledged the presence of some facts, but noted that Plath "fictionalizes herself in her writing". Other confessional poets, such as Anne Sexton, after famously exclaiming that poetry cured her mental illness, would also reveal that the confessional nature is not necessarily a perfect reflection, akin to the works of Van Gogh."

Tags:Medusa , criticism, faithful, vision, dust, image, window

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This paper offers a critical analysis of Norman Rockwell's painting "Girl at Mirror," a popular work by one of the most commercially successful and well known artists and illustrators of the 20th century, Norman Rockwell. Although he was known most commonly as an illustrator, the paper asserts, much of Rockwell's work contains a much deeper artistic meaning; closer examination has revealed that many of his illustrations are actually very well constructed masterpieces containing hidden meanings that show another side to this widely popular artist. In analyzing "Girl at Mirror," the paper points out the portrayal of girlish innocence in contrast with emerging womanhood, and identifies the placement of items as well as the painting's significant textures, lighting, and color. The paper concludes that if people would only take the time to look beyond the first impression of Rockwell's work, they might see that beneath the innocent exterior there is a serious artist with an important and often controversial message.

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"At first glance, "Girl at Mirror" appears to be an innocent portrayal of an adolescent girl behaving as girls of that age often do. It shows a young girl dressed in white and sitting in front of a mirror with a magazine on her lap, trying on make-up and looking at herself in the mirror as all young girls have done. Lying on the floor nearby is the open make-up, a hair brush, and her doll. The mirror is propped up against a chair and the room appears to be dimly lit, suggesting it may be in an attic or similar place. The viewer is first drawn to the girl's face. She has her hair pinned up, lipstick on, and her face resting on her closed hands. The look on her face is young and innocent. Perhaps she is just using the mirror to see how the make-up looks or how she looks with her hair up. Maybe she is just looking through the magazine, daydreaming about being a movie star and trying to imitate the poses. But after looking closer at the expression on her face it also seems as if she might be looking in the mirror for more than just to see how the makeup looks. Her expression seems to show that she is feeling sad, worried, lost, or faced with a difficult decision. She appears to be trying to figure out who she is as she is "poised between childhood and womanhood and her innocence hovers in the balance" (Fuller, 2010, para. 7)."

Tags:illustrator, Americana, traditional, art

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For those not familiar with these topics, the paper begins by briefly providing the reader with definitions of neurons, mirror neurons, and simulation theory. Following these definitions, the writer then discusses in depth how the biology of mirror neurons relates to one of the most popular theories in the field of cognitive psychology, the simulation theory.

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"Recently, an interesting set of neurons were discovered in monkeys, specifically in area F5 (which is part of the pre-motor cortex, one of the central regions for action-response) of the brain (R. et al., 1996; G. et al., 1996), which came to be known as mirror neurons. These neurons become activated both when a particular action is performed by the monkey itself or when the same action, performed by another individual (monkey or human), is observed. Grasping, holding, manipulating or tearing objects are the actions that, both when observed and executed, most frequently activate the mirror neurons. Mirror neurons appear to form a cortical circuitry, used in matching observations with the execution of goal-related motor actions."

Tags:area, canonical, cells, ramachandran

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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America," written by Ronald Takaki. Specifically, it summarizes parts three and four of the book, which focus on "distances" between cultures and "crossings" and what the mirror may hold for the future. The paper concludes with Takaki's advice that we all came from different shores in the beginning and that our stories and history have many more commonalities than differences.

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"Mexican migrant workers form another facet of this multicultural mirror in America. They too crossed the border into America hoping for opportunity and jobs. What they found, like so many others, was backbreaking work in the fields of the West. This section indicates how Chicano and American workers were paid far different wages, even doing the same jobs, and they, also like many others, created their own communities, the barrios, where they felt comfortable and secure. They also worked in a number of other low-paying professions, and often sent money home to their relatives to support them. The compelling issue among all these immigrants is their desire for a better life, and their need to retain at least some of their own culture. This seems to be the biggest problem with Americans, who expect immigrants to immediately become Americanized and forget their old lives and cultures. For many, this is simply not possible and desirable. The mirror is different for all, and that is one of the strongest points the author makes throughout this section of the book."

Tags:America, persecution, culture

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The author discusses how the sole function of a mirror is to show a reflection of the person looking into it. In this paper, he seeks to explain how the woman sees more than her physical self, she sees the time that has passed by her and how old she has become. This forces her to reflect on her years of suffering.

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"Both the woman and the mirror live their life in darkness, both have only based their beliefs on appearances. The mirror believes its heart is the pink wall and the woman her reflection, her true self. Both the woman and the mirror are trying to find something deeper in themselves, something beyond appearances."

Tags:appearance, beauty, reflection

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The paper shows how religion is one of the defining aspects of someone's life, and their culture. A lot of races, nationalities and countries are founded upon the beliefs of their religion. Their culture becomes mirrored in those beliefs, as does the structure of their society. Four religions with such influences - Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Shinto - are explored in this paper.

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"It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Judaism, and its influence on civilization is surrounded by a lot of negativity. Of course, the Holocaust is by far the cruelest genocide in history, and the cause of the many Jewish immigrants to America. Adaptations of their beliefs and culture have formed the different divisions in Judaism Reform, Conservative and Orthodox. There are many cultural characteristics that can be attributed to Jews, but their food, their holidays (Chanukah, Yom Kippur, Purim), and their coming of age parties (Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah) are some of the more notables. Their food is kosher, and that has brought an entirely separate type of butcher, markets, etc. Some ballparks even serve kosher hot dogs! Synagogues, much like churches, are also architectural statements in their community. Jewish holidays are not as recognized and celebrated nationally as Christian ones, but there are now changes being made in school curriculum to allow for observance of their many festivals."

Tags:Christmas, Sunday, mosque, Taj, Mahal, Koran, Buddhism