Literature: Mirror of Society That literature is a reflection of the society is a fact that has been widely acknowledged. Literature indeed reflects the society‚ its good values and its ills. In its corrective function‚ literature mirrors the ills of the society with a view to making the society realize its mistakes and make amends. It also projects the virtues or good values in the society for people to emulate. Literature‚ as an imitation of human action‚ often presents a picture of what people
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way of life due to the fact that a click of a button can easily bring the world to you without any effort. Exceptions may be watching the news or something educational; however‚ the world has become very lazy by constantly watching TV. Today’s society reflects upon the television. People learn from TV and develop thoughts‚ ideas and beliefs that affect their way of life and way of thinking. There are so many shows and channels and each one is geared to specific types of people. For instance
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in a strict‚ confined society with no freedom to express their feelings. Government had imposed strong‚ unfair laws on the common people (Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia "French Revolution"). They wanted a voice in a stable government with a strong economy (Johnson 105) and a strong sense of individuality and independence within the people. (Moss and Wilson 180) Eighteenth- century literature was much like the society in which it was produced‚ restrained. Society was divided into privileged
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MIRROR MIRROR The idea of not looking in a mirror for three consecutive days seems quite obnoxious‚ not to mention a challenge‚ but then again the feeling was what kick started my experience for the same. At first I inverted my mirror to help me get started on my assignment but that was purely for the sake of the assignment and didn’t mean any more than that. But‚ a few hours into the experiment‚ I found myself making silly excuses to look at my reflection for reasons that I thought were valid
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myself in the long mirror behind it. I was convinced that within the mirror there was another world‚ another dimension in which another me lived. Mirror Me was perfect in my eyes for even then I knew the real me wasn’t. I found solace in knowing that somewhere there was version of myself that was perfect and I suppose this is where my deep fascination with my reflection was born. But things are so different now. Gone are the days when I could converse with my reflection in the mirror‚ to do that now
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Mirror‚ Mirror “Mirror‚ Mirror on the wall‚ who is the fairest of us all”. We all know the famous quote from the Fairy tale‚ but do we know that the answer should be “ME”. Although that might sound conceited‚ the fact is that every person should have the ability of looking in the mirror and saying‚ “that’s me and I love me!” Mark Twain once said “The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.” Loving yourself is not an easy thing to do but it is worth the effort. Loving yourself
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“Our preoccupation with fame is at least partly explained by our immersion in a media-saturated world that constantly tells us‚ as Braudy described it‚ “we should [be famous] if we possibly can‚ because it is the best‚ perhaps the only‚ way to be.””(Chaudhry 635) While a lot of people are fascinated by the self-expression and democracy facilitated by the new technology that is constantly being developed in society today in this new blogger democracy‚ Lakshmi Chaudhry published an article titled “Mirror
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Mirror‚ Mirror on the Wall Indonesia’s advertising Industry which is one of the youngest in the region‚ is almost at its adolescence trying to come to terms with all the rapid changes that it faces as it comes of age to find its own well defined personality and identity. A philosopher rightly said about life “We see life not as it is but as we are”. This seems so true in advertising too. Advertising should draw upon people’s emotions in order
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MIRROR -The simplest and the most common optical instrument. -Uses the Law of Reflection to redirect light it receives. -It reflects most of the light in one direction. -Good reflecting mirrors can have 85% reflectance. Types of Mirror 1. Plane Mirror A mirror with a flat surface. Image formed: Laterally inverted Upright and always the same size as the object they reflect. Virtual image (images appear to behind the mirror) at the same distance as the object in front of the mirror. Examples:
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the mirror says that it’s unjudgemental and it just reflects everything it sees.... it calls the candles and moon liars and goes on about how the woman needs the mirror. It also compares and places itself within the ranks of godliness. This poem is not a riddle‚ speaking with the voice of some mysterious "I" until the end‚ where the reader is shocked to find out that it’s a mirror‚ and not a person speaking. Instead‚ the poem lets us know from the start that we’re hearing from a mirror‚ with its
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