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'A piece of art, as well as being a creation to be enjoyed, can also be a mirror…If a country or culture lacks such mirrors it has no way of knowing what it looks like, it must travel blind' (Margaret Atwood).
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'A piece of art, as well as being a creation to be enjoyed, can also be a mirror...If a country or culture lacks such mirrors it has no way of knowing what it looks like, it must travel blind' (Margaret Atwood). Examine the ways in which three of four poems create a 'mirror' of national or cultural identity. The mirror, according to the Collin's English Dictionary is a "surface that reflects light without diffusion and produces an image of an object placed in front of it. A thing that reflects or depicts something else." Mirror used as a verb means, "to reflect, represent or depict faithfully. A person may use a mirror to see what they look like. His or her physical features are portrayed on the surface of the mirror. The saying "a mirror does not lie" although outdated as well as overused is nevertheless true. The mirror shows...
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