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What is the central theme of the poem "mirror"?

The central theme of the poem is that mirror is just like god, impartial and pure. It watches and reflects any image without being biased. It is fair to everyone and reflects only what comes in front of it. It is pure and not affected by feelings of love, hatred or dislike. It is the symbol of truth.

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 The poem "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath, is a comment on a woman's desire to look beautiful and always look young. For some woman, their day begins by looking into the mirror. She is glad when she finds herself looking young, charming and beautiful, but is inconsolable when the reality is otherwise.

For an old woman, the mirror is like a lake. She looks carefully deep into the mirror to see the youth that has drowned in it. She then looks to candles and the moon to reveal her appearance, but the mirror calls them liars, because they hide many of her short comings like her age, and the wrinkles.
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It tells us that mirror tells us the truth.It is real, it just shows us what sees.It has no previous thoughts about anyone. 

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It is real but not cruel
and tells the truth
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