The quote, “I am not cruel, only truthful---” from Sylvia Plath’s mirror, clarifies how our true appearance can be recognized by a mirror. In the poem, the woman constantly looks at herself in the mirror, trying to figure out her true image. However, society forces herself to mask her true appearance in order to be socially accepted. People regularly change their appearance to fit in, making them forget who they really are. In mirror’s, Plath suggest that society jumbles with our true appearance, blinding us from seeing and accepting our true reflection. People tend to mask their true appearance in order to be accepted. The woman’s appearance in the poem is being masked by society. “Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon,” in this quote, the candles and the moon represents society who lies about the image of the woman. People change themselves to fit in, but never be themselves to fit in. There is so much pressure that they felt like the need to change. Changing makes it harder for them to see their true image. For example, a group of friends told someone not to wear this or that just because they …show more content…
People, mostly girls, try to be “perfect” like those photoshopped pictures. Girls often think looking like those models will boost up their confidence when it completely does the opposite. Those pictures make girls feel miserable and insecure about their looks and bodies. This affects how we truly see our true self. When the woman turns to society, her image is not seen by the mirror, which is quoted, “I see her back, and reflect it faithfully.” As the mirror only sees her back, it means that society got her attention. The candles or the moon were described as liars, because it represents all the edited, photoshopped pictures that were published in magazines or the internet. Therefore, society affects the way we think about ourselves and make us feel bad about