AP Success - AP English Literature The Mirrors in Literature
Question 1
In many literary works, mirrors serve as recurring symbols with deep significance.
Either from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which mirrors play a prominent role as symbols. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how the use of mirrors contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
In your response, you should do the following:
Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation. Provide evidence to support your line of reasoning. Explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning. Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.
Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass" Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit" Jeffrey Eugenides' "The Virgin Suicides" Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake" Jorge Luis Borges' "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities" Alice Hoffman's "Practical Magic" Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"
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