The Mirror is an emblem of the objective truth in the present tense in Sylvia Plath’s “Mirror.”  It is silver to the extent of perfect reflection. Therefore it is exact and precise in its projection of image. It has no preconceptions pertaining to emotion, memory or logic. In other words, it is the best Critic. For even the best critic is biased to a certain extent. Whatever it sees is swallowed by it into its frame. As it swallows images to project, it does not tell how many will ‘digest’ this ‘swallowing’ of images. It is ‘unmisted’ literally and metaphorically, says the poetess by love or detestation. It is perfectly neutral in manifestation. It reiterates that is just truthful (objective), and not cruel.It reveals how being truthful can also prove to be detrimental. It reminds us of a quote in Gregory David Robert’s Shantaram: ”Truth is a bully we all pretend to like.”

The phrase ‘eye of a little god” reminds of Arundhati Roy’s “God of Small Things.” The word ‘eye’ may denote both vision and insight. A miniature God, it is free from emotion, reason and worldly ethics. It even has its own geometry-‘four-cornered’. Most of the time of the mirror is occupied focusing on the opposite wall (or background).The wall is pink with speckles.…