MIRROR MIRROR TELL ME…


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Authors

  • M. Melih KORUKÇU İstanbul Aydin University

Keywords:

Mark Ravenhill, Theatre, Hurtful Beauty, Twilight of the God

Abstract

The tale Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs, first compiled by Grimm Brothers in 1812, begins
with a simple question asked by the queen: “Mirror mirror tell me who is the most beautiful in the
world?” Once the tale’s main hero Snowwhite grows and becomes a beautiful woman the mirror no
longer gives the answer desired by the queen and the tale follows its well-known path. The mirror in
the play has a definite judgement about the beauty. The starting point of the tale is that the mirror
does not lie, always tells the truth, and when necessary can be perceived as the foundation for any
decision.. As examined here, the notion of mirror is identified with how seeing oneself can be painful.
Through such identification, the mirror becomes a practical metaphor. It is also a metaphor used in
theatre arts; theatre holds a mirror up to society.

This paper examines Mark Ravenhill’s Twilight of the God’s and traces the notion of beauty
within war, peace, migration, freedom, violence in the play, prominent concepts of today’s World.
Who knows, we might as well catch a clue about the notion of “beauty” from mirror’s words…

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Published

2018-02-19

How to Cite

KORUKÇU, M. M. (2018). MIRROR MIRROR TELL ME…. JOURNAL OF AWARENESS, 2(Special 1), 485–490. Retrieved from https://journals.gen.tr/index.php/joa/article/view/279

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