Entertainment / Literature / Mirror Passage: A section of a story that might not contribute directly to the plot (i.e., it contains characters divorced from the main narrative, and the events it deals with do not further the action) but which does reflect the basic concerns of the work in terms of theme, action, or symbolism or which seems to echo another scene, image, or situation. For instance, the Miller's story in The Canterbury Tales creates a love triangle to mock and mirror the love triangle in the Knight's earlier narrative, or the way Aeneas's attempt to hug Cre????sa's ghost thrice mirrors his attempt to embrace the ghost of his father Anchises in The Aeneid, or the inversion of words and tears that distinguishes Aeneas and Dido's two farewells--the first at Carthage and the second in the Underworld. See also mirror scene.
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Mirror Verb Synonyms: looking-glass, glass, speculum, reflector
Mirror Noun Synonyms: reflect, reproduce, represent, depict, repeat, echo, send back
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Passage Adjective Synonyms: movement, moving, going, transition, transit, traversal, traverse, progress, crossing, passing
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Entertainment / Literature / Mirror Scene: A scene in a play or novel that does not contribute directly to the plot (i.e., it contains characters divorced from the main narrative, and the events it deals with do not further the action,) but wh MORE
Entertainment / Photography / Parabolic Mirror: Silvered glass or metal reflector with a parabolic axial cross-section, used to produce near parallel rays from a light source positioned at its geometrical focus. MORE