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		coliveira 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How ancient people saw themselves > why does the story make it a mirror? This is what's called a metaphor.

bryanrasmussen 3 months ago [–]

ok what's it a metaphor for?

coliveira 3 months ago | [–]

A mirror is a metaphor for yourself, your interior world. The image she saw in the mirror was her own.

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