Mirrors (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Carol Shields
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Big Circle Lake
- Principal Characters: A husband, His wife
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Freedom, North America or North Americans, Memory, Twentieth century, Marriage, Beauty, Sacrifice, Homemakers, Houses, mansions, or manors, Retirement, Lakes, Mirrors or lenses
- Locales: United States
The Story
“Mirrors” is told in second person. The narrator explains to the reader the thoughts of a man and woman about their thirty-five-year marriage. Their contemplations center on the symbolic meanings of mirrors and what banning them from their summer home has meant over the years. The action consists of the revelations of the characters. The story includes many details about what has happened to the couple over the thirty-five-year period but does not contain any action beyond their memories and observations.
The story opens with the husband thinking about how...
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