mirrors and paintings in horror literature
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Mirrors or paintings as reflections or doubles of the soul are a fairly obvious idea in horror. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the obvious example, and Poe used it as well. Angela Carter wrote a very clever story called Reflections.
Do you have any favourite exampes of original or striking uses of this idea in horror literature?
dfordoom)Mirrors or paintings as reflections or doubles of the soul are a fairly obvious idea in horror. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the obvious example, and Poe used it as well. Angela Carter wrote a very clever story called Reflections.
Do you have any favourite exampes of original or striking uses of this idea in horror literature?
