The reason for the tragedy of Narcissus lies in the fact that the make-up mirror stimulates the infinite energy of human beings and brings about the longing for the illusory beauty and the ideal self. Then, when I find myself getting old in the mirror, I feel sad and sigh. Sometimes, the make-up mirror induces beauty and drowns beauty in this temptation. There is also a similar allusion from Fan Tai's preface to Luan Niao poems that Wang de Luan can't like, but birds just don't sing. The princess said that when the Luan bird saw its own figure, it would be sad to sing. How about hanging a make-up mirror in front of it Birds, not to mention humans. In the (new records of Yu Chu), there is a saying that has been read for a while: "thin shadow comes from the autumn water, you need to pity me, I pity Qing. "This" thin shadow "with morbid self infatuation may become good friends with Narcissus.

Therefore, human beings concentrate on the pursuit of beauty and pleasure, but seldom notice the merciless warning of the make-up mirror. In other words, what the makeup mirror warns is often what human beings are unwilling to face up to. This is the self shielding of human beings, such as aging and death. Keen artists have seen through the essence of human beings and made creative warnings.

For example, Woolf's short story "lady in the mirror" is highly artistic. The author objectively describes Isabella's elegant living environment and aristocratic living state from the perspective of an observer. Finally, the make-up mirror on the wall reflects her aging and empty life. Let's assume that the objective narrator is Isabella's self deceiving heart. She was young and beautiful and lived in the upper class. In Isabella's own words, she "knew a lot of people and had many friends." 7 "she also traveled around.