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The flashback is informing the audience; both literally and metaphorically she is looking at herself, and the flashback is about her past. Yes, it makes more sense later, but by showing us the flas...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-19T22:13:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T11:54:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/45233 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
The flashback is informing the audience; both literally and metaphorically she is looking at _herself_, and the flashback is about her past. Yes, it makes more sense later, but by showing us the flashback the author is telling us the woman is not just who she appears to be. Not to herself, and later, not to us. That is my take on it, others may disagree. The fact she is looking in the _mirror_ is important.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-05-17T19:58:01Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 1