Ayna ayna söyle bana…
Mirror Mirror Tell Me…

Summary/Abstract: The tale Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs, first compiled by Grimm Brothers in 1812, begins with a simple question asked by the queen: “Mirror mirror tell me who is the most beautiful in the world?” Once the tale’s main hero Snow-white grows and becomes a beautiful woman the mirror no longer gives the answer desired by the queen and the tale follows its well-known path. The mirror in the play has a definite judgment about the beauty. The starting point of the tale is that the mirror does not lie, always tells the truth, and when necessary can be perceived as the foundation for any decision.. As examined here, the notion of mirror is identified with how seeing oneself can be painful. Through such identification, the mirror becomes a practical metaphor. It is also a metaphor used in theatre arts; theatre holds a mirror up to society. 486 This paper examines Mark Ravenhill’s Twilight of the God’s and traces the notion of beauty within war, peace, migration, freedom, violence in the play, prominent concepts of today’s World. Who knows, we might as well catch a clue about the notion of “beauty” from mirror’s words…

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