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HifaMo Posted 12 years ago
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through the prism of the present
Could you please explain the meaning of the phrase in bold?
She looked back at the past through the prism of the present.
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She looked back at the past through the prism of the present.
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If you look at something through a prism, it will change how you see it. Here it is used figuratively, to indicate that her view or opinion of the past was affected by the circumstances, ideas, opinions etc. of the present.
- If you look at something through a prism, it will change how you see it.
- Here it is used figuratively, to indicate that her view or opinion of the past was affected by the circumstances, ideas, opinions etc.
- of the present.
- She viewed the past from the point of view of someone in the present.
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If you look at something through a prism, it will change how you see it. Here it is used figuratively, to indicate that her view or opinion of the past was affected by the circumstances, ideas, opinions etc. of the present. She viewed the past from the point of view of someone in the present.
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