Realization and recognition are kind of like fraternal twins--- alike in concept, very different in actuality. When one realizes something, anything, one is seeing something completely new. A paradigm shift has occurred. For example, when Emma Stone, in “Easy A”, becomes aware of the power she has as a female and the power of perception, she realizes something she has never known before. She uncovers this secret (although to many others it is not a secret). She has never been aware of this “power”, and so, to her, a sudden light bulb goes off, that she never knew existed in the first place.
Recognition is similar to dusting off an old photo album. One is not uncovering something, rather, refreshing an idea or thought that was already in place. A seed was planted a while ago… in The Color Purple, when Celie begins to come to terms with the fact that she has been horribly mistreated and abused by Albert, there is a sense of recognizing something that she has known the whole time. She just needs others to tell her something she has known the whole time in her gut.
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