Beauty by Susan Sontag
“The privileges of beauty are immense” said Cocteau. To be sure, beauty is a form of power. And deservedly so. What is Lamentable is that it is the only form of power that most women are encouraged to seek. This power is always conceived in relation to men; is not the power to do but the power to attract. ….or renounced with out social censure.” - here she states that beauty is a power that us women or men have naturally, we have the power to attract what we want and don’t want. “For the Greeks, beauty was a virtue: a kind of excellence. Person then were assumed to be what we now have to call--lamely, enviously--whole person…..beauty would be matched by beauty of the other kind” -here she explains how theirs two types of beauty the “inside” beauty and the “outside” beauty.
In Susan Sontag informative piece entitled “Beauty” she discusses her logical thoughts of the beauty of a women and a men, and of how beauty has changed over the centuries. Susan uses Logical appeals to evoke her philosophy of beauty. She says “The privileges of beauty are immense” said Cocteau. To be sure, beauty is a form of power. And deservedly so. What is Lamentable is that it is the only form of power that most women are encouraged to seek. This power is always conceived in relation to men; is not the power to do but the power to attract. ….or renounced with out social censure.” Here Susan states that beauty is a power that us women or men have naturally, we have the power to attract what we want and don’t want. She as well mentions, “For the Greeks, beauty was a virtue: a kind of excellence. Person then were assumed to be what we now have to call--lamely, enviously--whole person…..beauty would be matched by beauty of the other kind”
Which here she explains how theirs two types of beauty the “inside” beauty and the “outside” beauty. Susan is very informative with her logical examples that she makes a clear point in the passage, about beauty has changing through out the
In Susan Sontag informative piece entitled “Beauty” she discusses her logical thoughts of the beauty of a women and a men, and of how beauty has changed over the centuries. Susan uses Logical appeals to evoke her philosophy of beauty. She says “The privileges of beauty are immense” said Cocteau. To be sure, beauty is a form of power. And deservedly so. What is Lamentable is that it is the only form of power that most women are encouraged to seek. This power is always conceived in relation to men; is not the power to do but the power to attract. ….or renounced with out social censure.” Here Susan states that beauty is a power that us women or men have naturally, we have the power to attract what we want and don’t want. She as well mentions, “For the Greeks, beauty was a virtue: a kind of excellence. Person then were assumed to be what we now have to call--lamely, enviously--whole person…..beauty would be matched by beauty of the other kind”
Which here she explains how theirs two types of beauty the “inside” beauty and the “outside” beauty. Susan is very informative with her logical examples that she makes a clear point in the passage, about beauty has changing through out the