Beauty Jane Martin Summary

The play, “Beauty”, explains the story about two foolish girls, fighting over a magical wish to receive a feature that each other has. Although it is heart wrenching that each of these girls are begging to change their features, it shows us the play’s underlying message; We will always have problems that will affect us. The author of the story, Jane Martin, shows us this simple message along with a comical aspect.
“Beauty”, narrates the story of two friends who are secretly jealous of one another. The play begins with Bethany, finding a genie lamp with three wishes. As the play continues, Bethany, enters Carla’s house exclaiming about her new treasure that she originated on. Carla, in disbelief, shrugs her off and follows with a joke about how Bethany is delusional due to “dealing”. Carla, irritated, continues with examples, providing that the genie is real. Her first example, states that she had wished for a new car, suddenly thousand dollar bills emerged from the sky. Bethany, in shock, makes a second wish to determine if this a magic lamp or not. As Bethany continues, she wishes her uncle, would depart from the hospital, and within seconds she receives a call explaining
Mostly females, feel this pressure to have a “perfect” image, some females blame it on society, other, put the blame on their elder siblings. For example, a campaign exists today against the classic Barbie doll. A majority of women, feel they are in competition with this plastic doll. A large number of people, see this doll as “unrealistic”, stating that the dolls waist is seen as an “unrealistic” view of women. Another example, would be the view on models. Another chunk of women, see models as “unrealistic” for women, stating that a majority of females do not, or cannot look like they do. This puts pressure on females to be seen as “perfect”, while “perfect” does not