Vanity In Beauty And The Beast, And Snow White
Beauty vs. Vanity
**“I wish I was her.” How many times have we heard those words come from someone we know? Up to 8 to 10 males and females admit that they are not happy with their image, and half view themselves as distorted. Many people try extremely hard to measure up to the standard of today’s society. Beauty is a sin, if it becomes vanity. Beauty is a group of qualities that are appealing to the eyes. Vanity is excessive pride in your appearance. How does vanity develop? How do you overcome vanity?
Vanity develops when your needs and wants, take control of your life and it becomes an obsession to look like everyone else that looks better than you. “Female dissatisfaction with appearance - poor body-image - begins at a very early age. …show more content…
Maybe they are older but look extremely young or they have a nice figure. Whatever it is, you want to look just like them and you’ll do anything to obtain that wish. Botox and facelifts are expensive, but if it is what they did you are fine with paying for it. This is another dead-end road of vanity. When I think of vanity in people I immediately think of Gaston, the evil man in “Beauty and the Beast” and the Wicked Witch in “ Snow White.” Both of these characters are vane because they are extremely full of themselves.
Another important cause is social media. Everyone has retaken a picture because they didn’t like the way they looked.
How in the world do you overcome vanity? Although it may seem difficult, even impossible, it can be done. Conquering vanity will take time and self-control. You have to learn that how you see yourself is what matters most. When you take a picture don’t delete it because you don’t look the best. There really isn’t a thing as a perfect picture. Everything you post on social media is going to be judged. No matter how you think you look, you will be judged by someone else.
In conclusion, we have learned that beauty is okay, until it turns into vanity which is a sin. Vanity is caused by society and the world around us. To overcome vanity, you have to restrain from retaking a picture and train yourself from unpleasant thoughts that put you
**“I wish I was her.” How many times have we heard those words come from someone we know? Up to 8 to 10 males and females admit that they are not happy with their image, and half view themselves as distorted. Many people try extremely hard to measure up to the standard of today’s society. Beauty is a sin, if it becomes vanity. Beauty is a group of qualities that are appealing to the eyes. Vanity is excessive pride in your appearance. How does vanity develop? How do you overcome vanity?
Vanity develops when your needs and wants, take control of your life and it becomes an obsession to look like everyone else that looks better than you. “Female dissatisfaction with appearance - poor body-image - begins at a very early age. …show more content…
Maybe they are older but look extremely young or they have a nice figure. Whatever it is, you want to look just like them and you’ll do anything to obtain that wish. Botox and facelifts are expensive, but if it is what they did you are fine with paying for it. This is another dead-end road of vanity. When I think of vanity in people I immediately think of Gaston, the evil man in “Beauty and the Beast” and the Wicked Witch in “ Snow White.” Both of these characters are vane because they are extremely full of themselves.
Another important cause is social media. Everyone has retaken a picture because they didn’t like the way they looked.
How in the world do you overcome vanity? Although it may seem difficult, even impossible, it can be done. Conquering vanity will take time and self-control. You have to learn that how you see yourself is what matters most. When you take a picture don’t delete it because you don’t look the best. There really isn’t a thing as a perfect picture. Everything you post on social media is going to be judged. No matter how you think you look, you will be judged by someone else.
In conclusion, we have learned that beauty is okay, until it turns into vanity which is a sin. Vanity is caused by society and the world around us. To overcome vanity, you have to restrain from retaking a picture and train yourself from unpleasant thoughts that put you