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    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

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    Arwan 1 Kevin Arwan Professor Jo-Anne Johnson English 1301 November 4‚ 2014 Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out by Dave Barry The subject of Dave Barry’s “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” is the difference between men and women. Women’s thoroughness cannot be underestimated‚ in fact‚ most of housemaids are women. Have you ever cleaned a room that took you two hours to clean‚ then you ‘’think’’ the room was clean and in perfect condition‚ suddenly your mom came in and started

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    Beauty and the Beast is one of the fairy tales which has been narrated through various media such as oral storytelling‚ written short story‚ film‚ opera and musical theatre. With each interpretation‚ the story is given a new perspective and distinct elements are being highlighted in every presentation. Each of these versions leave an indelible imprint on the mind of readers or viewers. Subsequently‚ in 1946‚ Jean Cocteau adapted Madame Leprince de Beaumont’s short story of "Beauty and the Beast"

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    Tatar suggests that Madame de Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast” demonstrates her desire to turn the fairy tale into “parables of instructions”. This is to display vehicles for indoctrinating and enlightening children about the virtues of good manners‚ good breeding‚ and good behavior. Throughout Beaumont’s tale‚ Belle begins to learn such virtues. She gains such virtues from the willingness to sacrifice herself. Belle sacrifices herself and agrees to marry Beast in order to save her father and prove

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    Contrast Three Versions of Beauty and the Beast We are going to take a brief look at three versions of Beauty and the Beast to see how they differ from one another. The three versions that will be considered here are; the original story La Belle et la Bête written by Madame GabrielleSuzanne Barbot de Velleneuve in 1740‚ the second publishing of an abridged Beauty and the Beast written by Madame Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont in 1756‚ and Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. In examining these stories

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    Story of the Beauty and the Beast” written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve is a lengthy piece of writing dating back to 1740 that was transformed into a well known children’s movie today. The moral of the original story by Madame Villeneuve is that love isn’t about what’s on the outside its about what’s on the inside. The Disney Movie version premiered in 1991 took the story and transformed it into the movie that most people know of today. The Disney version is also titled Beauty and the Beast

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    CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………...3 Part 1. Oscar Wild – the novelist of the England…………………………………..5 1.1. Literary works of O. Wild……………………………………...……………...6 1.2. The novel ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and its significance…………………9 1. 3. Aestheticism in the novel …………………………………………………...10 Part 2. Lexical and syntactical stylistic devices used in the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by O. Wild…………………………………………………………14 2.1. Phonetic stylistic devices……………………………………………………..14 2.2. Lexical

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    Beauty and the Beast: Marie Le Prince de Beaumont story vs. Disney film In Europe‚ the 1700’s was a different time than present day America in which Marie Le Prince de Beaumont’s and Disney’s version of the text of Beauty and the Beast was written and made. To begin with‚ Europe in the 1700’s was very religion based‚ meaning that God always came first no matter the situation and has been a dominant thought in shaping the future for Europe. The order of priorities in that time in Europe was God

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    Beauty and the Beast Intro: In Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast‚ Belle is held captive in the Beast’s castle. He creates a manipulative environment for Belle to live in. He threatens to starve her if he does not go on dates with him as well as acts out in anger when she does not follow his commands. However‚ Belle falls in love with the Beast and suffers from Stockholm Syndrome. Belle’s love for the Beast ends up breaking his monstrous spell and making him a handsome prince again. The hidden

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    experienced. In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast‚ Gaston’s and the Beast’s stereotypical personas help further the idea of Belles strength and intellect. To all of the other girls in town‚ Gaston is the picture of an ideal man. He is strong and handsome‚ what else could a women want? His attempts to woo Bell are‚ however‚ futile. While Gaston is a hunter‚ a sportsman‚ and arguably attractive‚ he lacks numerous important qualities beyond the superficial. As with the typical

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