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    think they have to look that way to be beautiful. Society has the concept of beauty all wrong. Rosen‚ Christine‚ a senior editor at the New Atlantis magazine: “Beauty is what we are granted‚ through no effort of our own‚ at birth. “. Therefore beauty shouldn’t be about looks but that’s what society has made it up to be about. Today “What’s natural is declared a flaw when it’s airbrushed out of photos‚ where a woman’s waistline is tweaked before her picture is approved for print” (Spenceley). Today’s

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    Commodification of Children[edit] Critics of child beauty pageants say the pageants promote children as products. Some describe it as a deal. Parents spend money on clothing‚ hair‚ makeup‚ and accessories in return for a cash prize.[14] Law[edit] Besides the laws that regulate child education‚ pageants are a relatively ungoverned program. Child contestants are not considered "working"‚ so pageants are exempt from federal child labor laws. Pageants also have different rules‚ so it becomes hard

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    commonly written as a sign of affection for someone special. “She Walks in Beauty” by George Byron and “Annabelle Lee” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ both display affection for a flawless young women. Each Poet has a difference of how they reject reality and focus on their beautiful Mirage of perfection. “Annabelle Lee” shows the past and the speaker remains stagnant in his mourning. “She Walks in beauty” describes a women’s beauty and admiring her from afar. The poems both entertain the same idea of a man

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    The perception of Beauty Intro: First of all let us talk about your own definition of “being Beautiful” I can guess that your definition of being Beautiful is somebody that is natural‚ wears no make-up and not ashamed of themselves. So‚ some think that make up is just a mask that hides all of their imperfections away. My definition of being beautiful is not just about the Exterior look and it’s definitely more than that. When a woman is confident‚ obviously their beauty shines. I believe

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    Beauty By Jane Martin

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    Olguin 1  Pearl Olguin  Professor Givhan  English 1102  December 06‚ 2014  Envious Desires  An Analysis of ​ Beauty by Jane Martin  Beauty​ ‚ written by contemporary playwright‚ Jane Martin is a one act play about envy. It  is human nature to desire what one does not have. It is also common for people to think that the  grass is greener on the other side without realizing that what they desire may possess certain  disadvantages. This play showcases envy and  personal discontent in which the two main 

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    Is Beauty Skin Deep

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    cliché that beauty is skin deep. In reality‚ regardless of our age or sex‚ humans love to judge people by their skin color. Two thousand years ago‚ Greek and Roman women used lead paint and chalk to lighten their skin. In Asia‚ women swallowed ground pearls to achieve the same effect. Right now‚ whitening products line beauty shelves‚ and advertisements bombard us with models having the finest skin tones. All for what? To look more attractive in the beholders’ eye and to live up to the beauty standards

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    Alice Walker Beauty

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    This story is the biography of Alice Walker called “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”. In this story‚ she is expected to be a pretty little girl who’s life depends on her beauty‚ so much so that when she is shot in the eye‚ her school work is heavily affected. She is treated differently than her brothers‚ who are given more freedom and bully her. I know that in my personal life I have been shunned for not being masculine enough. Societies today see femininity as a female trait. When she

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    Monica Isamat ENC 1101 Mrs. Schledorn 22 Nov 2012 Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder When you hear the word beautiful‚ what do you think of? Do you think of a blue sky‚ a flower‚ a rainbow? When it comes to the beauty of people‚ many people have different outlooks. Having true inner and outer beauty is what every women dream about. We are surprised when a women has both inner and outer beauty since we generally separate the category by stating if a women is beautiful on the outside‚

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    Beauty in Ancient China

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    27 September 2010 Luo-fu’s beauty in Mulberries by the Path China has been home to a multitude of beautiful women throughout the ages. Different periods of Chinese history had their own ideals regarding feminine beauty and differing standards of beauty produced a wide-ranging aesthetic scope. Besides some notable exceptions‚ however‚ few women are remembered today in Chinese history. As a result‚ it is difficult to ascertain exactly what these ancient beauties looked like. Through the poem

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    with darkness) with bright stars (light) and compares this woman to that night. She brings together these opposites in her beauty and creates a "tender light." Not a light like the daytime‚ since he describes that as gaudy (showy in a vulgar way)‚ but a light that "heaven" doesn’t even honor the daytime with. Byron¡¯s diction in this poem is quite metaphorical. "She walks in beauty‚ like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies" (lines 1-2 ). His use of imagery has allowed us to visualize an

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