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    Beauty in "The Bluest Eye"

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    become aware of one’s own beauty and to fabricate one’s own self image can be extremely damaging. Topic Tracking: Beauty Beauty 1: Claudia is constantly faced with white ideals of beauty. For Christmas one year‚ she receives a blue-eyed‚ blonde-haired‚ pink-skinned doll. Rather than adore the doll‚ she destroys and dismembers it as a result of her anger. Claudia feels she can never measure up to the beauty of white children‚ the beauty that all the world reveres. Beauty 2: The Breedloves are poor

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    Women were objects who were neglected‚ oppressed and socially unaccepted by the elite community. The era of 1900’s‚ Societies expectations towards women‚ are to express their beauty‚ and were objects towards society. F.Scott Fitzgerald supports this statement with his set piece novel‚ The Great Gatsby which was written during 1925 that signified as the Roaring Twenties. The 1900’s came with great economic prosperity‚ which lead to people living luxurious lives‚ and throwing lavish parties. That

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    Comparative Analysis of the Child-Rearing Practices of the Philippines and Other Cultures Child rearing plays an important role in building up the children’s characteristics. It is their foundation to be a functional member of the society. But different societies have different cultures when it comes to child rearing. There are different factors which affect a parent’s attitude toward his/her children and these factors are mostly influenced by the society or the personal preference/ favoritism

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    Beauty in Todays World

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    The concept of beauty is a controversial issue in today’s look-oriented modern society as the media constantly tries to give it a set definition. Motivated by material profit‚ television programs‚ glamorous magazines‚ and fashionable websites often provide their own distorted image of the perfect human being. However‚ due to the fact that it is a subjective and relative concept‚ beauty is indefinable and therefore an unreachable and utopian ideal. The idea of beauty has undergone a great amount

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    Semiotics and Real Beauty

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    Analytical Essay ‘Campaign For Real Beauty’ Print Advertisement the Dove campaign for Real Beauty is not entirely innocent. While the intended message of the campaign relates to Dove’s mission statement‚ the driving force behind the concept is motivated by capitalist objectives. Through a semiotic analysis‚ both the visual and linguistic texts are deconstructed in order to reveal how values‚ attitudes and beliefs are supported while others are concealed. The texts‚ which are framed in feminist

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    essence of true beauty

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    Essence of true beauty In American society‚ women have been objectified to sell a product or an image for a long time. The true standard or measure of beauty is often relative to who is painting the picture‚ often times being control by the media. Everyday women put strain on themselves by trying to live up to the unattainable level of beauty portrayed by models and actresses‚ as a result many women chronically feel insecure about themselves. Women can attest to the false beauty that is portrayed

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    Beauty Through the Ages

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    Beauty of the 21st Century Japanese In Japan‚ women with petite general figures are considered more attractive. The paler their skin‚ the more beautiful they are considered to be. Every facial feature including lips‚ ears‚ nose and mouth must be small. The only facial feature that they prefer to be bigger is the eyes. They tend to admire bigger eyes and also creased eyelids called ‘double eyelids’. They also consider small‚ oval faces to be more feminine. Body hair is mostly unwanted especially

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    Tourism and Scenic Beauty

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    with variety of birds and animals‚ water fall and fine flora and fauna. Moreover‚ there are many ancient temples and historical places with fine work of arts in wood and metal. People from different countries of the world visit Nepal to admire scenic beauty and cultural heritage. Nepal has many places of interest of tourists. The ancient temples and palaces in Kathmandu valley‚ many caves and lakes in Pokhara‚ sanctuaries in Chitwan‚ Bardia and Koshi Tappu‚ historical sites in Lumbini and Jankpur

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    Ancient Greek Beauty

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    everyday beauty. To understand what this means‚ it is necessary to uncover the true definition of everyday beauty. This concept is subjective and is used to describe something of aesthetic importance to a person or a group of people. It can be expressed through multiple ways such as sight‚ smell‚ or the idea behind a concept. In Greece‚ this concept was naturalism and was reflected in multiple forms including

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    Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder This phrase " beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder" was written by Shakespeare‚ the famous author of many good classical English novels and literature. Anybody who read  English literature should know who Shakespeare is‚ otherwise ‚ he will look very foolish. What is the meaning of this phrase ? It simply means that the perception of beauty is different for different people. There is a similar Chinese saying " Each type of flower attracts different admirers

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