Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast Sandra Stewart There seems to be a trend in movies recently: more interest in the human element‚ less in hi-tech spectacle. Ironically‚ two of the best movies I’ve seen in the last couple of years that explore the area of human relationships are cartoons. Both are Disney productions exemplifying the highest standards of artwork‚ complex musical scores‚ and a strong storyline. Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin are alike in these ways‚ but Beauty and the Beast‚ unlike
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“Outward beauty is transient‚ but inner beauty is lasting”. What is beauty? Well‚ beauty is defined as a combination of qualities‚ such as shape‚ colour or form that pleases the aesthetic senses‚ especially sight. Beauty affects everyone‚ because everyone has qualities of attractiveness globally. However‚ I have always wondered if models were truly beautiful. They might be on the outside but their personalities might ruin their outward beauty. Who knows? They might be even insecure. Hence‚ the world
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contemporary society has built so much hype around being a beauty pageant for all girls. The looming advantages are that one would become a celebrity‚ a fashion model for one of the best clothes designers and earn a covetable standard of living without struggling for a long time. This issue has infiltrated the society to the extent that young girls at the ages of four to eight have been forced to undergo gruel some processes in the name of beauty. I think it is unfair to them‚ and this needs to be stopped
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Beauty Pageants What exactly is your definition of beauty? In the average dictionary beauty is defined as a combination of qualities that pleases aesthetic senses‚ especially the sight. Unfortunately‚ in today’s society‚ the meaning of beauty has become extremely distorted and in place beauty pageants have become very popular. These contests take place across the entire world; in big cities and small towns. The contestants’ ages range from 0 to 30 years old. Thus‚ children are thrown into this
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Beauty Competitions‚ also known as Beauty Contests or Beauty Pageants degrade women to mere objects. Such a competition is the exploitation of women by men and other women. A competition based on skill or ability is all right. However in the case of a beauty competition‚ no skill or ability is involved. Beauty is supposed to be the criteria for such a competition. There is nothing wrong with judging people primarily on their physical prowess. We do this all the time in competitive sport‚ where fitness
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DISCOVERING THE BEAUTY “We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.” - Kahlil Gibran Sometime‚ let’s sit silently for some minutes and let’s think about the life we are leading. Definitely‚ we’ll find that we want our moments to be filled with happiness at any cost. Whatever‚ we are doing i.e taking food‚ wearing dresses‚ doing physical labour‚ decorating things‚ travelling‚ chit-chatting‚ and sleeping or may be earning money‚ everything oriented in such a direction to get
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Beauty contests have been in the American society since the 1920’s (Kareen Nussbaum). Just like football and dancing‚ beauty contests are also a hobby. Beauty contests are not harmful in anyway‚ and are just a unique interest to women all over the world. The unique thing about beauty contests is the fact that it is strictly for women. Through hobbies such as football‚ there are women teams; in beauty contests though‚ there are no men. So‚ beauty contests a very unique piece of American culture
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their journey of becoming the ‘ideal’ women. Moreover‚ “Beauty and the Beast‚” written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont is another story that highlights male superiority through the animal character. Instead of letting the Beauty suffer with the loss of her father‚ the beast spares his life and takes her in his place. The beast is not portrayed as the ‘usual’ friendly‚ small creature helper‚ but he still takes on the role of helping Beauty find her way through life. Male authority is evident throughout
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first novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ was published in 1970. “In the novel‚ Morrison challenges Western standards of beauty and demonstrates that the concept of beauty is socially constructed. Morrison also recognises that if whiteness is used as a standard of beauty or anything else‚ then the value of blackness is diminished and this novel works to subvert that tendency.” (Sugiharti‚ “Racialized Beauty: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”). Her goal in writing the novel was to make a statement about how “something
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The Myth of Being “Beautiful” “Beauty provokes harassment‚ the law says‚ but it looks through men ’s eyes when deciding what provokes it.” ― Naomi Wolf‚ The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women The beauty myth‚ how what others perceive as what beauty is can‚ will be and has been used against women. Advertising agencies and Hollywood are portraying to young girls and women that youth‚ beauty and love go together to make a complete and happy existence in life. From reality
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