Beauty is a characteristic of a person‚ animal‚ place‚ object‚ or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics‚ sociology‚ social psychology‚ and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired‚ or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture‚ for perfection. The experience of "beauty" often involves an interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature‚ which may lead to
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BEAUTIES OF NATURE We live among the beauties of nature and beauties of nature live in us. All around can be seen the mysteries of nature. Both the animate and the inanimate objects of nature offer new scenes like a film on the screen. Nature is an integral part of our lives. But even while we appreciate the blessings she bestows on us‚ we forget that we are plundering her treasures and thereby denying our children the pleasure of enjoying nature in all her abundance and variety in the future
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before the mirror arranging our hair‚ applying makeup‚ or merely just a glaze a few seconds before we go out every day. Beauty is all around us. We are bombarded with model search like American Next Top Model and beauty contests like Miss Universe‚ as well as fashion magazine People‚ Cleo‚ and Cosmopolitan‚ all trying to answer the question "What is the meaning of beauty?”. Beauty is a quality or features that provide a perceptual experience of pleasure‚ telling or gratifying. The ideal of the perfect
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What is beauty? I’m sure we have all pondered the idea in our heads from time to time. Human beauty can be measured an many ways however. We can measure beauty inwardly and outwardly. I convincingly believe that beauty is in the eye of the holder but only to some degree. In todays society we are bombarded with the "all american" idea of beauty through media‚ through magazines and television. These things tell us what is beautiful and what isn’t. If you were to take away the typical mainstream
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Pied Beauty Glory be to God for dappled things - For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold‚ fallow‚ and plough; And áll trades‚ their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter‚ original‚ spáre‚ strange; Whatever is fickle‚ frecklèd (who knows how?) With swíft‚ slów; sweet‚ sóur; adázzle‚ dím; He fathers-forth whose beauty is pást change: Práise
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How does Hopkins vividly convey a particular idea regarding the beauty of the world in “Pied Beauty”? “Pied Beauty” is a poem which focuses on the things which many people consider to be imperfect and unaesthetic. It’s about finding beauty where others see flaws; it’s about the glory of God and the wonder of life. In fact‚ the beauty of the flawed‚ spotty and dotted surrounds us every day: it is built harmoniously into nature. The poem is essentially centred on the ‘yin and yang’ of nature how its
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Real Beauty In the world today‚ the media makes it hard for a girl to be comfortable with her body. Society‚ in general‚ persuades young women to feel that any size above a two is too big. “In 1950‚ when televisions were first finding their way into homes‚ the media’s portrayal of “the ideal” female figure was drastically different than it is today. At that time‚ mannequins and models more or less reflected the average woman’s size. Mannequins and models have grown thinner by the year‚ increasingly
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Beauty of Summer I love traveling. I am always thankful whenever I get the chance to go somewhere specially when it is for free. One of my most memorable trip was when I went to Baguio last 2008 which made me appreciate the true beauty of the summer capital of our country‚ the Philippines. During my summer time after first year high school‚ I was given a back and forth airplane ticket by my aunt Maricon for Manila. Though I travelled on my own for the very
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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 is both a form of power and disempowerment‚ it contributes to how humans characterize one another. It becomes problematic as outsiders begin to view beauty as an unequal tool. Sonia Shah’s short story‚ Tight jeans and Chania Chorris‚ provides examples of how the personas sister uses her beauty as a form of power. It only becomes problematic for her family as they do not like the idea of ‘western beauty’ over taking there indian heritage. The story also gives example on how the persona is disempowered
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