looking at today ’s society‚ it is simple to see that humans are fascinated with perfection. This fascination may be for physical perfection‚ emotional perfection‚ or career perfection. Unlike today ’s society‚ where flawlessness is wanted by the person directly involved‚ the character in this story looks for flawlessness in the one he should love without condition. The character becomes so obsessed with wanting perfection that he gives up true happiness. Thus‚ we can say that "The Birthmark" expresses
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All attempts to achieve perfection throughout history have had severe costs‚ such as the lives of tens of millions‚ and have ultimately failed to meet their goal even after such atrocious acts had been undertaken. Ideologies have failed to achieve perfect unity and equality among the masses and the perfect society has never once been achieved throughout history several revolutions come to pass. Evidently‚ it seems that it is best to not pursue perfection at all. A perfect society‚ ideology
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But trying to imagine a world where no mistakes are made is unfathomable. Despite this‚ some people continue to expect perfection from themselves‚ believing that aiming high will inevitably make them succeed. Although it can be beneficial for people to challenge themselves‚ attempting to be perfect should not be necessary. People should not be concerned with striving for perfection because it sets an unattainable goal‚ discourages people if they do not
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Towards the end of the 19th century‚ a school of artists arose who said that art has nothing to do with life‚ whether moral or social‚ but that it exists for its own sake. It has not and it need not have any bearing on life. Its purpose is to achieve perfection in the formal expression of life and nature. Its mission is fulfilled when beauty is realised. This school put the manner‚ the technique‚ before everything. The result was that poets devoted themselves to discover the world beautiful‚ to create
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without thinking of a valley additionally‚ this does not mean the combination in our imagination actually exists in the real world. However‚ Descartes argued that his nature does not involve angles or valleys but perfections; therefore existence is a perfection because God has all the perfections‚ and existence
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work towards perfection in an attempt to reach this dream. However‚ along the way many athletes lose sight not only of what they are working so hard towards but also of what is right and begin doing wrong things that eventually hurt them‚ their loved ones and sometimes even their own reputations. While trying to work hard towards their goals‚ some athletes forget what their responsibilities are and prioritize work before more important things. Because they are aiming for perfection‚ they overwork
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Americans are obsessed with appearance due to their surroundings and the prevalence of the media in everyday life. Celebrities are idolized and seen as societies version of "perfection". Ways of editing and distorting like photoshop have become prominent in the media. These things shove the idea of perfection in the faces of impressionable Americans because we are so exposed to it. We see perfectly straight‚ white teeth‚ stick thin figures‚ flawless complexion all over magazines and movies. These
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every man shared a single telepathic consciousness where all ideas and beliefs were the same‚ perfection in society cannot exist. Utopia literally means no place. This helps to make it clear that there is no place in this existence on Earth that people can live in total harmony and free of worries. In every place we look‚ there are crimes‚ hunger‚ and diseases that hinder any ability to form perfection. “Human action can be modified to some extent‚ but human nature cannot be changed” (Abraham
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need and hunger for the unceasing control and perfection in his life. The control of being in charge‚ the control of portraying how he wants to be perceived‚ the control of having self-satisfaction‚ the control of depicting his perfect life‚ made up of a perfect wife‚ having the perfect job of being a stay at home father‚ and living next to his very own perfect piece of nature in his materialistic mindset. Delaney relies on the controlled perfection he creates in order to succeed in his life and
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