The Definition of Beauty When do we say “beauty” what comes to your mind first? Actually‚ beauty is a combined with qualities‚ such as shape‚ color‚ or form that pleases the aesthetic senses‚ especially the sight. However‚ I bet most will not say outer beauty‚ how a person looks‚ dresses and smells. For me‚ beauty is all on the inner side‚ which is specifically having a good heart and integrity of the spirit. That is what many people look at once they see Oprah Winfrey. There is still the fact
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Beauty Contests: Good or Bad? A beauty contest is a competition in which the entrants‚ usually women‚ are judged as to physical beauty and sometimes talent‚ with the winners awarded prizes or titles. There are several disputes over the affects of beauty contests‚ but in reality beauty contests give negative images to girls of all ages. Beauty contests build up the hopes and dreams of little girls‚ and even teenagers‚ only to hurt them later in life. Sure it’s fun to get dressed up and have everyone
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· For the Greeks‚ beauty was a virtue: A kind of excellence. Persons then were assumed to be what we now have to call—lamely‚ enviously—whole persons. If it did occur to the Greeks to distinguish between a person’s “inside” and “outside‚” they still expected that inner beauty would be matched by beauty of the other kind. The well-born young Athenians who gathered around Socrates found it quite paradoxical that their hero was so intelligent‚ so brave‚ so honorable‚ so seductive—and so ugly. One of
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As the very popular saying goes‚ "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!" Many people have different views on what they consider to be beautiful which is why many people that I would view as unattractive are very beautiful in someone else’s eyes. The world today defines beauty based on outward appearances alone. You are not beautiful if you are not physically attractive. According to the world’s standards‚ beauty means being thin and tall. A clear complexion‚ shiny hair‚ straight teeth‚ radiant
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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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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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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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characters‚ the story of Beauty and the Beast can be read as being from the eyes of the Beauty. “Cupid and Psyche‚” written in C.E. 150 by Apuleius‚ Psyche played the role of Beauty‚ who wins back Cupid’s love by overcoming many obstacles which was given by Venus and become immortal. Different versions of the story appeared since Apuleius’ time. The eighteenth century governess and author‚ Marie Leprince de Beaumont‚ rewrote a lengthy seventeenth century version of Beauty and the beast. In this story
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Beauty and the Beast | Brothers Grimm Fairy TalesOnce upon a time as a merchant set off for market‚ he asked each of his three daughters what she would like as a present on his return. The first daughter wanted a brocade dress‚ the second a pearl necklace‚ but the third‚ whose name was Beauty‚ the youngest‚ prettiest and sweetest of them all‚ said to her father: "All I’d like is a rose you’ve picked specially for me!" When the merchant had finished his business‚ he set off for home. However‚ a
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a Hollywood fashion show. The saying ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ is a complex phrase with many underlying questions. Different people possess different kinds of beauty and different cultures disagree on what is considered beautiful and what is not. So the question remains; why do physical attributes play such a vital role for success in people’s lives today? Some of the reasons will be discussed in this paper outlining the perception of beauty and the implications it has on people’s
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