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    When the people in the outside world were living the life of their dreams‚ the Cambodians were left all alone with their broken hearts that’s been shattered into pieces. It was the time period between 1975 and 1979‚ when the Khmer Rouge organized the mission to “reconstruct Cambodia on the communist model of Mao’s China.” (Peace Pledge Union) Many intellectuals and educated people at the time were eliminated‚ along with their extended family and their affiliates. According to The Angry Skies‚

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    A Frequent Misconception… A frequent misconception of poetic language is that a poet always seeks the most beautiful or noble sounding words. What they really seek are the most meaningful words‚ and these vary from one context to another. Language has many levels and verities‚ and poets may choose from all of them. Their words may be grandiose or humble‚ fanciful or matter-of-fact‚ romantic or realistic‚ archaic or modern‚ technical or conventional‚ monosyllabic or polysyllabic

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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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    Child Beauty Pageants

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    self-destruction and low self-esteem defines the word beauty. We ask ourselves‚ why is this happening? Why are there so many headlines in newspapers about young girls committing suicide? It’s time to stop asking why and start asking what the problem is. What is the cause of the issue and is there any way to solve it? There can be many roots to the problem but the one I want to focus on in this paper is children beauty pageants. Some people think that beauty pageants are good for children but I personally

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    In many plays a character could have a misconception of his or her world. In return this could destroy a major turning point in the story. “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles is one of such story. At the end of the story Oedipus King of Thebes ends up banished forever from his kingdom. Additionally‚ Oedipus physically puts out his own eyes‚ for several reasons which will be discussed later. The question is: Did Oedipus deserve his punishments? There are many factors that must be considered in answering this

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    of Beauty Contest on Modern Society Who would not want to be beautiful‚ talented‚ hard-working‚ and community-service oriented? Who would not want to go to college on scholarships? A beauty contest is a competition in which the entrants are judged as to physical beauty and sometimes personality and talent‚ with the winners being awarded titles or prizes. There are many types of beauty contest. The two main types are natural and glitz. Natural pageants focus on the contestant’s natural beauty while

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    c CULTURE OF BEAUTY IN AMERICA In this country‚ we as Americans have developed a strong a tragic obsession with beauty. From the endless advertisements and media feeding us with an unattainable standard of beauty‚ we have become desensitized to what is truly beautiful; corrupting our perceptions‚ ideas‚ and even ourselves to define what is “perfect”. The whole concept of beauty has been corrupted by the hunger for money by people selling dreams and false hopes‚ and rattling our confidence only

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    The Greek Ideas Of Beauty

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    human‚ animal‚ landscape‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ sound‚ and even a feeling can all be beautiful. The Egyptians viewed beauty from many diverse foundations. This includes symbolic‚ sculptures in the round and various documents. Most of it supports a specific type of beauty‚ especially in individuals and maybe even more specifically in females. Egyptians mostly used words to express beauty. For example‚ "n" and "nfr" were two adjectives that were used to describe beautiful things‚ or beautiful people.

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    18th Century Beauty

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    The definition of beauty changes rapidly with no trends‚ fascinations‚ and cultural adaptations. However‚ there is always a connection between each adaptation made‚ and the current world (or cultural) view of beauty. When comparing the three portraits from the 18th century you will notice that Burke’s definition of beauty is prominent. For example‚ you will see that the woman is the center of your focus; she is the object which is displayed clearly. Also‚ the idea of roundness‚ and a bare neck

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    What Is Real Beauty

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    Humans have had an age-old search for beauty since ancient days‚ when one woman’s looks were judged better than anothers. It has been prized and has won acclaim and monetary awards in pageants‚ moving pictures and on television shows. The common standard for it is built on looks and demeanor rather than lasting attributes of honesty‚ talent and character. The old statements that beauty is more than skin deep and pretty is as pretty does seem to signify that society ought to look beyond just the

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