name Ms. English 15 April 2012 Physical Beauty To Inner Beauty "Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart." Kahlil Gibran Physical beauty and inner beauty are equally important. Physical beauty may be defined as one’s appearance‚ or personal hygiene. Inner beauty may be defined as one’s personality‚ or actions. Physical beauty and inner beauty may be similar in some ways‚ but also dissimilar in some other ways. They can be similar and dissimilar in ways such as‚ mind‚
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In today’s society‚ physical beauty and appearance is stressed from a very young age. Maybe unknowingly‚ your parents submitted you to a life of striving to be “beautiful.” Your parents may have given you a faultless‚ slender‚ beautiful Barbie doll for you to play with when you were younger‚ mistakenly cementing you in to a world where beauty is the solution to be happy and successful in life. In many fairy tales‚ such as “Cinderella‚” being beautiful is associated with being a good person‚ which
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fairly accurate. As to physical appearance‚ I am tall‚ 1.69m‚ with brown hair‚ a square face and eyes so unfortunately far apart that it takes three weeks to have a pair of glasses made with a bridge wide enough to fit over my nose. I do not have a sensational figure but can look slim if I pick the right clothes. I flatter myself on being able at times to walk out of the house looking like the poor man’s Paris copy‚ but often my mother will run up to inform me that my left stocking seam is crooked
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Research has shown the impact of physical attraction during interpersonal interactions and the advantages of attractive versus unattractive person in various situations. For example‚ a study by Dion and Dion (1987) investigated the reliance of stereotypical attraction on assessing individuals’ life outcomes. Researchers predicted that participants believing in a just world were more likely to stereotype physically attractive people to deserve more socially desirable personality traits and positive
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Gendered Societal Expectations of Appearance and Their Effects Upon the Individual It has long been generally accepted that we as humans are influenced greatly by the things that surround our everyday lives. These things can include friends‚ family‚ co-workers‚ the media and even society as a whole. The society in which people live can play a huge role in how they view themselves and how they view others. Over the years researchers have come up with many theories as to how and why society has
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Physical Beauty vs. Inner Beauty Physical Beauty vs. Inner Beauty There are many definitions for “beauty” but each individual changes throughout life based on what they perceive. The two major types of beauty are physical (or outer) and Inner beauty. Based on the facts and research on these two topics; I would like to show the similarities and differences in the way individuals may perceive one other. What is the first thing that catches your eye‚ from the opposite sex? The first thing I see
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need both physical beauty and inner beauty. We are not angels to search only for inner beauty. Also we are not devils to search only for outer beauty. We have eyes‚ first of all we look at someone physical‚ but as the time goes by we know the real people whether having inner beauty or not. The three aspects i am going to discuss are respect‚ confidence and relationship. The three aspects i am going to discuss are respect‚ confidence and relationship. The are many different between physical beauty
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following statement? One should never judge a person by external appearances. I certainly agree with the above statement. “Never judge a book by its cover.” The word “book” also refers to person. External appearances can trick us. If you only look at a person by his outlook‚ you will never find and have a true friend because the most important is inner beauty or character. Person who has fierce face‚ frightening appearances looks like a rascal may be a friendly and kind person. He probably
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desire to look attractive is universal and because of this‚ cosmetic surgery is now a multi-million dollar industry. Write a letter to the editor of the Hong Kong Express about the obsession with physical beauty. Dear Editor‚ I am writing to express my grave concern towards the obsession with physical beauty in the territory. Seeing that a deluge of advertisements and billboards concerning beauty parlors and slimming centres show up on magazines‚ the TV and even public transport‚ it cannot be
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PHYSICAL BEAUTY VS. INNER BEAUTY A. Comparison and Contrast Beauty is a characteristic of a person‚ place‚ object or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure‚ meaning or satisfaction. It can be your personality‚ your looks or even your habits. Beauty can have various forms. Similarly‚ we have physical beauty‚ which can be one’s appearance‚ or personal hygiene‚ and inner beauty can be one’s personality‚ or actions. The meaning of beauty keeps on changing based on every
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