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    influenced by the media to be thin and beautiful‚ We want to look like famous supermodels because that’s what the media tells us. When you ask people what they think is beautiful‚ they said‚ "tall‚ thin‚ and long hair.” Being thin is becoming an obsession with teenage girls‚ it’s a competition for who can lose the most weight and achieve overall beauty. Therefore‚ eating disorders are becoming a serious issue in Canada that needs to be noticed and we need to teach people more about this issue. In

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    ANOREXIC MODELS (AND HOW GIRLS LOOK UP TO THEM) The world of fashion has always been filled with glamour and glitz and perfection. Celebrities and models being surrounded by the paparazzi almost everyday of their lives and being present at the most prestigious functions‚ not to forget being featured on the covers of those oh-so-glossy fashion magazines and billboards all over town. Lifestyles of the rich and famous – something that every pre-teen and teenage girl wants. Flipping through fashion

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    Glorification of unrealistic physical beauty is the dominant cultural norm that we all embrace‚ with the only difference being the extent as to which we embrace and practice it. That is‚ we all are implicitly susceptible to and participate in the cultural perpetuation of the aesthetic beauty standards that also happen to be more heavily weighed against women rather than men. The length at which some people go to obtain physical flawlessness has unfortunately created a standard of beauty that cannot

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    In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Frankenstein and Blade Runner? The comparative study of texts‚ allows audiences to investigate the changing nature and interpretation of issues relating to humanity as they are interpreted in different contexts. Context allows audiences to relate to and understand the thoughts‚ decisions and actions of individuals within a text. Context provides the opportunity to develop and shape a new genre or interpret an existing genre

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    and what is not. One of the main controversies going on now‚ is how the media portrays the body image. The media promotes negative body images by aiming their attention on perfection‚ using subliminal messages‚ and reaching out to towards younger children. The media is encourages us into achieving an impossible measure: perfection. Often times people look up to other people‚ often times them being models‚ actors‚

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    Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a disorder which involves an obsession with perfection‚ rules‚ and organization‚ which leads to routines and rules for ways of doing things. Organization Pattern: Topical Introduction I. Open with impact: One in every one hundred people are affected by OCPD. Even more are affected by its symptoms. II. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a disorder which involves an obsession with perfection‚ rules‚ and organization‚ which leads to routines and rules

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    because perfection is the exclusive province of heaven and can not be found on earth. In fact‚ the very success of Aylmer’s perfection-inducing potion may doom Georgiana to death. Because she becomes an ideal being‚ completely perfect and unflawed‚ she is no longer able to exist in this world. Barbara Eckstein states that “it is clear that Aylmer’s obsession with his science makes him unfit for human companionship‚ but what so motivates him to ‘correct… Nature’?” The desire for perfection not only

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    ends up destroying those there were closest to him. There are many similarities between the two stories‚ especially between the characteristics of Victor Frankenstein and Aylmer. Both men have a deep passion and love for science that borders on obsession. One of the prevalent themes in both stories is the danger of playing god. In Frankenstein‚ Victor attempts to go beyond accepted human limits and access the knowledge of life and therefore becoming godlike. The story begins with Walton’s letter

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    Mirror mirror on the wall‚ who is perfect of them all? What is perfection? Is it having the perfect hair? The perfect‚ flawless face? The perfect skinny body or perhaps to be a duplicate of Barbie? For a majority of adolescents‚ this is the case. We live in a world where the epitome of perfection is exposed on a daily basis. The new model on vogue magazine‚ Victoria’s Secret or the new face on the cover of girlfriend magazine have practically made it inevitable. Different types of media play significant

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    idealist—whom seemed to be perfect in every way‚ save one small blemish on her left cheek. Described as a relatively small mark which no other would bother‚ the reddish birth-mark in the shape of a tiny hand was enough to drive Aylmer mad. In Aylmer’s obsession over the imperfection he began to associate the mark with almost every negative that humanity and the world had to offer. To him the blemish symbolized “his wife’s liability to sin‚ sorrow‚ decay‚ and [die].”

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