well power‚ faith‚ tolerance‚ positive approach‚ self confidence and dedication. The quality that prepares one for all other qualities is practice. One should not stop practicing and be satisfied until one achieves perfection. Practice is the best way by which one can achieve perfection. Practice makes one feel and understand the same idea or thing again and again. The more one practices‚ the more errorless one becomes. One doesn’t repeat the errors that were done previously. Practice begins in the
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Aylmer is intimidated by Georgiana‚ "Aylmer...fears sexuality" (p445)‚ specifically feminine sexuality. Aylmer is concerned with controlling his wife‚ and her appearance. This shows the theme of men versus women. Aylmer saw Georgiana as an object of perfection‚ with the exception of the birthmark. Before he met her‚ all of his heart went towards science‚ and the art of perfecting nature‚ "possessed this degree of faith in man ’s ultimate control over nature" (p 29). This illustrates his obsession with
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these pale in comparison to pitching a perfect game. There’s something about retiring 27 batters in a row that astounds us to the point that unknown pitchers who throw perfect games essentially become baseball icons. But the human preoccupation with perfection exists outside of baseball. In The Birthmark‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the theme of human imperfection is present in the ideas of mortality‚ science versus nature‚ and
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aesthetic abilities. Perfection refers to achieving excellence is a particular subject. Proper planning and practice promotes perfect performance. Practice is the quality that prepares one for all other qualities. Practice enables one to avoid errors that were done previously. Practice begins in the cradle and ends in the grave. Rights from childhood‚ man practices various activities. Perfection is necessary in every sphere of life which includes arts‚ medicine‚ law‚ defence‚ etc. Perfection makes art and
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author started talking about perfection. The author defined God as “something that truly was more perfect than I was‚ something indeed having perfections of which I could have any idea” (Descartes‚ 2010‚ p.16). The “surprise ending” of this reading is in my opinion a very strong thought that everyone thinks about each day. Today‚ we are familiar with so many different religions‚ but I feel like no matter what religion it is that image of God is always described as perfection. Personally‚ I do agree
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Since ages past‚ a world of perfection has progressively given people an unrealistic view of life. People have lost track of what’s really important‚ being yourself and following your own path to success in life. Even in poetry‚ for example‚ Richard Cory by E.A. Robinson describes Richard as a fine gentleman that in most respects is viewed by others as some perfect being‚ one that many envy. In The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost‚ the speaker states that they had chosen the path that very few had
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Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold Part 1 out of 4 • FullBooks.com homepage • Index of Culture and Anarchy • Next part (2) This etext was produced by Alfred J. Drake‚ Ph.D. CULTURE AND ANARCHY: AN ESSAY IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CRITICISM 1869‚ FIRST EDITION MATTHEW ARNOLD Chapter Notes: I have indicated the author’s notes with a superscript asterisk *‚ my own substantive notes with a superscript + sign‚ and my nonsubstantive notes with a superscript ± symbol
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Hawthorne American lit. November 2012 In the Story‚ The Birthmark‚ has a lot to say on human nature‚ but its most important maintenance is that to be human is necessarily to be flawed. To strive for perfection is to deny one’s own mortality‚ to deny what makes us human‚ and to achieve such perfection is impossible. The story seems to argue that part of us are earthbound‚ but part of us will always seek to be spiritual. In the story‚ The birthmark refers to the birthmark on Aylmer’s wife’s face‚
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Those that are determined to obtain the perfect image get into bad debt trying to meet the standard of perfection causing more stress. If we focus on self acceptance ‚ their would not be so many social problems. Parents and teachers need to teach children that it is ok to be themselves. And they don’t have to look like Britney Spears or Justin Beaver to be
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aim for perfection and berate ourselves when we fall short. Some of us avoid that humiliation by simply giving up. I don’t want you to give up. I want you to aim high‚ certainly‚ but don’t stop simply because you didn’t achieve perfection. There are two points I will make tonight. Firstly‚ perfection for us mere mortals is by its very nature impossible to achieve. Secondly‚ to achieve perfection is not actually a desirable thing. Firstly‚ why is perfection impossible? Perfection – being
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