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    Beauty and the Sublime

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    sublime; beauty is a name I shall apply to all such qualities in things as induce in us a sense of affection and tenderness‚ or some other passion the most resembling these.” (Burke) Edmund Burke sees painting as two very different realms of emotions. On one side‚ there are beauties‚ which are the emotions that might cause feelings of calmness‚ gentleness‚ joyfulness‚ brightness. Where sublime emotions are darker and opposite of beauty‚ like‚ gloomy‚ tragic‚ strong and powerful. Beauty is an enthusiastic

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    Beauty of Summer

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    Beauty of Summer I love traveling. I am always thankful whenever I get the chance to go somewhere specially when it is for free. One of my most memorable trip was when I went to Baguio last 2008 which made me appreciate the true beauty of the summer capital of our country‚ the Philippines. During my summer time after first year high school‚ I was given a back and forth airplane ticket by my aunt Maricon for Manila. Though I travelled on my own for the very

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    Beauty Contest

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    Beauty Pageants What exactly is your definition of beauty? In the average dictionary beauty is defined as a combination of qualities that pleases aesthetic senses‚ especially the sight. Unfortunately‚ in today’s society‚ the meaning of beauty has become extremely distorted and in place beauty pageants have become very popular. These contests take place across the entire world; in big cities and small towns. The contestants’ ages range from 0 to 30 years old. Thus‚ children are thrown into this

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    Beauty Is Power

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    Beauty is both a form of power and disempowerment‚ it contributes to how humans characterize one another. It becomes problematic as outsiders begin to view beauty as an unequal tool. Sonia Shah’s short story‚ Tight jeans and Chania Chorris‚ provides examples of how the personas sister uses her beauty as a form of power. It only becomes problematic for her family as they do not like the idea of ‘western beauty’ over taking there indian heritage. The story also gives example on how the persona is disempowered

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    Beauty Standarts

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    popular they were‚ it’s pretty hard sometimes to understand why. Perhaps these women were charismatic‚ or perhaps the definition beauty was not the same as our guiding today. If you think a woman looks like today‚ which we consider beautiful and quickly compare with Mary Stuart‚ who became queen of Scotland in 1542‚ we will understand more easily how related concepts of beauty have changed over time‚ so there is a review of the standards imposed by society. It is said that theory according to which women

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    Pied Beauty

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    How Gerard Manley Hopkins vividly portrays the beauty of pied things? The poem ‘Pied Beauty’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins uses an array of ways to show vivid beauty in this small text. He uses ways such as intense imagery‚ sound effects such as the rhythm and alliteration. The word pied just means 2 different shades of colours‚ meaning that the title just means the 2 different shades of beauty. Beauty can be both seen as internal and external. This poem shows that everything is made by god so praise

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    analysis of beauty

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    Beauty Beauty is a collection of qualities that is aesthetically pleasing to the senses and is absolutely necessary for the progression of Orlan’s artwork. Orlan is an artist who uses carnal art to realise her true beauty. Essentially‚ carnal art is self-portraiture in which the body itself becomes the canvas but this is not to be mistaken for body art as this art form does not consist of pain as a source of purification. Through the use of current technology‚ Orlan may modify her body in a controlled

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    Dickinson's Beauty

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    The speaker says that she died for Beauty‚ but she was hardly adjusted to her tomb before a man who died for Truth was laid in a tomb next to her. When the two softly told each other why they died‚ the man declared that Truth and Beauty are the same‚ so that he and the speaker were “Brethren.” The speaker says that they met at night‚ “as Kinsmen‚” and talked between their tombs until the moss reached their lips and covered up the names on their tombstones. This poem follows many of Dickinson’s

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    American Beauty

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    American Beauty tells the story of a man’s mid-life crisis set in contemporary American suburbia. The character of Lester Burnham is already dead and tells the story as a flashback. Lester works in a steady job‚ is in a loveless marriage‚ and has a tense relationship with his daughter. However‚ he doesn’t like his job‚ has extreme marriage troubles with his wife‚ and feels depressed and hopeless. He ends up changing quite a bit‚ he gets sexually obsessed with his daughter’s friend Angela‚ decides

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    Beauty Pageants

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    and confidence through competing and meeting other girls. Beauty pageants are made to cultivate a woman`s talents‚ giving her effective communication skills‚ leading her into the world prepared and ready. However‚ like the name‚ it is a contest that mainly focuses on physical appearance and even with a good personality; a physical flaw would be your downfall. Young women all over the world are striving to lose enough weight to win a beauty pageant – and this ‘thin’ ideal has spread to other parts

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