Beauty Essays

There appear to be shared features of beauty across different cultures. A comparison of the preferences for female features among British and Japanese men was conducted in a study, which discovered that both cultures find women with large eyes, high cheekbones, and narrow jaws to be the most appealing (Buss, 1994). Another research by Perret […]

Jane Austen’s novel Emma portrays the values of social hierarchy, romantic relationships, and aesthetics within the early nineteenth-century society of England. Amy Heckerling’s teen-pic Clueless adapts and explores dominant attitudes, specifically the value of wealth and status, to fit the high-school culture of the late 20th-century. By transforming Austen’s novel Emma into a film and […]

The Convict appears to have a slight inconsistency at the outset, as it is composed in the traditional style of a ballad (as preferred by Wordsworth), featuring a lively and cheerful rhythm. Wordsworth’s adherence to a strict poetic form in The Convict may be appropriate for the first stanza, yet it soon proves to clash […]

The highly-intricate and exceptional piece displayed above portrays the universal theme of ocean life. This theme is clearly identified instantly by the subject matter consisting of an extravagant octopus grasping onto a pole-shaped object. I believe this finely drawn creature has been placed upon the pages of an ancient, slightly torn encyclopaedia to represent the […]

Do you want to live in a world where some women are plastic? Do you want to live in a world where women are as thin as sticks? Do you want to live in a world where the most essential thing a women carries is her mirror? These days some women are so obsessed with […]

In the poem ‘Digging’, Heaney is able to bring to life ‘the living past’ where in watching his father digging flowerbeds he is able to recall childhood scenes when his father dug up new potatoes, which had to be collected by the children. It also leads him further back into his past to remember his […]

Sylvia Plath writing uses a plethora of images of horror combined with images built around beauty to incite contradictory emotions within the reader . She uses strong, thought-provoking images to etch her messages deeply on the reader’s mind. Most of her poems are essentially about her father and her thoughts and emotions enveloping her his […]

Although both of the stories I have studied had the same message about womanising the era’s in which they were written changed the endings. The pre-twentieth text story was written by Thomas Hardy in 1850’s and was called “Tony Kytes, The Arch Deceiver”. When women were very much dominated by men and marriage was thrived […]

During the early 19th century, a group of artists began to shift away from the neoclassical portrayal of the male nude. Rather than emphasizing a masculine and stoic aesthetic, these artists pursued a more sensual and feminized form of the male nude. This change was influenced by a Platonic philosophy that idealizes the nude as […]

American Beauty is a story of American suburbia, showing how easily the happy facade of American life washes off and how fatally flawed the American dream really is. At the beginning of the film Lester seems happy in a fairly good job with a nice family, however this is not true, Lester hates his job, […]

The face is a useful subject within the study of sociology as it helps us look at such issues as the self, social acceptance and participation, relationships between individuals, illusions of the self intended to deceive, stigma, embellishment and even character and emotions. For Goffman the term face refers to the social value someone believes […]

Beauty has always been a source of pleasure and inspiration for people throughout history. Its ability to satisfy individuals and appeal to the eye is undeniable. Humans have a deep appreciation for beauty, as evidenced by the amount of time they spend admiring beautiful things. People are willing to pay a premium to experience its […]

The film American Beauty features a man named Lester, who is approximately 35 years old and whose impending death is hinted at early on. This non-linear storytelling technique generates suspense by sparking questions in viewers’ minds, such as “What caused his death?”, “Who killed him?”, or “When will he meet his demise?”. Within this essay, […]

This essay will examine the key film elements of American Beauty, with a specific focus on its mise-en-scene and sound. The reason for selecting this film is that it is an exceptionally profound narrative, authored by Alan Ball. Director Sam Mendes describes the story as a ‘kaleidoscopic journey through American suburbia, and a visually expressive […]

Fairytales occupy a very important part of both children’s literature and indeed their education. They can be fantastical and contain hidden morals which may be used by adults to warn children of dangers in society “the entire story is usually made to demonstrate a moral point” (Bottigheimer. 152). In today’s society fairytales are often associated […]

Throughout ‘Hero and Leander’, Marlowe presents an ambivalent attitude towards gender, where the boundaries normally found in male and female stereotypes are explored and often ridiculed. Traditional perspectives of gender become subverted and Marlowe seems to delight in overturning the expectations of the reader and creating confusion. From the outset, the poem introduces the reader […]

Predominantly found in Keats’ poetry, there are noticeable contrasting relationships between reality and ideals, rationality and imagination, as well as physical sensations and logical reasoning. Keats experienced a pronounced dichotomy between the allure of aesthetic beauty and physical sensation versus intellectual clarity and reason. For Keats, genuine perception involved pure sensation devoid of mental limitations. […]

Beauty. by definition. is that which moves us or impacts us significantly. Some would reason that beauty is found everyplace. from the flowers to the stars. But others would province that true beauty is found merely in rare. particular cases. After weighing the grounds. it is certain that beauty is the state of the exceptional. […]

The idea of beauty differs among individuals, with some linking it to physical attributes like a slender waist, ample breasts, a perfect smile, or flowing hair. American fashion magazines often reinforce this limited definition of beauty. However, women from five continents are now embracing and discovering diverse beauty standards in their own countries. The exploration […]

Nancy Etcoff. the writer of the “Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty. ” sought to admit how aesthetics influence human behaviour. As a psychologist. prosecuting in go oning instruction in the field. peculiarly in countries refering beauty and aesthetics and its dealingss to the workings of the head. and in the application of […]

The children’s movie Beauty and the Beast, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and produced by Don Hahn, is an exceptional film. Sponsored by Disney, known for their talented cast of artists and musicians in all their movies, it showcases their expertise in creating films for children. Along with providing entertainment, Beauty and the […]

The career of a mortician is surprisingly different than it is portraied in movies and books. Being a mortician is a very rewarding job both personal as well as psychological to those with the temperament, training and discipline required to do the job properly. In this paper I’ll be reporting the requirements to become a […]