Summary Of Perfect Dress By Marisa De Los Santos

The type of woman, any young woman would kill to look like when they grow up. As this may be unrealistic for most women, it is still a dream that everyone wishes they could achieve, especially as stated before, the young girls who are dying to find their perfect selves in a world of Cosmo and glamour. Without this intense use of imagery, this poem would not be nearly as effective in portraying the image Marisa de los Santos wants to.

The poem’s wording provides visual imagery. Life experiences also help with the picturing in this poem. Because it is not uncommon for men and women to be in platonic friendships and share stories about their love life, it is easy to picture this lady getting dressed

The story, Paris Gown, by Estella Portillo Trambley, really inspired me to find out more about women’s issues, especially Mexican and Mexican American women because not only am I am a female, I am also half Mexican. Teresa and Clo, (Teresa’s grandmother), are the main characters in this story and it starts out with Teresa asking Clo about how she came to be in Paris. Clo tells the story of her own liberation from her very old-fashioned father and the extreme that she went through in order to liberate herself. I have always wondered how much the gender roles have changed or evolved not only in Mexico, but in Mexican culture here in America as well. I’m hoping to find that things are extremely better now for Mexican women then they used to be.

Wanieks use of literary devices for “The Century Quilt” made it an elegant and comforting poem. The structure was neat and included a very peaceful shift between stanzas. She describes the quilt effectively and gracefully throughout this poem using literary devices constantly. She carries the quilts memory-filled history thoughtfully through effective use of literary devices such as clear imagery, a reminiscent and comforting tone, and the successful flow and incorporation of time throughout the stanzas.

In the first few lines of the poem, the reader can already receive a feel of the irony as the poet describes the scene of a maiden left behind as her lover falls in battle. The poet illustrates a scene as to where most readers would feel sorrow and sympathy towards the maiden and perhaps have the speaker in the poem enlighten the

From the very beginning, the nature of love in She Walks in Beauty is alluded to be captivating. That is that the woman he sees is very attractive or interesting and that she is taking up all of this thoughts and attention. Typically in this time period, the beautiful women were blonde and pale, opposite to this is the woman portrayed in this poem. The comparison to night and day or light and dark, two completely opposite things, shows one really beautiful thing. In the first line the simile “like the night” (Ln 1) established the initial beauty he saw. In addition, the use of the personification in “tender light” (Ln 5) shows that through the woman’s beauty his

The last stanza in this poem considers the woman's physical description and moral character. Her “so soft [and] so calm” flow radiates peace and goodness.

It was hard to keep a pleasing appearance when she had so little room to work with. Adeline seethed in solitude, skillfully tying the front of a revealing dress as she paced the distance from the bed to dresser. Her neckline plunged into a deep v, forming around the protruding curves of her breasts. At her waist a golden rose pin held together the sashes of her skirt, which she wrapped around herself artfully so that two slits arose, showing a breath of smooth skin. The dress was certainly more disclosing than anything she would have worn at home, and definitely more lavish than anything she could have afforded before her bargain with the demons. She ran her hands down the soft blue fabric, wistful for what she had left

In this dress we see that she has a great figure, is skinny and has got curves. Also we see all the hard work she must have done to achieve this body and all of the pain she would have gone through. The aspect costumes shows the idea of that it only matters what people wear and look like and this dress shows this idea because before she gets asked the question she does a full turn so the judges can see her full outfit. This implies that the judges are looking at what she looks, how nice her outfit is, how her hair looks etc. they are not looking at who she is as a person. This example tells us that life is like this too. We are always getting judged by what we look like, how our hair is, if our outfit looks good on us etc. We see this on the TV, magazines and people always talk about what people are wearing etc. People approach people by how they look. If they don’t look nice and we won’t approach them because of how they look. This is why women feel the need to dress up and look nice when they go out because people because society has made us think that it's all about the imagine not what's inside. All of this creates the pressure of

When entering into a different society not everyone is able adapt to it. Ms. Sommer refers back to her past in the time where she confronted no struggles and money was never a problem, “She had never entered its doors; from the outside she had sometimes caught glimpses of spotless damask and shining crystal, and soft-stepping waiters serving people of fashion” (Chopin). Ms. Sommer is now living her fantasy dream and making her “fifteen dollars” last for all her yearnings. Her fantasy is every woman’s hope, but are not able to give themselves any pleasure because of their routines and responsibility of women in the Victorian Era. Kate applies an isolated tone to describe the shifts of Ms. Sommer and ho she starts to think different when she has the stocking in her hand, “By degrees she grew aware that her hand had encountered something very soothing, very pleasant to touch” (Chopin). After having the inducement of softness in her hand it brings back her old memories of when she was wealthy. Kate’s tone shifts from isolated to dreamy, because at first she thought for her children, but then at last realized that she never got anything to satisfy her own desire; therefore she starts to be selfish and starts dreaming of what she prefers her life to be like. All her dreams fall apart

It 's not a mystery that society 's ideals of beauty have a drastic and frightening effect on women. Popular culture frequently tells society, what is supposed to recognize and accept as beauty, and even though beauty is a concept that differs on all cultures and modifies over time, society continues to set great importance on what beautiful means and the significance of achieving it; consequently, most women aspire to achieve beauty, occasionally without measuring the consequences on their emotional or physical being. Unrealistic beauty standards are causing tremendous damage to society, a growing crisis where popular culture conveys the message that external beauty is the most significant characteristic women can have. The approval of prototypes where women are presented as a beautiful object or the winner of a beauty contest by evaluating mostly their physical attractiveness creates a faulty society, causing numerous negative effects; however, some of the most apparent consequences young and adult women encounter by beauty standards, can manifest as body dissatisfaction, eating disorders that put women’s life in danger, professional disadvantage, and economic difficulty.

We are constantly surrounded by images of the “perfect” woman. She is tall, thin and beautiful. She rarely looks older than 25, has a flawless body, and her hair and clothes are always perfect. She is not human. She is often shown in pieces – a stomach, a pair of legs, a beautifully made up eye or mouth. Our culture judges women, and women judge themselves, against this standard. It is forgotten that “beauty pornography”, as Wolf says, focuses on underweight models that are usually 15 to 20 years old. Flaws, wrinkles and other problems are airbrushed out of the picture.

There is a distinct contrast between appearance and reality, which works to reinforce the idea of confining individualistic behaviours to retain the ‘pattern’ of society. In stanza two, she says that “tripping by in high-heeled, ribboned shoes/ (there is) not a softness anywhere about (her)” (lines 16 and 17) when she’s wearing “only whalebone and brocade” (line 18.) The term ‘whalebone’ refers to a whalebone corset, which is a very hard material that is restrictive to movement. By describing her actions as ‘tripping,’ a modern day feminist reader is reinforced that she is not coping in her current lifestyle where she is limited to living in a strict manner. In the next stanza, she says that “underneath (her) stiffened gown/ Is the softness of a woman” (lines 32 and 33.) This develops the idea that the way she dresses is a deceiving appearance, because she is not as stiff and stable on the inside as she comes across on the outside. Deep down she is soft and sad, in mourning of the loss of her lover, yet she cannot express these emotions due to the expectations and restrictions of women during the Victorian era.

This excerpt shows how more emphasis is put on women’s appearance and its keep up, and also shows the negative connotation of this prettiness; it is associated with shallowness. Not only is there an assumption that women spend much of their time on their appearance, but also there is the connected fact that others pay more attention to their appearance than their other character traits. This is still a reality of today as can be seen on the red carpet. Female celebrities have a whole industry devoted to making them look fashionable and pretty for events. The focus of these events becomes what they’re wearing rather than their work as actresses and singers.