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    objectifies Portia starting from the moment he first mentions her to Antonio. He talks about Portia’s wealth status before saying her name. To Bassanio, Portia is like a golden goose; she is the money source provider. He compliments Portia on her physical beauty, her fair skin, and her golden locks. However, not only does Bassanio objectify Portia but Portia seems to objectify herself as well. Portia tells Bassanio that she is in one of the caskets he will choose. It seems that rather than Portia actually

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    In America, men and women all over are desperately obsessed with their beauty and personal image. However, it is not as much sometimes their selves they are urging to impress. It is completely unfortunate how many people base their opinions, friendships and relationships, if they like you, if they do not, all upon the way you may look or what brand your jeans are. American Standards of beauty put unnecessary pressure on men and women every day by choosing relationships based on physical body appearances

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    individuals and a broad imagination. “She Walks in Beauty” by George Gordon holds many of the aspects of romanticism which is important so the speaker can effectively express emotion to the readers. The poem focuses and admires the many aspects of a girl that the speaker perceives as beautiful. Many elements in the poem prove that the poem fits into the romance category as it shows strong emotion, comparisons to nature, and celebrates an individual’s beauty as the speaker describes a beautiful girl, giving

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    so ridiculously pointless yet it became so popular. This is called the social media effect. No matter how brainless the action or trend may be, if it’s popular on social media, then it’s considered “cool.” Social media also sets the standard for beauty. On these platforms, we see such perfect unrealistic portrayals of what is considered attractive and what is not. But what the general audience doesn’t see is that these pictures are photo shopped and edited in a way that they want us to view them

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    Beauty is innate, it is a strive toward perfection, mathematically it’s symmetry. You could ask anyone, and they would be sure they know if any given person has beauty, yet they couldn’t give you a definite, universal, definition of what they just judged in a second. Because that’s all it is; a constant push to be better than the status quo. But that is incredibly subjective. Many people would tell you that beauty can be defined simply, they would argue beauty is a showing off of physical fitness

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    In The Tale of Genji, Genji struggles to find who he wants to become throughout the book. He is born to royalty, but then gets his status taken away as a kid by his father, the emperor. As he grows up he falls in love many times and eventually sleeps with one of his father's wives. He then contemplates the death of one of his lovers and goes into depression but is eventually brought out of it and he goes visit Lady Rojukō to reminisce about the past events. Eventually, Genji finds the path to take

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    As a matter of fact, teenage girls are not the only ones who fall victim to the ideal of beauty. Teenage boys are going through very similar situations. Media and advertisements set their standards for men to be tall, muscular, board upper body, v-line and have beards etc. Neither males nor females live without having standards set up for them by society and media. “Widely held perceptions of beauty and perfection can have a deep and lasting cultural impact on both women and men.” Some impact is

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    affecting them because they resort to media to learn about beauty standards and more. Often times resulting in twisted perceptions of beauty. Over time the ideal of beauty changes because it depends on what is popular/in style during that time period. In addition, some culture's beauty ideals are different from other cultures. However in every culture there is an ideal of beauty that is expected to be followed by their people. By definition beauty is “a combination of qualities, such as shape, color,

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    Imagine living in a world where when you turn sixteen you have to change completely? Scott Westerfeld’s, the author of the book Uglies, purpose of writing the story is to teach us that no one needs to change in order to feel like they belong. Scott Westerfeld, I wonder how you came up with the world in which the characters live? I wonder if you were ever made fun of for being ugly? I wonder if you think our world will become this? As I read Uglies, I focused on the fact that the group who rebelled

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    Many people may have a specific style in which they like to dress. A woman might have a signature lipstick she enjoys wearing, a man might have a distinct cologne that stands out from the rest. Movies are not too far apart in comparison. Sometimes people find films more enjoyable than others, and often do not realize they come from the same director. The Auteur theory is a that defines the director as the sole author of the entire film, adding his or her own personal style. When it comes to the world

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