...19 November 2010 Definition Essay Beauty To say that beauty is defined through the eye of the beholder is an accurate statement, yet quite cliche. Beauty is a something in a person or a thing that gives great pleasure to the mind and senses. Beauty is youth, a captivating smile, an alluring waterfall, and a sunset overlooking the vast ocean. There is no simple definition for this word and that in and of its self is beautiful. Although our worldly views of beauty have been shaken, twisted and contorted, the true meaning of beauty is beyond the single sentence Websters definition. Ideal beauty of the physical body is strived for daily in our society and all over the world. We have constructed our own meaning of beauty and strive for it. To us, beauty is pleasing eyes and a warm smile. Beauty is long blonde hair with bronze skin and skyscraper legs.To some, beauty is association with other people who have been defined as beautiful by others, because of their physical features. To be included with them, comes the title of beauty. Although these physical features are attractive, they do not accurately define beauty. This is such a shallow definition of the word. Overtimes, the meaning and definition of this word has been altered and redefined according to society and what it deems as attractive. Having an emotional well-belling is attractive to some. In history, symmetry of the body has been viewed as beautiful since it suggest the absence of physical defects and deformities...
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...“From the time I was a small child, I was aware that I was different.” (par.1) Leslie Marmon Silko begins her beautifully reflective essay; Yellow Woman and a Beauty Spirit with this sentence. By stating something so intimate Silko immediately engages the reader by making him or her curious as to why Silko “was different”. It also provides the reader with the clear fact that Silko is aware of her “difference” and has been living and struggling with it throughout her life. It convinces the reader that this difference is very important to Silko. This allows the reader to be aware that Silko includes clear points, convincing ideas, and engaging words to make her structural exposition very effective, from the very beginning of her essay. “Yellow...
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...Brooke Baker Soc 202 Beauty Essay Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder No matter what I do not think beauty is ever going to be a fair topic to discuss. I have always heard beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what is beauty. I looked on google.com and found the definition of beauty to be a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. In the reading given to us from Psychology Today, we are told beauty is unobtainable. The author talks about the aspect of beauty being about the body shape, hair color, and if someone is aesthetically pleasing to look at. Are these things something of truth or is it all a fake world we live in? I feel as though every person feels a little bit different about beauty and what it is and how to maintain it, but since we have a set standard for unattainable beauty no person will ever compare. Beauty is said in the article to be unobtainable. Unobtainable beauty is a set shape our body has to be. Everyone can relate to the struggle of wanting our bodies to be to the unobtainable standard of beauty. Along with the shape comes color. I am sure any one can agree that it is a well known thought and belief that if you are tan or have a darker skin complexion you are more attractive in turn making you more beautiful. A tall dark skinny male or female is much more aesthetically pleasing to the eye than a chubby pale red haired person. We have ...
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...Definition Essay Being truly beautiful is not just what you look like; true beauty lies in the way people act and think, rather than the way they look. True beauty cannot only be found in people, but also in places. Beauty is a very broad term. People as well as places can be beautiful. Everyone is unique in his or her own way, and I for one believe that that is simply beautiful. Beauty is defined by a combination of qualities present in a person that pleases aesthetic senses or brings about deep satisfaction. True beauty is an amazing characteristic to have. Unfortunately, the definition of true beauty can sometimes be shaken and distorted by society. Society often deems celebrities as perfect and beautiful. Society’s expectations of beauty are all wrong. In society’s eyes, you are only beautiful if you have an amazing body and your hair and makeup always look perfect, but they have it all wrong. Beauty does not have to mean the outside appearance. True beauty is what is on the inside. For instance, someone who is genuine, friendly, and giving can be very beautiful even if she or he does not have the perfect body. Appearance is only part of the definition of beauty. For example, Taylor Swift is an all around beautiful celebrity. On the other hand, Kim Kardashian does not really fit the beautiful term. This is because Taylor is beautiful on the inside and outside while Kim Kardashian was only made famous because of her appearance and wrong doings, not her talents or personality...
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...about writing. In my opinion, the most important thing in writing is thinking. I am sure that a good idea is more important than good writing skills. Now, when I write essay, I would not write immediately. But I will research the background and collect many information about the essay. Then, I will think and reclaim all information so that I can have my own ideas. For this three essays, was my favourite,because I spend a lot's of time on it. This was my first time to read such long article in my life. I need to pay attention to understand the writer's idea and try my best to find the main idea, main sentence and supporting sentence. Obviously, there are many misunderstand words, but I learned to catch the information what I understand and guess the main idea. So that this essay influence me to learn new writing skills. For my prompt, I was happy to my instructor to give us a chance to visit historical place. I went to Massachusetts State House in weekend, I learn that if you want to write a good essay, you should open your eyes. That's can help you to accept new ideas and easy to absorb different opinions. At last, the Beauty essay make me learn that everything has different side based on different angles and values. In this essay, I tried to describe my opinion which is the beauty is not mean beautiful. The beauty is produced by cultures, value standards and customs. I am happy to take this course in my second semester, I believed I have new ideas about college writing. I will...
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...Three Issues Considered The first question I will address is “Are science and philosophy closely interrelated, or are they different in their goals and methods? Science supposes that there is only one proper basis of knowledge, it is experiment and rational analysis of nature. Philosophy tends to say that there are many ways of understanding, just as there are many forms of knowledge and many beginnings of that knowledge. In the beginning there were sciences but no actual scientist. They were all known as philosophers. Philosophy invented intellectual thought and rigorous reasoning which in turn is what invented the sciences. Philosophy continues to influence science by questioning the science's weaknesses. Some people think that the sciences can stand apart from philosophy. That philosophy is all questions, never giving a real answer. Where as, science is a methodology that is based on research and experimentation. “The specific sciences cannot and should not break their connections with true philosophy” (Spirkin, A.). By doing this they would have no questions for them to research and experiment. According to Wolff, the Milesians who are considered philosophers were also scientist. Thales who is known as the first philosopher was an astronomer. By his knowledge of the stars he could predict the weather (Wolff, 14). “Following Thales were the Milesians Anaximander and Anaximenes, who expanded and developed speculative theories about the basic components of nature and...
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...INTRODUCTION Fig 1 Bungie, The Traveler, 2012. Digital artwork, 1095X787cm. (2012: The Traveller in Destiny) This essay will attempt to examine and briefly describe Aesthetic theory as part of visual communication, as well as the three different disciplines used to study it namely philosophical, scientific and artistic. A visual example from the Destiny video game, has been selected to be examined and related to the theory of aesthetics. 2. AESTHETICS THEORY 2.1 Aesthetic Theory According to The Handbook of Visual Communication, Aesthetics theory tries to describe why we as human beings find appeal in specific visual shapes and configurations. In essence it asks the question, what is beauty? It therefor attempts to determine why we find certain things beautiful (Dake 2005:3). Beauty is something that affects us on a deep emotional and psychological level; therefore aesthetics is a crucial and fundamental part of visual communication. The three approaches – philosophy, science and art, have been used to understand and study Aesthetic 1 theory. However visual art gives us the most thorough and complete definition and understanding of the theory (Dake 2005:3). The philosophical branch is the oldest discipline from which Aesthetic theory is studied. This discipline uses rational thought –arguments supplemented with theories and hypotheses, to try and illustrate what beauty is. It is criticized for using written words to try and define the concept of aesthetics when aesthetics itself...
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...compare and contrast essay | Inner Beauty vs Outer Beauty There are many definitions of beauty. Ask people what they are and this will be the most common answer “Beauty is something that defines people”. There are two types of beauty, inner beauty and outer beauty. Both of these are very important for you to be you. Outer beauty is when you’re pretty outside, which means you are good looking. It is something that attracts people first, though outer beauty is different for everyone. Everyone has a different standard of outer beauty. Outer beauty changes overtime, maybe you look beautiful when your 20 but you won’t be the same when your 65. Inner beauty can be a person’s traits, personality, or habits. Inner beauty is when someone is kind, selfless, and helpful. People who’ve known someone for a while can truly know about their inner beauty. Unlike outer beauty inner beauty is not changeable, so even though you are in your 20’s or in your 60’s you will still be the same. Outer beauty is important, looks do matter, but that doesn’t mean being born beautiful, it means making yourself look presentable even though you don’t match the “beauty standards”, doesn’t matter if your skin tone is a problem or your figure. The one that counts most is the inner beauty without a person would be no where because outer beauty is just looks and nothing else while inner beauty is personality, intelligence and many more things. Focusing on your inner beauty is better than focusing...
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...Hiroshima killing over 150,000 people and (along with the later bombing of Nagasaki) effectively caused the Japanese to surrender. This tactic is highly polarized in the international community; on one side, it is considered to be justified and the only action for the United States to take, and on the other side, it is considered to be a barbaric act of terrorism perpetrated by the U.S. military. In the essay, Hiroshima by John Berger, the author correctly argues that the bombings were terroristic acts that are fundamentally evil; however, he is incorrect that they are unjustifiable. To diagnose whether the bombings were acts of terrorism, one must be able to understand the definition and criteria of one such act. A commonly accepted definition of terrorism is an act that includes the premeditated use of violence by an organized group against non-combatants to achieve political ends. Berger’s argument includes all the criteria in that definition so the bombing must be terrorist acts. Berger begins his argument by describing all the violence caused by the bombs. Throughout the essay, he quotes passages from Unforgettable Fire, a book containing drawings and descriptions from the survivors of Hiroshima, detailing their accounts, showing the death and destruction caused by the bomb; he calls them “images of hell” (317). The descriptions outline scenes of people who were “burned and swollen all over from the effects of the A-bomb,” whose “burned skin slipped off” to the touch, and...
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...single definition that will describe culture since it evolves and goes for the same as beauty. Without a doubt, there is no answer to the definition of beauty, yet beauty is heavily involved and, associated in today’s media. Media is likely to have an enormous potent effect to the average man or woman about the criteria of beauty, forcing the definition of beauty to a new height because beauty never stops evolving and tends to play a very important role in the life of young teenagers and adults. Retailer catalogs such as Abercrombie and Fitch and Victoria’s Secret tend to feature airbrushed, scantily clad and altered photos of male and female models. Beauty pageants, fashion shows, the Internet, and movies have swamped the public with two-dimensional pictures of beautiful icons and celebrities. There are even television shows that have joined the delegation, playing a role in the image that it portrays such as Skin Deep, The Swan, and Extreme Makeover. America heavily relies on mass media to play a role in molding Americas view of the definition of beauty and reshaping culture at the same time. In present-day society, with the ever-changing idea that portrays images beauty, people rely on the media to help them find the latest trends on how to look and what to wear to stay “in fashion”. According with Hume (1742), “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Perhaps a more modern-day accurate definition would be, “Beauty is in the eye of the media.” One may say that a beauty standard...
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...Mr. Macomber English 3 AP Syllabus 1.5 English 3 AP Course Overview Students in this introductory college-level course read and carefully analyze a broad and challenging range of nonfiction prose selections, deepening their awareness of rhetoric and how language works. Through close reading and frequent writing, students develop their ability to work with language and texts in order to establish greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening their own composing abilities. C16 Students examine rhetoric in essays, images, movies, novels, and speeches. They frequently confer about their writing by conferencing in class. C 14 Feedback is given both before and after students revise their work to help them develop logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques to increase coherence. Rhetorical structures, graphic organizers, and work on repetition, transitions, and emphasis are addressed. I comment on individual drafts, and I write memos to the class in a blog about whole-class concerns such as specificity of quotations, parallelism, and transitions. C13 Simultaneously, students review the simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentence classifications. We examine word order, length, and surprising constructions. Loose and periodic sentences are introduced. We examine sample sentences and discuss how change affects tone, purpose, and credibility of the author/speaker. In addition, feedback on producing sentence structure variety...
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...MATERIAL ESSAY WRITING TUTORIAL a. What is an essay? An essay is a collection of ideas on a given topic. It explores various aspects of a given topic in a logical sequence and comes to a proper conclusion. A good essay is one which has captivating beginning, a comprehensive body, and a logical conclusion b. The basic structure of an essay Any essay should have the following parts: Introduction : Comprising the main idea Body : Comprising the supporting ideas Conclusion : The finale c. Steps to write an essay 1) Organize your ideas before starting to write. 2) Start brain-storming, linking facts, examples and your reading and experiences. 3) List your main idea, supporting ideas, and facts. 4) Write down the essay in an elaborate way with the inflexions of ideas. 5) Write the conclusion. d. First step – organizing Remember the first step in essay writing is organizing the ideas. While organizing you should evolve an outline of the essay by listing the ideas, leaving four or five lines in between each point. e. Steps to organizing 1. How do you wish to introduce the topic given? 2. What are the main points you want to cover in the essay? 3. Take only the salient features, not the universe. 4. What are the points you wish to add to support your main idea to build it into an essay? 5. What are the facts and examples you can add to support the ideas? 6. Once you have chosen the facts and ideas, ask yourself in which order to put them in the essay. 7. When...
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...the huge influence on the definition of feminine beauty. From watching movie to passing through the subway station, it is quite often to see numerous images of female faces and bodies. Women are exposed in the world where most women display in films and on subway advertising boards are striking poses with little clothes on. Moreover, every image showed is airbrushed with Photoshop. Women are exposed with images produced by the media on what is considered to be the ideal face and body. The way media portray feminine beauty today changes the publics’ standard on feminine beauty and even how females view themselves. This essay will explain the impact of media in feminine beauty and how they portray it to women. Feminine beauty in the past and today There are a thousand definitions of feminine beauty Way back in the mid-nineteenth century, the ideal feminine beauty was reflected by sculptors’ pieces, the women’s nose and forehead run in a line which is indented by only a hair’s breath, the upper lip is very short, the ear is far back (Clark, 1980). The standard apply to one of the most famous figures, the Venus of Milo and many more. During the 1920’s, women aimed to hide their curves and wore bold make-up. And in the 1950’s, Marilyn Monroe and her hourglass figure were considered as the feminine ideal. As time goes by, people’s definitions of feminine beauty alter along. The standard is based on people’s cultural background and life experience. Beauty is certain a magnet for...
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...Definition: What is literature? Why do we read it? Why is literature important? Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly speaking, "literature" is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction. Generally, most people have their own ideas of what literature is. When enrolling in a literary course at university, you expect that everything on the reading list will be “literature”. Similarly, you might expect everything by a known author to be literature, even though the quality of that author's work may vary from publication to publication. Perhaps you get an idea just from looking at the cover design on a book whether it is “literary” or “pulp”. Literature then, is a form of demarcation, however fuzzy, based on the premise that all texts are not created equal. Some have or are given more value than others. Most forays into the question of “what is literature” go into how literature works with the reader, rather than how the author set about writing it. It is the reception, rather than the writing, which is the object of enquiry. Largely, what we call “literature” is often a subjective value judgment, and naturally, value judgments, like literary tastes, will change. Etymologically, literature has to do with letters, the written as opposed to the spoken word...
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...Practice Final Exam ENGL032 Part 1: In this section of the final exam, you will be asked questions about Active Reading Strategies. You will need to know the definitions of each one in order to answer the questions on the final exam. As a way of preparing, test your knowledge of each strategy by defining or describing each one in the space below. Prediction Questioning/Wondering Summarizing Visualizing Making Connections Part 2: Read the following passage in the left column. In the right column, read the thoughts of someone who has already read this passage. Then, in each blank, identify the reading strategy this reader activated while reading the passage “Chicago and Cleveland.” Chicago and Cleveland (1) Chicago, at the southern tip of Lake Michigan, is a port city.(2) It is also an important commercial (3) and industrial center of the Midwest. It is well known for its educational, cultural, and recreational centers. Chicago draws thousands to its concert halls, art museums, and sports arenas.(4) Cleveland, on the south shore of Lake Erie, is also a port city and a commercial and industrial center important to its area (5). Like Chicago, it has several important educational, cultural, and recreational centers. It has colleges and universities, and a distinguished (6) symphony orchestra. It has one of the finest art museums of the world, and many recreational centers. The location of the two cities contributed to their growth, but this similarity is...
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