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Naomi Wolf's "The Beauty Myth", 2006.
An analysis of the message about the ideal of beauty in Naomi Wolf's book, "The Beauty Myth".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the message in Naomi Wolf's book, "The Beauty Myth", explaining that Wolf puts forward the provocative argument that the ideal of beauty in modern culture is nothing but the latest method of keeping women in a subservient role within the patriarchy. She sees the ubiquitous images of female beauty that pervade our culture as being part of a vicious backlash against the successes of feminism, arguing that this beauty myth functions to keep women convinced that they are worth less than men, and thus maintains the current economic system.
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"The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf, 2000.
A review of the book critiquing society's emphasis on the importance of a women's appearance.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, $ 55.95
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"Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth takes on the backlash against the women's movement which is embodied in the view of women as possessing worth in direct ratio to their possession of beauty. It is an urgent, angry book and the subject merits the urgency and the anger. But it is also a poorly written book in many respects and Wolf often does her subject a great disservice. Any reader who is already as angry about the subject as Wolf will simply have her/his ideas confirmed. That audience already understands Wolf's basic premises and, while there is much to be learned here even for those most interested in the subject, she is essentially preaching to an already converted audience. But there are also a great number of potential readers who do not engage in the same analytic and critical processes that Wolf and her already-converted audience use to arrive at these..."
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"The Beauty Myth", 2007.
An analysis of the types and effects of the writing styles used by Naomi Wolf in her book "The Beauty Myth".
3,268 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper discusses how Naomi Wolf successfully uses emotive language in her book "The Beauty Myth" to communicate her concept of modern feminism and the place of women in society. It shows how Wolf illustrates her theories through the use of several distinct styles of emotive writing. The paper describes and analyzes these styles as dream language, inflammatory language, victim language and the language of female consciousness.
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"It can be seen, therefore, that Wolf has chosen her words with precision and care in order to evoke a strong reaction in her female readers. By using emotive language and imagery that provokes a gut reaction - fear imagery and victim language - Wolf stirs her female readers into conscious examination of their self and their female identity. Wolf hammers home her points using words that linger in the female consciousness - guilt, dream, fiction, myth, femininity - with the surgical precision of a woman who knows how best to anger, distress, challenge and reach her audience. Moreover, she effectively uses language to convey the strength of her convictions, and as such, the reader is carried along with her, willing to embrace her created atmosphere that is in such bold contrast to the atmosphere of modern society and the rules that they have created for women."
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Exploding the Beauty Myth, 2004.
A review of the book "The Beauty Myth" written by Naomi Wolf.
731 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses Naomi Wolf's book, "The Beauty Myth", explaining how the author elaborates on the many facets of life which are affected by the changing norms and values instituted by the male dominated institutions of society. The paper contends that the beauty myth has reinstituted the social controls lost when women's liberation movements took them out of the home and established them in the workplace.
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"One such modern neurosis is the eating disorder, an ever more common phenomenon in First World women. Wolf investigates this element thoroughly, giving justice to its far-reaching consequences- physical, emotional, and social. The increasing accessibility to various forms of media functions to expose men and women alike to a distorted perception of what is beautiful and what is "normal." The average model weights 23% less than the average female, which manifests subconscious insecurities, despite a general awareness of this advertising ploy. Those most visible in society, the model, dancer, or actress, are thinner than 95% of the female population, emphasizing the inadequacy most women feel, namely the 78% that are unhappy with their physical appearance."
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The Female Beauty Myth, 2007.
This paper explores the motives behind the way women are portrayed in the popular media.
2,492 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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The paper discusses the views of Naomi Wolf in her book "The Beauty Myth" that the enforced version of female beauty helps to maintain male economic and political power. The paper also discusses Noam Chomsky's argument that the powerful elite of our society deliberately manipulate the media they control in order to maintain the current status quo. The paper examines current popular media, especially television and film, to investigate whether these allegations appear to be valid. The paper concludes that the beauty ideal is indeed a myth that the elite of our society convey to us via the popular media in order to keep women in their inferior place.
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"In her book The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf argues that the ideal of female beauty that is projected in modern mass media is simply the latest method of keeping women in a subservient role within the patriarchal system. Wolf sees the aggressive pushing of a particular form of beauty as an important part of a backlash against the successes that have been achieved by the feminist movement. She believes that this enforced version of female beauty helps to maintain male economic and political power, by keeping women busy with diet and exercise, or keeping them so consumed by anxiety that they are unable to act effectively in the worlds of business and politics. Wolf argues this point with reference to many aspects of the popular media, noting that they all send the message that it is vitally important for women to be beautiful; and that in order to beautiful, women must be thin (and preferably also young, white and blonde). In considering these allegations, we also need to keep in mind that theorists such as Noam Chomsky have argued persuasively that the media is controlled by the powerful elite of our society, who deliberately manipulate the media they control in order to maintain the current status quo."
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Inner Beauty, 2002.
An exploration of Jane Eyre's life as a search for value in her inner beauty.
1,235 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, $ 42.95
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This essay details the struggle for recognition of inner beauty over outer beauty as seen in ?Jane Eyre?. The author discusses how Jane?s life is a stage for her education and the building of character and value that goes against the traditional notions of beauty. At each of her homes she gains confidence and strength, challenging societal views of beauty and is rewarded with her marriage to a man who respects her for who she is.
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?The notion of beauty, what it is and whether it is an inner or outward quality, has been long debated. For centuries people, and particularly women, have struggled with the concept of their own inner beauty as something as important, if not more important than their outward, physical beauty. This is no less true in literature. The idea of female inner beauty has not always been valued. In Charlotte Bronte?s ?Jane Eyre?, the protagonist, Jane, rejects her own outer beauty in favour of nurturing her intellect, her humility and those other inner qualities that she herself views as beautiful. She respects her wisdom and philosophy before any of her physical attributes, partly because of her need as a child to read; partly from the lessons she is taught.?
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Defense of Beauty, 2002.
This paper uses a philosophical approach to answer the question: What is wrong with beauty?
6,655 words (approx. 26.6 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 152.95
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This paper discusses what is wrong with beauty from the position of its subjectivity, purpose and irrelevance to modern culture and the modern experience. The author believes that the thinker must examine the theory of the sublime, to determine to what degree, if any, it can be reconciled and identified with beauty. The author concludes that beautiful and the sublime, in their roles of enlightenment and revival and purpose give the artist and the art-experienced an added ability to resist the alienation of postmodern culture and its dehumanizing effects.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Defining the Problem
What is Wrong with Beauty?
The Sublime Transcendent
Developing the Sublime and Beautiful
Beauty is the Guiding Morality of the Sublime
Conclusions
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"According to Kant, beauty is "a question merely of the form" (Kant 13). It is a matter of composition and form, which insofar as it reveals to the viewer a purposiveness, is beautiful without recompense to banal matters of emotion or even content. ?Thus a work of art, or a beautiful natural object, displays a kind of free play of forms, consistent with the presence of a purpose to which we don't have access.? (Clowney) If it is possible to reconcile Kant and Locke on this matter, one might say that beauty then is defined by form and composition which due to its purposefulness and harmonic nature, in the absence of personal tastes and social definitions, creates sensual pleasure which evolves into intellectual pleasure. However, both Kant and Locke suggest that judgments of beauty, albeit subjective ones, can additionally be made based on personal interpretation, taste, and will. While Kant sees this as barbaric, Locke views it as an important part of the education of the soul."
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Beauty: Is It in the Eye of the Beholder?, 2006.
An analysis of the notion of beauty throughout history.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 41.95
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This paper studies the concept of beauty, examining the views of influential thinkers and society as a whole. The author looks at how beauty has been defined historically, as well as in modern times, and emphasizes the feminine associations with attractiveness. The paper discusses sexuality as it relates to beauty, concluding that, at least today, beauty and sex are intertwined. Finally, the paper investigates the role of emotion -- particularly romantic love -- in perceiving beauty.
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"Beauty is seldom an individual opinion. Again, we need to consider beauty as a more or less feminine trait. Men are seldom called "beautiful", except in the statues of the ancient Greeks and Romans, whose admiration for a physical body is timeless (especially when compared to the female body). There is no doubt that, if we can agree that beauty differs according to the desires or gratification of the onlooker or admirer, beauty can not provide a single form. We can fantasize about "beauty" when we see Madonna, perhaps, or Marilyn Molnroe, or Gwyneth Paltrow, in our current thinking. Our parents and grandparents might have preferred a more voluptuous Sophia Loren or Jane Russell. The Arts, for the most part, provide us with examples of what beauty is, or what it should be. Boys now lust for movie actresses such as Cameron Diaz or Alician Silverstone. Girls (and women) might think of handsome men like Harrison Ford or Mel Gibson as "beautiful" because these men arouse them sexually."
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Beauty, 2002.
An examination of the theme of beauty in the works of the English poet John Keats.
923 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 32.95
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This discusses how the poetry of John Keats inspires readers because of their lyricism, accessibility and imagery. It looks at how many of Keats? poems focus on beauty as a subject and theme, for beauty is a source of inspiration. It analyzes at how the theme of beauty emerges in several of his more famous works, including ?Ode to a Nightingale,? ?Ode on a Grecian Urn? and ?Ode on Melancholy.? It shows how beauty is treated as a subject worthy of spiritual discussion and how Keats frequently makes mythological and esoteric references in his poems. Keats treats beauty as one of the mysteries of life, which he seeks to understand through his verses.
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"?Ode on a Grecian Urn? is Keats? uplifting description of the paintings on an ancient Greek urn. Using the urn as the object of discussion is significant to the theme of beauty because a Grecian urn is ancient. It has witnessed the ravages of time and still retains its physical luster. The urn is the ?still unravished bride of quietness,? meaning it is unsullied by time. Keats uses images of silence to emphasize that the urn is eternal: ?foster child of silence and slow time.? The paintings on the urn, which consist of various images of ?deities or mortals, or of both? are described as a ?flowery tale.? These paintings or carvings were lovely enough to inspire Keats to write this poem, or at least to use it as a metaphor for beauty. Greek gods and goddesses are immortal ideals of human beauty, and Keats evokes them to create a sense of timelessness. Furthermore, this timeless quality shared by the gods and the urn itself is an essential quality of beauty."
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Beauty in Fairy Tales, 2002.
A discussion of the significance of the theme of beauty in fairy tales.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines the significance of the emphasis of beauty in fairy tales and its impact on contemporary American society. By interweaving personal perceptions and research about different fairy tales and their portrayal of beauty, it provides multiple perspectives on how women?s lives are adversely affected by these tales. It shows how with their prototypical presentations about women and their overemphasis on the importance of beauty, fairy tales reinforce the stereotypical perceptions of women and undermine the latter?s accomplishments. It also looks at how fairy tales play a large role in shaping and defining the identities of women and the perceptions of society and how they have succeeded in establishing the gender relationships and dominating the social discourse of American society-Myth America.
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"The analysis of the theme of beauty in the fairy tale of ?Snow White? by Marc Fonda also provides me with a new perspective of the sinister effects of fairy tales. Fundamentally, the conflict between Snow White and the Queen revolves around the pursuit of beauty. Because she has lost her ?title? as the most beautiful woman in the kingdom to Snow White, she decides to kill the latter in order to regain her title (Fonda 14). In the Disney movie version of ?Snow White,? the Queen is further enraged when she sees a young prince accosting Snow White, the most beautiful woman in the kingdom."
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Beauty, 2002.
An analysis of Paul Valery's quote "Beauty is a way of death. The novelty, the intensity, the strangeness, in a word, all the values of shock supplant it."
656 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 23.95
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This paper examines Paul Valery's quote above and attempts to answer the question of what makes beauty so difficult to define. It discusses how beauty is unique for each individual and what is beautiful to one may be ordinary to another. He therefore concludes that beauty is more of a concept than a reality and so is different for each who views it. The paper evaluates how beauty can be shocking, sublime, novel, intense and sometimes even strange and as a concept, it connotes perfection.
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"Sometimes beauty is so perfect it is shocking to think something so perfect could exist in the universe. The perfection of a beautiful woman, of bright white snow covering the needles of a deep green pine in the forest, the vivid and shocking colors of a sunrise over a mountain lake, all of these are beautiful and perfect in the moment. Beauty is shocking in its intensity, and in the reaction to it. That is a little like death, too. The moment is so perfect there is a little bit of death in it, knowing it will never occur again, and it cannot be held, except in the mind. This is a little like a moment of death and perfection mixed into one."
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What Does "Beauty" Mean in Art Today?, 2006.
A discussion regarding the modern concept of beauty in art.
2,174 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This paper takes a look at how Kant defines the concept of beauty in art and how it relates to the art of today. According to the paper, when it comes to the modern concept of beauty in art, there is often a very thin line between beauty and the grotesque. The paper reviews various works of modern art, discussing the beauty of each piece.
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"The painting represents a bird and a heart, each placed on halves of a paper. The thing that first draws the attention of the viewer is the strong nuance of red that dominates the painting. Indeed, even the two shapes (the bird and the heart) are not actually sketched out as a shape, but are defined by the contrast in color between the nuances of red. It is quite an impression and perhaps another approach towards the concept of modern beauty, insisting on suggestion and inspiration rather than on exactly drawing lines and representing shapes. Given the fact that the message of the painting is barely implied by the elements forming it, as by it is by the title, everything is left to the own introspection of the viewer. "
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?White Noise? and ?American Beauty?, 2004.
A comparison the portrayal of the American Dream in the book, ?White Noise? by Don DeLillo, and the film, ?American Beauty?.
1,055 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses how "White Noise" by Don DeLillo and "American Beauty" directed by Sam Mendes are excellent examples of why we no longer believe in the American Dream. It examines how they skillfully shatter the myth that surrounds it and prove that it is indeed an elusive entity, which has only left us feeling incomplete, unloved, worthless, and simply, failures, despite our apparent successes. It also looks at how the women in these works are depicted as victims of media-propagated images of beauty, happiness, satisfaction, and American life on the whole. They are victims of what they see on television and in magazines and are, thus, unable to enjoy their present lives and achievements.
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"In the White Noise by DeLillo, readers come across similar unhappy and dissatisfied characters. Babette, wife of Jack Gladney, is suffering from the same problem of dissatisfaction with life and American way of living as her counterparts in American Beauty. But she exhibits this dissatisfaction in a slightly different manner. Apart from Babette, there are several other female characters in the novel. However they are not properly developed or are too insignificant to comment upon. Steffie, the young daughter of Babette appears to be as immensely affected by media as her mother. She lives in constant fear and sympathizes with people on screen. She is also a victim of what comes on television as she ?becomes upset when something shameful or humiliating seems about to happen to someone on the screen'."
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"Black Beauty", 2006.
An examination of the plot of "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell.
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"Black Beauty" is written as an autobiography, as if the horse were telling his own story. It explains that the story takes place as in the eighteen hundreds in England, during a time when horses were the main means of transportation and labor. Black Beauty describes his life from his beginning as a colt through various owners to his final home, again in the country. The paper shows how during the course of his life, Black Beauty learns the differences in humans and their treatment of animals, particularly horses.
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"Black Beauty begins his life on a farm where he was fed and sheltered well. He spends the first two years of his life enjoying himself as a colt before he is a witness to tragedy. A popular sport at the time was hunting fox and hare. In this particular instance it was a hare that the men were chasing, which ended in the death of one of the hunters and the need to put down the rider's horse, which we discover later was Black Beauty's brother. At the age of four, Black Beauty is gently broken in. It is during this time that Black Beauty's mother teaches him that not all humans are kind to their horses. After being broken in and has become accustom to the various tack used with horses during this period of time, Black Beauty is sold to Squire Gordon."
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The Geographies of "American Beauty", 2005.
A discussion of feminine confinement and control, as shown in the film "American Beauty" (1999).
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper analyzes the Oscar-winning film American Beauty (1999), which presents a complex vision of gender relations in contemporary American suburbia. Through a critical evaluation of the film with reference to scholarly work on the geography of gender, this paper demonstrates the radical degree to which American Beauty visualizes feminine confinement and control, while showing pathological feminine power in suburban space. The paper further analyzes how the perception of confinement may seem unusual in a film such as American Beauty whose cinematography at various points - such as the opening - emphasize the wide expanses of suburban life.
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