Beauty Essays

In the movie American Beauty there are many ideas of the American Dream that come out of it as well as many controversies. There is much argument in the world already about what true beauty is and with the American Dream it is apparent that mainly it is about having …

       Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth presents the maxim that without truth, beauty is meaningless; without honesty, happiness cannot be achieved; and without giving of oneself, life will have little, if any meaning.  She conveys this through the difference in values, lifestyles, and morality of Lily Bart and Gerty …

The concept of beauty has in the past gone through a lot of evolution and transformation. There are different aspects by which people look at the concept of beauty, and changes over the history also altered this concept. And nowadays, vanity has taken its place in the minds of the …

The Beautiful Ugliness Metaphor is a pervasive and important phenomenon, both in literature and in ordinary language. It is also an immensely variable phenomenon (acl.ldc.upenn.edu). While most associate this word with some physical characteristic of the human body, the more applicable use of the term has to do with the …

What does it mean – a Beauty? As for the art products – this could be an attitude of  artist to a life. But does the Beauty exist outside of artist, in the nature or it appears only  with the artists creation? And if it is so, what criteria do …

The contemporary society has built so much hype around being a beauty pageant for all girls. The looming advantages are that one would become a celebrity, a fashion model for one of the best clothes designers and earn a covetable standard of living without struggling for a long time. This …

In recent years, there is a lot of fuss about looking good. In fact, fashion industry and plastic surgery set new standards of attractiveness, and people blindly follow them, because they are convinced that beauty and success are inextricably linked. It seems that your success and happiness depend on your …

            Few topics throughout history have been debated as much as what constitutes beauty.  Many have argued beauty is nothing more than personal preference, others claim the existence of universal ideals of beauty, while still others claim beauty is something that is taught and learned as part of the ongoing …

She’s beautiful because she has long curly hair and light skinned. He’s handsome because he’s tall and has an athletic body. On the other hand a woman is far from gorgeous because of her curvaceous body and dark skin. Or a man is hideous with his four eyes and red …

In today’s world, there are quite a few things that bother us Americans. One controversial topic at-hand would be child beauty pageants. The article, “Playing at Sexy” written by Peggy Orenstein, goes into detail of the negative effects of showcasing one’s child in a pageant. Hilary Levey takes a different …