Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

The gravel crunches beneath my loafers and a wave of familiarity washes over me. At the top of the hill I see the whole settlement before me. From here, it looks the same as it does in my memories from all those years ago. I feel my chest tighten and I instantly recollect every moment I spent in this place. Starting to make my way down the steep drive, my daughter Eleanora holds onto my elbow helping steady my now wobbly legs. Lucy, my vibrant granddaughter, is chatting away with the tour guide…

also has the world’s fifth largest geographical area for a country (Philander 2012). Because of its size, Brazil shares a border with all of the countries in South America with the exception of Chile and Ecuador. Of all the countries in the America’s, only Brazil has Portuguese as its official language. Before being explored by Europeans, the population of Brazil was made up of tribes that were independent of each other. The coming of the Portuguese in 1500 led by Pedro Álvares Cabral…

“I call back to me, what was rightfully mine, Caliburn: Caliburn the Golden Sword of the Victorious!” Magic began to rise deep within her and a weight began to grow in her hands, cool metal touched her skin and grinned. It was achingly familiar, bringing up memories she had locked away from years ago. The magic settled and opened her eyes, smiling at the sight of her first sword Caliburn in its sheathe resting in…

CONCLUSION (THESIS 21.6.15) Poems by women writers on motherhood and mothering, discussed so far conform to the feminist theorization of motherhood both as a subjugating political institution and an enriching personal experience. The poems may not be exclusively written to expose or explore the themes of motherhood alone, but their approach to this topic is extra ordinarily rich and varied, offering fresh insights into how sexual politics and the related institutions, like marriage, religion,…

Whale's Frankenstein and Burton's own Frankenweenie. A mob confronts the "evil creature", in this case, Edward, at his castle. With Edward unable to consummate his love for Kim because of his appearance, the film can also be seen as being influenced by Beauty and the Beast. Edward Scissorhands is a fairy tale book-ended by a prologue and an epilogue featuring Kim Boggs as an old woman telling her granddaughter the story, augmenting the German Expressionism and Gothic fiction…

that he saw her from the lab’s window. I could not verify his account but the roamers continued about her and how she was flirtatious with the other visiting fathers to the school. I was fascinated by the amount of attention she received and how her beauty swayed the boy and the men alike. She became the object of my obsession of how to attract attention by being an eye candy. I wanted to be like ‘Aasha and I started taking care of my outfit, my hair and my hygiene. I wanted…

This painting is one of many versions of the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi, a well-known female painter of the Baroque period. Although she gained acclaim as a painter, few women of her time had the opportunity to become an artist, a privilege afforded to her in part because her father owned a studio and painted, as well. In the Bible, Holofernes, an Assyrian bully and enemy to Israel, slaughtered his way into the city of Bethulia, a town at the entrance…

In contemporary society, what role does advertising play in shaping culture? Researchers, scholars, and media critics have strongly identified advertising as an analytical approach to offer products and services to the consumers. However, advertising is also seen as an important method of social communication within society. Advertising is central to the processes through which our desires are activated. Fifty years ago the methods of communication for advertising were limited to newspapers…

God says in the Quran “I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me” (Quran, 51:57). How do we know how to serve Him? The Quran shows us the way to God. It is his miracles that establishes and strengthens our faith in Him. It assures us that this message is from god. It shows us what we need to do, and how we need to be so that we are pleasing to Him. Muslims main goal is to please Allah. Because when he is pleased with us that is when he is near to us. For Muslims…

WOULDN 'T reality be beautiful if love came knocking on your door? Your eyes would outshine luna, blood would creep up your neck to your cheeks and then to the tips of your ears, your lips would curve upwards mimicking a parabola, and your heart. My god, your fist-sized heart. One magical muscle. Your heart would race like it 's participating in the Olympics in the summer. It 'd give you such a high emotion that the first thought that crosses your mind will embarrasse you when you think…