Beauty

I found the ending of Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell, to be a satisfying ending. It seemed to wrap things up nicely. After Beauty is injured and nearly overworked to death, he ends up in a beautiful home surrounded by people who care for him for the rest of his life. Although it is rather bittersweet, as the last line reminds us of everything Beauty has lost: “often, before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my old friends under the apple trees” (49.22).…

because we live in a democratic government. So the closest thing to being a princess is to win beauty pageants. In this long journey, it helps many girls to find their identity and true calling in life. Through this journey, it demonstrates the talents of many women across the country. Beside their image, their story to get the crown is the most inspirational of all because each of them are unique. Beauty Pageants are contests that many people categorize them as sexist. The reason why is…

MANY DIFF VERSIONS, ETC. Carter breaks new ground regarding adaptations of Beaumont’s version of The Beauty and the Beast. In her tale The Tiger’s Bride, Carter reworks the story, featuring evidently more androgynous and animalistic characters and a more somber, wintery setting. In the end, however, she flips both the traditional tale and the genre she is writing in on their heads, resulting in a story which depicts a strong, intelligent, and liberated heroine-narrator by contrasting Beauty’s…

watches them including themselves. Ever since the introduction of mainstream beauty pageants in the late 50’s they seem to lack variety among their contestants. This is due to the judge’s grading standards, walking around with rulers ranking women based outrageous features such as the construction of their head, torso, and limbs. This act degraded women and while we don’t have outright sexist standards in modern beauty pageants such as the one back then, we still have the ugly stain of ranking…

Perrault's original fairy tale and inspired by Walt Disney's 1959 animated film, Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent portrays the story from the perspective of the eponymous antagonist, depicting her conflicted relationship with the princess and king of a corrupt kingdom. Sleeping beauty is a story showing a more sympathetic, nuanced version of the iconic fairy tale. On the other hand, Maleficent which is adapted from Sleeping Beauty story claims to be a deeper look at the story behind Disney's. In the…

Thorns and Roses did not disappoint, it was still Beauty and the Beast but it also had an enticingly new aspect of faeries. Reading this was sort of like Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey books eloped and had a child with the amazing story of Beauty and the Beast that dressed up in the finest of writing styles. I have to admit, I went into this book biased for three reasons. One, I love faeries. Two, I love Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series. And three, Beauty and the Beast competes for the top…

000 child beauty pageants are held worldwide. Kids of all ages are signed up by their parents to be told by complete strangers whether they are worth a trophy or not. Many might argue that child beauty pageants can be fun and provide an opportunity for skill development, but they negatively affect the mental and emotional growth of many children because they are too young to deal with the pressure pageants put upon them and there 's always healthier ways to acquire useful skills. Beauty…

are best heard/told through “blossoming/transformation” and “twofaced” themed characters. Two great examples could be seen in “Beauty and the Beast” by Beaumont, and “The Ugly Duckling” by Han Christian Anderson, since they both have similar aspects. In “Beauty and the Beast,” the east was first seen as a terrifying creature (as a monster), but as time progressed Beauty began to see that Beast had nothing but a kind soul, consequently she developed feeling for him. In “The Ugly Duckling,”…

Artificial beauty, confidence, and eating disorders are a few things that may come to mind when talking about beauty pageants. Beauty pageants have been around since Ancient Greece, but didn’t start becoming popular until 1960s. (Nussbaum, 1) “A beauty pageant is operated in a couple of ways, either corporate sponsors, where the competitors must meet eligibility requirements to participate, or the second way is by putting the responsibility on the participants. The applicants are responsible for…

There are many sides to any story as we are told. The film takes us on an adventure with the iconic “Sleeping Beauty” villainess. This film is an adaptation of the Disney classic “Sleeping Beauty” from 1956 which was originally directed by Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark and Wolfgang Reitherman. The original only tells the story of Aurora and does not go into detail on how Maleficent came to be so evil and heartless. However this story is all about Maleficent and her journey to evil and good again.…