...Reading the poem “In an Artist’s Studio,” opened my eyes to how the poet, Christina Rossetti, used the poem as her stage for symbolic imagery. One piece of symbolic imagery that I found to be important throughout this poem is the image of obsession. In the first line of the poem: “One face looks out from all his canvasses,” clearly shows the obsession that this artist has for the woman’s face that he continues to recreate in all of his portraits. He has such a strong obsession for this woman’s likeness, that he paints her face over and over again. Even though her character takes on various female forms as he paints them, the fact remains that the same features can be seen throughout his works of art. As he paints the Queen and the Saint, his obsession leads him to produce the same qualities within the facial structure. The woman was given many different forms, but her beauty on his canvasses always remained the same. Christina Rossetti says it best when she writes, “The same one meaning, neither more or less.” Her appearance, her face in particular, never changes and never appears older even if her figure changes, “One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans.” He is obsessed with her beauty and her face. The image of the artist “feeding upon her face by day and night,” also shows how obsessive and how much of a perfectionist he is. I view his obsession for this perfect face to be something that is possibly missing in his life, and her image on the canvas is providing...
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...I Want a Husband Every woman wants what she thinks is the perfect husband. Not every woman wants the same thing in a man. Some women want a man who is a little rough or some want a man who is college educated. A few things all women can agree upon is we all want a man who is gives attention, committed, a good provider, great listener, educated, and handy around the house. That is just to name a few things us women want in a man. When I think of what the world says a good man is to me it is like they are looking for the perfect man. To me the perfect man cannot be found every man has there flaws. You just have to find the man with the flaws that you can deal with. Every good man is not college educated; but they know how to get up and go to work to make an honest living. To find a man that is educated is a good thing that means that they are on your level and can keep up with you. Education is important to every woman when it comes to finding a husband, because you know that their values are in the right place if going to school is important to them. What woman you know wants a man that is not committed to them. If a man cannot be committed you might as well say there is not a relationship. Woman want to know that they are the only one in a man's life. Women like to know the man is not out and about doing things that he should not do. When a man is turns into a husband commitment is important. No woman wants to find out that her man was not committed totally to her...
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...certain way. The message on the Victoria secret ad, is trying to communicate by using “The perfect body” campaign to promote their lingerie line. This ad represents the ideal type of body that women should have to be attractive in today’s society. On the second ad, a ZU shoe is promoting its products, by using slander woman to persuade the viewers to buy their shoes. The two images depict the stereotype of the unobtainable and idealized version of perfect looking women by using body proportions, clothing and facial depiction....
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...normal assumption of the Proverbs 31 woman is a woman who is perfect. A woman who has her whole life put together, is simply astonishing in every way, and is surprisingly a woman that many Christian women dread to read about. What makes this woman so significant is not that she knows how to cook, clean, care for her children, and work hard, it is her wisdom that shines through and her fear of the Lord that makes her a woman of virtue. Other people have speculations of the Proverbs 31 woman; being too feministic, figuratively speaking on what a woman should and should not be, and trying to create a cookie cutter woman that is seen as perfect. Proverbs 31 is a great chapter, yet why do so many hate on it? Most people know about the Proverbs 31 woman, but most people actually don’t know the real story of the man behind this. The content of this chapter was written by a mother to her son, King Lamuel, who most people believe to be King Samuel. So if it was King Samuel than that means that the mother was Bathsheba, also the wife of King David. Proverbs 31 was actually meant for men, not necessarily women. It’s the man’s responsibility to find this woman who is rare to find because she is a jewel among many stones that symbolize the worldly women. Proverbs 31 was meant to be memorized for Jewish men. Yet many Christian women seem to cringe when reading Proverbs 31 because of the feeling of inadequacy. Some even speculate and wonder if this woman actually exists, or if it’s some kind...
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...Mollie Leon Professor Marcus Hamilton GWRTC 103 5 October 2011 The “Absolut” Man How convenient would life be if everything you ever wanted could be delivered right to your door? Or all you had to do was assemble a few pieces together and the perfect man would become yours? You can find advertisements all over the place. Each is designed specifically for a target market in which they are trying to reach. And of course the goal is to sell their product. The advertising business is a huge industry where the advertisers study various ways to attract people’s attention. The media hooks our attention through pictures, slogans, and hidden messages, which appeal to a wide variety of different people. In advertising, the name of the product is often the only way to distinguish it from other comparable goods. Most people have preferred vodka they will always drink and have become faithful to over time. The consumer can buy any type of alcohol at a bar but this ad is trying to state that Absolut Vodka is special and will get them a perfect man instead of just a rough morning the next day. Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, which is produced in Sweden. It is one of the biggest vodka brands in the world and is sold in 126 countries. Absolut has achieved its renowned reputation through its interesting and bold advertising campaign. The ads are all humorous and clever deviations of the same principle. "In An Absolut World" was a crafty campaign where they created a variety of situations...
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...woman’s’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality and not in their capacity as leaders. Boys learn that their success is tied to dominance, power, and aggression. Many would agree that some strides have been made in how the media portray women in film, television and magazines, and that the last few decades have also seen a growth in the presence and influence of woman in media behind the scenes. Documentaries such as “Miss Representation” focus on outlining the flaws and misrepresentation media has on woman and girls. Their project aims to challenge and change the way media objectifies woman. Nevertheless, female stereotypes continue to thrive in the media we consume everyday. Gender stereotypes are everywhere. Stereotypes are defined as a “generalized view or...
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...Rhetorical Analysis of An Academy for Woman Education is an important part in everyone’s life and should be treated as an opportunity. Back in the seventeenth century women did not have this opportunity to go to school so an author known as Daniel Defoe provides the reader a rhetorical analysis of how women should be able to receive an education and the reader is able to see the uses of Ethos, Pathos and Logos. First off, Defoe provides Ethos by stating and outside source that provides information to improve his arguments to make it seem more logical. Defoe informs the reader of how he remembered “a passage which I had heard from a very fine woman” (Defoe, pg. 581). He also states how that woman had “wit and capacity’ (Defoe, pg. 581) but was unable to get an...
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...values with values in fiction or documentaries”.(Homayoun) This is important because by hearing from all parties about the problems the world or what the country is facing, they’ll learn how to form their own opinions at an early age. This is more than most members of previous generations can say for themselves.(Chell)Information is more democratic and available than ever before, yet the dangers associated to it are very real. Some adolescents have been...
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...Can Stay” is discussing the beauty of life’s wonderful but short-lived treasures, as example chasing dreams and spending time with loved ones. It is illustrated by Frost those treasures in the world related to the nature through the use of metaphors, imagery, diction, and allusion. The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” helps open one’s eyes to the harsh realities of nature’s path and although we must all succumb to the laws of nature, it is these unbreakable laws that make life so treasured (Shmoop, 2010). On the other side the literature “I Used to Live Here Once” is a somewhat mysterious story of a woman who seems to be a ghost visiting her childhood home. The narrator follows the woman on her journey from a nearby river and down an old unfinished road that leads to the home where she grew up. Once she reaches the house, there are two young white children playing outside and the woman tries to tell them that she used to live there (Deirdre,...
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...in Media Management Summer Semester 2012 Lecturer: Jana Baum Christin Schwarzhoff BA11 International Culture and Management / Media Management Student-Nr.: 1.6 11 306 Table of content 1. Introduction 3 2. Effects of Advertisings on Women 2.1 Dissatisfaction with the body shape 4 2. Statistics and surveys 5 3. The Image of a Woman in the Beauty Industry 3.1 Gender display in commercials 6 2. Criticism of advertising and thoughts about solutions 7 4. Dove Campaign 4.1 Campaign for Real Beauty 8 4.2 Dove ‘Evolution’ 9 4.3 Success of Dove Campaign 9 5. Conclusion 10 6. Bibliography 11 7. Declaration 13 1. Introduction The term paper at hand deals with the beauty in the commercial industry. Looking at commercials in magazines, on billboards or on television, it is recognizable that most of these advertisings use the image of a perfect world. Especially in beauty advertisings beautiful flawless women present products promising the consumer to look as beautiful as the model after using them. But how effective are these advertisings and how do they affect society? This term paper will discuss the negative influence of those commercials on women in today’s society. Furthermore it will figure out whether a television commercial with a realistic understanding of beauty can be successful in a consumer-based society. This paper tries to answer these questions using statistics, extracts from books...
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...answer referencing the themes of the Hellenics and Hellenistics as discussed in this module. 1. Is Pietà more of a Hellenic or Hellenistic sculpture or a conglomeration of both Greek periods? 2. Compare this sculpture to David. How are the two sculptures similar and how are they different in intent, subject matter and mastery? Which one do you prefer? Why? Michelangelo’s Pieta is a sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding Christ. This sculpture is more a Hellenistic sculpture then a Hellenics sculpture because this sculpture has emotions and is not of a perfect man. Also the Hellenistic sculpture has emotion in the face, the imperfect person, and has scares. Christ in this sculpture has face hair. The Hellenics are “perfect” sculpture, with perfect proportion, perfect hair, no scares and no emotions on the sculptures face. Hellenics sculptures show movement in their sculpture. The Pieta and the David are different in many ways. David is a classical style, heroic, godlike, and physically perfect. The sculpture of David would be in the Hellenic sculpture period. The Pieta is of the Virgin Mary holding Christ. The Pieta is like Hellenistic it has emotions, Christ has face hair and his hair is messy, the anatomy of the body is perfect but Christ’s ribs are showing. Both sculptures are similar by who made them, also the detail in both of the sculptures are magnificent. I personally prefer the Pieta because the emotions that show in this art is amazing. The sorrow that she...
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...of the human population. Barbie has the perfect, dream world where she has her dream car, house, an impeccable wardrobe, and of course the man of her dreams. Many girls grow up and admire Barbie for her looks and all the materialistic things she has and will probably grow up wanting to be just like her. This can lead to them wanting to dress in mini skirts and short-shorts at a young age and can lead to prostitution in the future. One simple doll can change the lives of young girls and parents may not even realize it. Keywords: Barbie, unrealistic features, young girls “I’m a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy world, dress me up, make it tight.” Those are some of the lyrics of Barbie Girl by Aqua who sung a song about a Barbie doll and how she lives this perfect, materialistic world with her true love Ken. Looking back into my child hood. I was never the little girl who played with Barbie’s or had an obsession with having every addition. In other cases though, many girls are influenced by the doll and can have negative effects in their lives. Parents do not realize the effects that a Barbie doll can have on a little girl. Parents may think they are buying the perfect toy for their child, not knowing the bad effects that come along with Barbie. This plastic doll affects each little girl differently. It is strange how a toy can have such an impact on a girl’s life. Barbie influences what a little girl wants her parents to buy for her, how she thinks she should look, and what age...
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...They say diamonds are a girl's best friend, and just as you gravitate towards friends that complement your personality and style, so you would your diamonds. Here, from the book A Girl's Guide to Buying Diamonds, discover how to choose and wear diamonds and jewels that enhance your own unique style and personality The five sample personalities outlined here are merely guidelines. Don't be afraid to take advice from multiple columns when it comes to choosing different components for your diamond jewellery. Don't forget: jewellery you choose for yourself should reflect a little something of your personality. Signature pieces have long defined the world's most stylish women from Elizabeth Taylor (the Taylor-Burton diamond) and Jackie O (Jean Schlumberger bracelets) to Coco Chanel[pic] (long, layered strands of pearls). The Traditional Woman The Contemporary Woman The Rock Star The Tomboy The Romantic The Traditional Woman Far from being stodgy or boring, the traditional woman in this sense points to a classic and classy point-of-view in looks and attitude. Clues that you may be a traditionalist in terms of your jewellery: are simple pearl or diamond studs still your standard accessory? Does your dream engagement ring come in Tiffany & Co's little blue box? Is Audrey Hepburn one of your style icons? Women in this category tend to dress on the conservative side in tailored clothing that stays in style from season to season. If this sounds familiar, there are a few tips you...
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...Jessie Long Professor Chopalli College Writing I 19 November 2012 High Stakes Men and woman have strived to understand one another for many years. Men have made great efforts to grasp the inner workings of the female mind. While women have struggled to understand why men behave the way that they do. Both members of each gender might do whatever they can in order to solve the mystery of one another. However, it is not quite as complicated as each sex thinks. The behavior of men and women in relationships can all be boiled down to what each sex has at stake when it comes to sexual activity. While both men and women have something at stake Edward O. Wilson says in “The Fitness of Human Nature” that women have more at stake when it comes to sexual activity (147). Since women do have more at stake than men, women tend to be more particular when searching for a mate than men, women have a different view of sex than men, and women are more timid when it comes to initiating sexual intercourse than men. Each male and female has an idea of what they want in their perfect significant other. A woman might be looking for a man that is tall, strong, and handsome. A man might be looking for woman that is blonde, young and beautiful. The reason for having that idea of the “perfect guy or girl” can be explained by natural selection. In my psychology class I learned that having these certain mating preferences is caused by the fact that this will lead to the likelihood of sending one’s...
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...such a way, the only thing that gives women absolute power over men is their physical appearance, a man goes weak for a beautiful female. The sad thing is that we have let society define the beauty of a women and a major part of this society is the media. Women have always been perceived and portrayed as sex symbols, as if that is what they are only good for. Men and others in society don’t care about a woman’s intelligence if they look good. Our society has let a woman’s looks overshadow everything else that she is. Our society, has constructed itself into a society so image obsessed when it comes to women, in which color, body figure, and every aspect of a woman’s face is the source to why people approve or disapprove of that woman. Media affects the way young girls and adult women all around the world view themselves. This is why our generation of women is so self-conscious about their physical appearance, and this is affecting their health. There are many methods in which the media encourages women to disfigure and damage their bodies. Even celebrities and models, which are the people that represent what women should look like, suffer because of the way the media makes people perceive them. Society and the media are absolutely obsessed with physical female perfection, which prevents many women from...
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