“Everything that’s realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent,” claimed Sharon Tate, an actress and a model who values beauty. On the surface, many might identify the word ugly as a description to the physical appearance of almost anything. When a flower wilts, its colour fades and it shrivels. When a bird seeks its prey, it comes across as being menacing as its need to kill becomes evident. The ocean appears to be violent when the waves turn choppy. Even in the Oxford Dictionary, ugly is defined as something “unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance”. However, this word holds more depth when it refers to a personality characterized …show more content…
Additionally, the Oxford Dictionary defines beauty as “a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight”. Many people who do not want to be ‘ugly’ tend to undergo plastic surgery with the hope of improving their outward appearance. The ‘ugly’ might refer to one with a visible scar or someone with a severe condition of eczema which makes the individual less pleasing to the eyes. Unfortunately, society places a significant amount of emphasis on physical beauty, leaving the ‘ugly’ at a disadvantage. They tend to be the ones who get bullied in schools. They tend to get judgmental stares and snide remarks. They tend to face difficulties finding a job in the society where face-to-face interaction is imperative. From time to time, those labelled as ugly tend to face differential treatment by the society. However, this definition provided by the dictionary does not do justice to the diction when a major aspect of it is based solely on physical appearance. As acknowledged by Audrey Hepburn, “Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn’t help if you’re ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up.” With that being said, more emphasis should be given to inner beauty by society. An individual who may not be as pleasant looking as others still should be considered beautiful despite his
Because young girls and women around the world are beginning to alter themselves to fit a certain mold, people are starting to realize that a pretty face and one’s youth is a factor that has been hurting the world for many years. So much so that a person is willing to kill to obtain beauty. This is truly and amazing yet sickening fact and the more we emphasize on one’s appearance the more catastrophes like this will happen.
Most of the time in our society, we judge people by their appearance. The important thing that most attractive people should know is that no one chose to be born ugly or not. Being attractive doesn't mean being physical looks good. Also, we need to consider that sometimes the most attractive people are having the worst manners ever. Usually, they are smugglers and have bad behaviors. But we have to admit that we made that mistake. We have given value to the beauty and neglected morality. For me, appearance is not everything, because if I am communicating with somebody, I need him to be respectful to me, as I am respectful to him. I am not saying that the attractive people disrespectful, but a lot of them have sick thoughts.
Society is often found judging each other based on physical appearance. Beauty and physical appearance play a major role in society today, whether we are aware of it or not. For hundreds of years, women have been treated with disrespect by society. Throughout history, women have been told they need to look a certain way. In the 1900s, women were told they had to be big and curvy to be sexy, and today women are told they need to be skinny, but still have curves in order to be sexy. If someone does not look the right way, they are ridiculed and made fun of, and not being thin enough can lead to major problems with one’s self esteem. Feeling ashamed of how they look and how they feel can then lead to even bigger problems, such as eating disorders. Within the novels The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, and the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, one can concur that society treats people differently based on their beauty, and one’s physical appearance can lead them to feeling ashamed, used, or disrespected.
How far have we really come from tenth-century China? We may have changed our mode of torture but based on the evidence women will still go through extreme practices to make themselves attractive to men. Women today will always go above and beyond to look appealing to men. Whether it is minor adjustments such as hair color and makeup to extreme adjustments like plastic surgery and Botox women are continuing to go great lengths to look good for the opposite sex.
For instance, most people who hate themselves share the common feature of hating their appearances. Sometimes, an ugly appearance exists as the sole link to self-hatred for a person. Additionally, although Ting states unattractiveness counteracts the high standards of beauty most attractive people face, it does not. Because of today’s shallow society, everyone feels the pressure to look a certain way. Good-looking people feel the weight of this by trying to keep the same level of attention and compliments as before, however it leaves ugly individuals longing for something they cannot achieve. This does not result in confidence; instead it leaves those individuals feeling worthless or simply not good
Beauty is dangerous, especially when you lack it. In the book "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, we witness the effects that beauty brings. Specifically the collapse of Pecola Breedlove, due to her belief that she did not hold beauty. The media in the 1940's as well as today imposes standards in which beauty is measured up to; but in reality beauty dwells within us all whether it's visible or not there's beauty in all; that beauty is unworthy if society brands you with the label of being ugly.
Many people today feel like their faces are hideous, and the same can be said for Georgina from “The Birthmark”. Almost any- physical attribute can be considered ugly to oneself, and to others, depending on what the others
For centuries mankind has unsuccessfully attempted to define beauty. Greek philosophers, including Plato, tried to define beauty as if it were as simple as any other law in nature. However this cannot be so because the idea of what is beautiful has varied throughout cultures and the ages. In the 1800s women who were pale and rather plump were considered objects of desire; but in today’s society, desirable women are slender and tan, among other things. The fact is that today, beauty is as unobtainable as it is indefinable. All of today’s supermodels, as seen in millions of advertisements, have been modified, airbrushed, and photoshopped. Women desiring this beauty have turned to various sources of false remedies, spending thousands of dollars, in hope that they too can be beautiful. The media has twisted and warped our ideal definition of beauty into something that does not exist naturally and is simply inaccessible.
Obviously, it is not a term applied to outward appearance in cases such as this. From this, one must ascertain that "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” (Keller) So, is beauty a physical characteristic? Is it a state of mind? Each person has their own idea of what beauty is and what it entails. Each individual must measure their values of others and themselves, their ideas of what true beauty is to determine what beauty they wish to be and to bring into their worlds. While a person can be pleasing to look at, it is what they do, how they treat others, how they treat us that determine how we will continue to feel about
Beauty has differed through time, different cultures and perceptions of the world. It’s not easy to define beauty, you could say that there are “a thousand” definitions of beauty. And there are numerous degrees of each. “Beauty depends on the eye of the beholder”. This saying is correct because what one individual considers beautiful is not necessarily what another individual may consider beautiful. Someone “beautiful on the outside” can be “ugly inside”. The media and the society are constantly using the conception of “beauty” to show us what we should strive to be. They assert that we have to appear a certain way to be viewed as beautiful. This is wrong, so what is beauty, really, and what different ways of looking at beauty are there?
I cannot remember the last time I met someone who I would characterize as “ugly.” This word stems from a lack of self-esteem, and considering we are ALL made in the image of God, we all have inner and outer beauty (Genesis 1:27). If you don’t believe me, ask your mom, dad, or best friend, and I guarantee they will agree with me. Not only are you beautiful, but also infinitely valuable, as Christ gave up his life for you (Romans 5:8). You are a child of the Most High God, and are of indescribable value (Psalm 82:6). Never let anyone tell you anything
The definition of beauty is varying among different people in the world. Even though almost everyone knows the term beauty, many people are struggling in defining it and persuading others to agree with their opinions. Beauty is defined by a combination of qualities existent in a person or thing that fulfills the aesthetic feels or brings about profound gratification. Many people define beauty as a term to describe a person’s physical appearance; they often think that beauty comes from magazines, video girls, or even models. Although the term beauty can define a person’s physical appearance, true beauty lies in the way one acts and thinks rather than the way one look.
All young girls in America can remember watching the movie Beauty and the Beast by Walt Disney. At that time, it was a story of love and triumph, a girl falls in love and gets her prince charming. As we grow older, we question that movie and its intentions that we were too young to understand. Who is the real beauty and who is the real beast? A puzzling question due to our society constantly telling us how we need to look and be perceived as in order to not be “the beast” and more of “the beauty”.
For something to not be beautiful, it does not appeal to the person judging the said thing. For me ugliness is more of action rather than appearance. I feel that when someone is rude, they are trying to bring themselves up by bringing someone else down. Appearance is completely ignored when you have an ugly heart. The heart reflects how someone is as a person. An example can be the football jock. He is tall, buff, and tan. He appears to have no flaw at all, and is portrayed as the most beautiful boy in school. But one day he is seen bullying a defenseless freshman. How does this reflect his appearance? Because his heart is ugly, it makes him very unappealing. Beauty comes from within as much as it does from the
There are people who believe that inner beauty is more important. Sadly, societies nowadays have narrowed down the appreciation of beauty to only visual sense, but we forget that the inside of a person can also determine their true beauty. We tend to judge others’ quickly and harshly merely based on their appearance. For example, a guy with black skin, thick beard, and big muscles is considered violent and fiery. Another guy is seen as cute and trustworthy because he has white skin and a baby face. Those judgments are not often true because we do not get to know their real inner side. A beautiful looking person with an ugly heart is truly ugly. Time will soon age his or her outer look. They cannot reserve their youth forever even if they ask for the knife helps. That person’s ugly personality chase away the people around him or her. As a result, he or she will end up being ugly from inside out. In contrast, a not good looking person with a beautiful heart is beautiful. Inner beauty is considered as personality and morality. They express their inner self by caring and loving other people. Their inner beauty attract and create long lasting bonds with others. Inner beauty is always young, so it covers a person’s aged looking. Despite of being old, a person with beautiful personality will always feel beautiful and happy because there are people who are willing to love and care for