Essays about: "beauty ideal"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words beauty ideal.

  1. 6. "A Morbid Longing for the Picturesque" : The Pursuit of Beauty in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2021]
    Keywords : beauty; destruction; Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy; Donna Tartt; The Secret History; The Birth of Tragedy; Nietzsche;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the theme of the pursuit of beauty in The Secret History. It analyzes the main characters’ concept of beauty, their manner of seeking beauty, as well as the result of this search. READ MORE

  3. 7. Forever young : A study of the correspondence between sculptures of Aphrodite and Venus and the female physical ideal in ancient literature

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Tobias Krönström; [2020]
    Keywords : Venus; Aphrodite; beauty; sculpture; beauty ideals;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore how the goddesses of beauty Aphrodite and Venus were portrayed in sculpture in comparison to physical beauty, as attested in ancient texts. The study uses iconography and iconology to analyse the sculptures and semiotics to analyse the ancient texts. READ MORE

  4. 8. Idealized Gendered Behaviors in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Heidi Hartvik; [2018]
    Keywords : The Hunger Games; gender performativity; traditional gender roles; masculinity; femininity; ideal-ized behaviors;

    Abstract : Suzanne Collin’s trilogy The Hunger Games has become an international bestseller, and tells the story about Katniss Everdeen, a young citizen of District 12 in Panem. The object of this essay is to demonstrate that nurturing, being a warrior and pursuing beauty are the most idealized behaviors in The Hunger Games trilogy. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Communicated Beauty Ideal on Social Media : Perceptions of young women in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping

    Author : Elina Bertilsson; Emma Gillberg; [2017]
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  6. 10. Beautiful corruption: the portrayal of beauty in The picture of Dorian Gray and Lady Audley's secret

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Karoline Müller; [2017]
    Keywords : Lady Audley’s Secret; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Fiction; 19th century; beauty; corruption; Oscar Wilde; Elizabeth Braddon; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The novels Lady Audley’s Secret and The Picture of Dorian Gray both feature a beautiful but corrupted character as protagonist, the corruption of whom only gets revealed slowly to the reader while the fascination for the characters’ beauty is vanishing. This essay is investigating how this beauty is used in the two novels respectively and gives a general overview of contemporary readers’ perception of characters, based on 19th-century novels and reviews of the time. READ MORE