In my lifetime I could have been called an extremely beautiful lady. The beauty was of no use for me, on the contrast, it brought me only sorrows. .
Being born into the rough neighborhood of Colentina, you would give anything to get out of there. Dad had a job digging holes for the electrical poles and mom was a housewife. Mom was a dreamer but somehow it managed that all of her insecurities came down on me. .
When I was born the mid-wife, our neighbor, said that even from birth I was a perfect child: "I have never seen anything like it." She would say to who would listen. "She was like a living breathing doll. She is going to be so beautiful as to leave men breathless." Whenever mom heard such things she would get so delighted she would go on making me another little dress. Mom tried everything to preserve my immense beauty even from early in my life. I wasn't allowed to touch anything, in fear I would damage my hands and when puberty hit me, instead of just going through it getting a pimple or two, mom would be putting cucumbers and smelly facial masks until I would start crying. My hair was another great pain as I was growing up, I was forced to keep it long in two tight braids which would hurt my head. Nobody ever asked me what I wanted. Mom became completely obsessed with my beauty. I liked going to school, learning, even though nobody cared how I managed or what grades I got. Mom only saw schoo as an opportunity to show me off once more, she would always be so pleased when I would have school assemblies. What I didn't know was that she had something big planned out for me and only when I turned 17 was I to find out .
One night in front of our house gates a car stopped, it was 1940 and in those times cars where rare in Bucharest and whoever owned a car was no doubt also very wealthy. Through the door an elderly gentleman of fifty walked in, dressed to impress with a buchet of flowers in his hands.
On Thursday 9th of January, Years 7, 10 and Sixth Form students all went to see a wonderful performance of "Sleeping Beauty" at the Young Vic Theatre in London. ... Through these many interesting characters appeared, such as the fairy "Goodie" who in the first half was to tell us her woeful tale of how a beautiful princess was cursed to sleep in a mystical palace for all eternity. ...
"That is part of the beauty of all literature. ... Walton writes to his sister about the beauty of nature, "I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves, and fills me with delight " (Shelley 1). ... After observing the De Lacey family for an entire year the monster decides to approach them, but unfortunately they reject him and cast him off, "CURSED, CURSED creator! ... This novel truly shows the beauty of literature and how creative one can be with it. ...
In the original movie she is awakened by prince charming but in the new movie, the true love actually comes from the one that cursed her, Maleficent. ... The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who meet her." ... I wanted to incorporate these things into my acting for all of the Sleeping Beauty fans out there. ... She wanted to bring a piece of herself in the story but also keep it the same as the first Sleeping Beauty. ... " For example, the scene where Aurora is being cursed makes you feel like the magic is popping out of the screen like 3D. ...
I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.... The hatred towards Victor is seen throughout but it is portrayed vividly when the monster says, "Cursed, cursed creator" (146) When the monster says this he is cursing his creator, Victor, for creating him and abandoning him, leaving him to figure out life for himself. ...
When he saw William, his first thought was to compare his hideous face to the beauty of William's face. ... However, when the other members of the family drove him away from the cottage with stones, the monster was full of sorrow and cursed at his creator. ...
The main subject that Pope mocks is beauty. Pope addresses beauty in a multitude of ways. ... Pope would concede that beauty is the basis of female vanity. ... Pope also reveals the consequences beauty has upon society. ... This expresses the importance of beauty- it helps classify people. ...
In the preface, Wilde explains how beauty negates that art serves a moral and political purpose, he even says, "All art is quite useless" (Wilde 4). ... After his portrait is completed, he becomes so enthralled with the youthfulness and the beauty of the portrait. ... If the caveman had known how to laugh, history would have been different, (Wilde 43)" indirectly stating how if Dorian hadn't taken Lord Henry so seriously he wouldn't have cursed himself in eternal beauty. ... Lord Henry says, "It was his beauty that had ruined him, his beauty and the youth that he ...
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley is a complex novel that was written during the age of Romanticism. It contains many typical themes of a common Romantic novel such as dark laboratories, the moon, and a monster. Frankenstein, however, is anything but a common novel. The "monster" in this novel may not...
In Kingston's version of the story she states that her aunt would spend every day trying to look perfect and beautiful for her husband but he doesn't notice, no one in the villages recognizes her beauty. Then comes along a man in the village who sees the beauty in her and she is in love with him because he sees how beautiful she is and no other guy sees it. ... And sure enough she cursed the year, the family, the village, and herself.... Every woman wants her true beauty to be recognized and Kingston used this idea to defend her aunt's actions. ...
