American Beauty

American Beauty The use of symbolism Films are often more than what they appear to be. ... Roses have been associated with love for centuries, and the film American Beauty has maintained this traditional symbolism. ... These scenes are most frequently those with the nubile "American Beauty- Character, Angela. ... The final scene in which photographs are used in American Beauty is the scene in which Lester is shot. ... The space of understanding is now clear to fully comprehend the symbolism of lighting in American Beauty. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In both "American Beauty" and The Great Gatsby, the characters emphasize this statement by putting the pursuit of the American Dream over everything else in this world. ... In "American Beauty" both Lester and Carolyn neglect their daughter, Jane, after both decide to pursue new journeys. ... In both The Great Gatsby and "American Beauty" the characters trying to achieve the American Dream are not happy and brings them no joy. ... The same can be said for Carolyn in "American Beauty". ... In both The Great Gatsby and "American Beauty", the characters in each story failed at pursuit of the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Judging contestants on their beauty has a long history in America. The article, Child Beauty Pageants states that: Although beauty pageants began in the U.S. in 1921, with the introduction of the Miss America Pageant, child beauty pageants did not appear until the 1960's. Capitalizing on the success of the Miss America Pageant, the Little Miss America pageant began in 1961 at Palisades Amusement Park in Bergen County, New Jersey. ... Children in beauty pageants today are not just playing dress up with their mothers' old clothes. ... These young girls are being brought up in a fake w...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The media uses beauty to make money. It is the media in the western world who defines beauty. ... Beauty is a myth anyway. ... For the media beauty is a powerful industry. In America alone, billions of dollars are spent in persuit of beauty with the $33 billion a year diet industry, the $20 billion a year cosmetic industry, the $300 million a year cosmetic surgry industry, and the $7 billion a year pornography industry. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

American Beauty In the film American Beauty, the true beauty behind the story is the realization and perception of the beauty which abounds in everyday life. ... Set against the background of American suburbia, a cast of unseemly characters lead their lives aimlessly. ... Therefore it seems ironic that the title should be, American Beauty, when the lives of the people are anything but beautiful. ... So where is the beauty within American Beauty? ... The true beauty implied in American Beauty communicates itself as possessing the ability to break away from the banal, conforming habit of e...

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Beauty pageants for adult women were first established in 1920 (Nussbaum), while child beauty pageants were introduced in the 1960s. ... Professor Says Beauty Pageants Aren't for Kids). ... Recently Miss America 2008 came out as a recovering anorexic. ... Lately, it has been discovered that Miss America contestants, particularly winners, are becoming increasingly thinner. As amateur athletes look up to professional athletes, child beauty contestants look up to Miss Americas. ...

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American Beauty American Beauty is a film that delves into your typical, middle-class suburban home and slowly uncovers all of the abnormalities that lie within. ... The color red symbolized the true personalities and feelings of two characters in American Beauty. All the characters in American Beauty have an unmistakable sincerity about them. ... American Beauty proves the theme of appearance versus reality. ... "American Beauty, nonetheless, is a movie that gives the viewers the true perspective of how the most perfect family,...

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• Grade Level: High School

American Beauty is a startling and sensitive film with the rare ability to reach out to people, touch them, and open their eyes. ... American Beauty is just that, a film about beauty - the beauty of freedom, the beauty of change, and the beauty of realising that even the greyest life, can be permeated by roses. During one of the opening scenes of American Beauty, "horny geek-boy" Lester Burnham says of his perfectly detailed and structured wife, "See how her clogs match the colour of her garden clippers? ... And like the manicured Caroline, American Beauty is also perfectly detail...

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American Beauty American Beauty is a film that delves into your typical, middle-class suburban home and slowly uncovers all of the abnormalities that lie within. ... The color red symbolized the true personalities and feelings of two characters in American Beauty. All the characters in American Beauty have an unmistakable sincerity about them. ... Each character in American Beauty realized that satisfaction should be compared to your own standards and not the standards of others. ... American Beauty proves the theme of appearance versus reality. ...

• Word Count: 2253
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For this particular assignment, I chose to hang out with my buddy "Jeff" (name has been changed) and watch the movie American Beauty. ... But, for some strange reason that I have yet to understand, he had never seen American Beauty! ... American Beauty is more than a movie to me. ... American beauty is great because it is not mindless entertainment like so much of the garbage on TV and in the movie theaters these days. ... American Beauty does not require a "smart" audience to understand the film, but it is far from the stuff tailored for "couch potatoes." ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School