But on page 264, David is trying to tell her the same thing, “You really think I’m beautiful.” “Yes. What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.” David is also trying to tell Tally that everything about her on the inside is beautiful and that it doesn’t matter what she looks like on the outside. So to conclude, this is some of the evidence that represents the theme of the novel, so it shows us that beauty isn’t all on the body and face, but on the inside.
The peacock is too extra. It has too many vain features. Instead of being admired for what it is capable of, it is admired because of its physical features and how it looks. The men are also saying that it’s too much which represents women wanting to always please them, going above and beyond to make themselves look good. Only for that to be what the men don’t fully want which leads to their death.
"Tears are the baseline of every powerful emotion, throughout life or death;"this was a noticeable theme in the poem, which can also apply to many other things as well. The poem represents fear, hope, sadness, assurance, and promises. This matches with the novel, "Girl in a Blue Coat" very well. My character is stuck, and has so much going on, and
This trait is especially show through Miss Lottie, an old women who plants marigold flowers because she is poor and has nothing else, “ Miss Lottie’s marigolds were perhaps the strangest part of the picture. Certainly they did not fit in with the crumbling decay of the rest of her yard” (Collier 3). This passage displays a strong yet understated sense of determination. The writer automaticly makes it clear that Miss Lottie’s flowers do not belong, but she planted them anyways. Miss Lottie refused to accept that she had nothing but an impoverished life, her marigolds represent a hidden metaphor that beauty can be found anywhere, even a place where it does not belong.
Tony Hoagland’s poem ‘Beauty’ examines the concept of a woman’s beauty seen through the eyes of her brother, who is also the narrator of the poem. This poem conveys the topic of how everything we do and everything that is around us is beautiful in its own unique way. Women tend to focus more on their physical appearances rather than the beauty inside themselves, which is shown through Hoagland’s perspective. The girl in the poem describes how physically attractive she is but fails to see the beauty inside of her which sparks a hidden concern in the brother. However, when the girl’s outer beauty fades, it is evident that she somewhat loses herself too as she starts to see everyone around her more as beautiful and elegant.
The passage is full of descriptions of these flocks, expressing the beauty of these flocks. The impact of this, is showing the audience the beauty in these creatures, as a whole. Annie Dillard took a different approach to expressing this meaning. Dillard describes the sky dotted with the birds, coming closer to her, and then disappearing into the trees. Dillard uses a similar technique as Audubon using various similes and metaphors to convey the beauty of the birds to her audience.
Throughout the story, the narrator feels powerless about his situation, and he envies birds for their ability to fly and be free. The protagonist says, "I told Mom my theory of why we like birds –– of how birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.” The protagonist of the story uses birds as a metaphor for freedom, escape, and finding nobility in what he views as a harsh world. The protagonist is saying that birds are a symbol of hope and freedom and that they represent a simpler way of life that we should strive to achieve. The narrator expresses his desire to become a bird, as he says, “just make me a bird - that’s all I ever wanted - a white graceful bird free of shame and taint and fear of loneliness.”
Same as Janet Tyler’s situation, in modern society it’s the same case if you’re not considered beautiful you are outcasted. Lit Technique 2- Irony What was deemed beautiful in this society, would be extremely ugly in ours. Everyone had gills and pig noses. Questions what beauty actually is and if it is skin deep and who can decide what beauty is.
She represented the theme of beauty is a double edged sword by being “fabulous”, beaten, and abused. To start off, Sally is “fabulous” through her pulchritude. This is how Esperanza describes her, “The boys at school think she’s beautiful…when she laughs, she flicks her hair back like a satin shawl”(Cisneros 81)Sally’s beauty makes her happy and content. She’s pretty, elegant, and graceful, which causes everybody to rave her looks. This is a major plus point for beauty.
It is obvious at this point in the poem that Jennings is not writing a purely descriptive poem about nature nor she is identifying herself as a part of nature or seeing nature as unclearly beneficent. As the title suggests, she is writing a song of praise for the swifts, describing and evaluating the various ways in which poets have used the image of birds to reflect their changing moods and insights. Poets have sought to refresh their depressed spirits by contemplating the melodious perfection of the birds: “Melancholies are carried away in the stride/of the tamed clouds and spring has opened wide/Its windows, these birds assisting”
However, this ‘beauty’ comes from the clothing and the societal class she appears to belong in. Clothing that is flattering is seen as vital to a woman’s success; while for men it is to display success and high status (i.e prince of the kingdom). The transformation of Cinderella going from rags and low class to riches and royalty is seen as ‘beauty’ because she is doing everything expected of her— keeping her physical appearance and having the ‘natural’ dependency on a male to save her from her slave-like lifestyle. All which, according to Maity, is a “socially constructed notion that physical attractiveness is one of women’s most important assets, and something all women should strive to achieve and maintain” (3). Cinderella goes from rags to riches all just for going to a ball, wearing a sparkly dress, and being pretty.
Furthermore, my favourite line in this poem is, “The fellows stand or /Fall down on their knees. /Then they swarm around me, /A hive of honey bees”. This is my favourite line because the metaphor really helps the audience visualize men crowding her, and again this falls into the theme of beauty be inside and not the
Beauty is often a trait that is admired in many cultures all around the world, the cultures and stories paint a picture of the beauty of the universe, the Earth, and even the individual. Lord Byron is able to capture the beauty of the individual within the poem “She Walks in Beauty.” In this poem Byron uses devices such as, diction, imagery, and syntax to present a melodic tone towards the beauty that comes from inside of the person. To begin with, Lord Byron uses euphonious diction in order to show the melodic tone that is found in the poem. Byron explains how the dark and the light within her eyes balance each other out in order to create a light that is “tender” and competes with heaven and the brightest of days (5).
The world she lived in was so ugly and plain and she choose to “create beauty in the midst of [all that] ugliness" (62). This helps to create the theme because even though Miss Lottie had so little she still worked hard to care for the beautiful marigolds. In “Marigolds” the author uses diction, symbolism and point of view, to develop the theme that people can create beauty even in the poorest of situations. Through diction, Collier is able to show the reader the contrast between the beauty of the marigolds compared to the run-down town the story is set in.
While reading this poem you can see "...where the Indian in a white poncho lies dead by the side of the road" and you can see how sad that scene is. This image is a striking image because it grabs the readers attention as to how bad someone's life could be and what Linley someone could be filled with. Another striking image that grabs the readers attention and makes them thing is when the reader pictures "how you ride and ride/ thinking the bus will never stop,/ the passengers eating maize and chicken/ will stare out the window forever. " This image strikes the reader because it makes them look into the passengers lonely hopeless faces. The imagery in this poem makes the reader think about their life and what sadness and sorrow is really like and how kindness can change someone's life all around.
