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AnalysisofAWoman´sBeauty:Put-DownorPowerSourcebySusan

Sontag

In"AWoman'sBeauty:Put-downorPowerSource,"SusanSontagportrayshowawoman'sbeautyhasbeen degradedwhilebeingcalledbeautifulandhowthatconceivestheirtrueidentityasitseemstoportrayinnocence andhonestywhilehidingtheuglinessofthetruthOvertheyears,womenhavebeingclassifiedasthegentlersex andregardedasthefairergender.Sontagusesnarrativestructuretoexpresstheconventionalattitude,which definesbeautyasaconceptappliedtodayonlytowomenand...

AWoman'sBeautyBySusanSontagSummary

obsessionwithbeauty,somuchso,thataftertheageofninewearenolongercontentwithourbodiesIntheessay AWoman'sBeauty:Put-DownorPowerSourcetheauthor,SusanSontag,explainsthatwomenfeeltheneedtobe perfect,meanwhilemenareprivilegedenoughtonotfeelthisneedIagreewithSusanSontag'sstatements regardingbeauty;andbelievethatmenandwomenarecompletelyresponsibleforwomen'sobsessionwithbeauty. Intheessayshealsoexplainsthehistoryofhowbeautybecamealmost

AWoman'sBeautyBySusanSontagSummary

mind?ItalmostseemslikethereisacontinuousbattleoccurringSusanSontag'sessay,"AWoman'sBeauty:PutDownorPowerSource",analyzesthemoderndefinitionofbeautyandexploresitsconsequencesforwomen(). Sontagcompareshowbeautyislookeduponinbothwomenandmen,andleadstoconcludethatwomenare pressuredtofeelobligatedtolookbeautifulontheoutsidewhilemanyforgettheimportanceofinnerbeautyTo beobligatedtolookbeautiful,causesanunnecessaryfeeling...

Woman'sBeautySusanSontagAnalysis

MakeupandSusanSontag'sAnalysisofWomen'sBeautyMakeupisapopulartrendthathasgainedrecognition fromfilmandtelevisionindustriesandeverydayuseovertheyears.Althoughitmayseemlikeaharmlesstrend, manypeoplefeelthatmakeuphasaffectedoursocietyinanegativewayItmakessomewomenfeellikeitisa necessitythattheycannotlivewithout.ThisiswhereSusanSontagcomesin.Sontagwasahumanrightsactivist andoneofAmerica'smostextrusivescholars....

AWoman'sBeauty:Put-DownOrPowerSource,BySusanSontag

stillstruggletokeepupwithbeautystandardssetbysocietyAnhumanactivistnamedSusanSontaggaveher opiniononthisideainheressay,"AWoman'sBeauty:Put-DownorPowerSource?",whereshestateshow womenarenotwrongfortheirdesiretobebeautiful,butrathertheirobligationtotrytobebeautifulInother words,shehopesthatwomencanhavetherighttodefinetheirownbeautyratherthanbeingbeautifultosuit others'definitionsSimilartoSontag'sideas,adocumentcalledMiss

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