Essays Tagged: "unattractive"

Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

illing to court Kate, the more undesirable of Baptista's two daughters. Kate was never described as unattractive (Elizabeth Taylor played her role in one film of the production), but was known for her ...

(7 pages) 78 0 4.1 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

A Critical Look at The Taming of the Shrew

illing to court Kate, the more undesirable of Baptista's two daughters. Kate was never described as unattractive (Elizabeth Taylor played her role in one film of the production), but was known for her ...

(7 pages) 158 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

everyone should get check-ups regularly By david george this essay is about why everyone should get physician aided check-ups regularly and some of the psychological effects that might occur.

h, diseases, and many other things.Firstly, if you started to loose your teeth this would be a very unattractive thing. Many people try to pull this look off and they just cannot do it, very much like ...

(2 pages) 60 2 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Good Earth, by Pearl Buck. Essay on how Wang Lung is in cnflict between his desires and his traditional values. Explains which characters are on each side of the conflict.

the fields, and will a pretty woman do these things?"(8). It was only right for a farmer to have an unattractive wife, with his father saying this, Wang Lung agreed.When Wang Lung went to the barber s ...

(5 pages) 101 1 4.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

How Maya Angelou gives personal account of her life and how she dealt with abandonment and loneliness, discrimination, and rape in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

throughout her childhood, Maya learned to become independent and establish her identity as a black, unattractive girl living in the South. Despite such misfortunes, Maya was successful academically, c ... she was constantly expected to work in the store owned by Momma and Uncle Willie. Both this and her unattractiveness caused Maya to feel loneliness during her childhood in Stamps. She again felt aband ...

(5 pages) 179 1 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The Catcher in the Rye" by Holden.

big deal at Pencey. Selma Thurmer, the daughter of the headmaster, is at the game. Although she is unattractive and a bit pathetic, to Holden she seems nice enough, for she does not lavish praise upo ...

(45 pages) 205 3 3.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Anti-fat Attitudes.

ety has a very negative view of overweight and obesity. They tell us that being fat is an extremely unattractive and undesirable way to be and is a state to be avoided at all cost. This hostility towa ...

(7 pages) 191 1 4.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Describes Fielding's use of satirial characters in Joseph Andrews.

n my own mother" (Book 1 27). The idea that the young, handsome Joseph would hold a passion for the unattractive Mrs. Slipslop is laughable, as is Mrs. Slipslop in general. Fielding creates this chara ...

(6 pages) 42 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Its an essay about the NANA´s from Artist Niki de St. Phalle, which are placed in Hannover, Germany.

. Since the the early sixties and seventies the city had to suffer under the prejudice of beeing an unattractive stain in the landscape. Nothing happened in and around Hanover and boredom has been a f ... a further look at the set and the scenery of these times. Indeed, Hannover was "grey" and was quite unattractive for tourists. In this case, the intention behind the placement of the Nanas was absolut ...

(6 pages) 51 3 3.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Why we should not legalize performance enhancing drugs in sports.

has been associated with a wide range of adverse side effects ranging from some that are physically unattractive, such as acne and breast development in men, to others that are life threatening. Most ...

(2 pages) 59 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Everyday Use written by Alice Walker

story, Dee and Maggie are raised in a family, but they became very different people. Maggie is very unattractive and awkward but Dee is very beautiful looking and very fashioned. Since they were young ...

(2 pages) 73 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Joseph Conrad - Man and Writer in the "House of Darkness"

t. Petersburg University, which he left before even earning a degree. Apparently, he was physically unattractive and unpleasant. Conrad's mother, Eva Bobrowska, was thirteen years younger than Apollo ...

(10 pages) 26 0 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Art in Advertisements

, women turn to the product, in this instance milk, for a way to correct their figure, perceived as unattractive.The advertisement does its job of gaining customers, but does it remain morally faithfu ...

(3 pages) 65 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Obesity

t represented wealth and a good state of health (Bruch 16). In contrast, Americans find being obese unattractive and being slim and fit appealing; this causes numerous diet and weight-loss programs to ...

(6 pages) 342 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Nothing sticks to Teflon, so how does Teflon stick to the pan?

dispense with a technicality: Teflon was DuPont's original brand name for what now goes by various unattractive pseudonyms, such as "non-stick coated aluminum cookware," as well as a poetic variety o ...

(3 pages) 60 0 4.4 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Compare Flaubert's use of the organ grinder and the blind beggar in 'Madame Bovary' and Zola's use of Camille's ghost in 'Therese Raquin'.

o Emma's view from outside a window. Flaubert makes sure that the reader imagines this person as an unattractive being, ". . . a swarthy black-whiskered face would appear at the living-room window", y ...

(6 pages) 60 1 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Taming of the Shrew

willing to court Kate,the more undesirable of Baptista's two daughters. Kate was neverdescribed as unattractive (Elizabeth Taylor played her role in one film ofthe production), but was known for her ...

(6 pages) 26 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

"What exactly is "cultural relativism" in metaethics? Is cultural relatisim true? Can cultural relativists uphold the principle of cultural tolerance?

e theory, claiming that these consequences are not practical to our way of living and hence morally unattractive. There is also the problem relating to the relationship between cultural relativism and ...

(9 pages) 102 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Phenomenal Woman

ng the way she feels personally about herself. She may lead us to think that she does believe to be unattractive when she describes in the poem, "Pretty women wonder where my secret lies" (1). "Men th ...

(4 pages) 60 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Disgrace

s women as his own possessions, but whenever there is a woman with self-esteem, he describes her as unattractive. He may does this, because he knows that he is weaker than her and he is afraid that sh ... d he doesn't really regret his deeds.Later he sleeps with Bev Shaw, even though he first called her unattractive. He starts to overthink his belives and he respects his daughters opinion. She can't st ...

(3 pages) 21 1 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature