Beauty plays a big role in society, and has a huge impact in shaping peoples behavior. For example, Hawthorne's piece ''The Birthmark'' talks about a scientist named Aylmer, who married a beautiful young woman named Georgiana. Georgiana had one small birthmark on her left cheek; she thought that her birthmark was a charm and an angelic gift given to her by a fairy when she was born, but other envious beholders disagreed. Jealous females as well as masculine observers affirmed that the birthmark destroyed her prefect complexion. People thought of the birthmark as a crimson symbol of imperfection. " Until now he had not been aware of the tyrannizing influence acquired by one idea over his mind, and of the lengths which he might find in his heart to go for the sake of giving himself peace" (Hawthorne pg.277), this means that after l

Although these two powerful pieces talk about women and the changes they go through in order to fit in society; men as well as women go through the same changes. I can relate to the two pieces I have compared because I was a victim of criticism. My peers use to tell me I was too fat, and their comments made me feel bad about myself because I didn't fit in. So I lost some weight and gained muscles mass. I felt satisfied after my physical change; peers complemented me on my new muscular physique, but I wasn't happy, I wanted more muscles. I guess that nobody is happy with the way they look, even if our peers think we look fine we always want more muscles, bigger breasts, longer hair; more beauty.

Despite many beliefs and opinions, beauty can be defined as a physical trait that people admire. Sometimes we have to listen to other people's suggestions in order for us to look more appealing; there's a sense of satisfaction one feels when we are accepted by society. Beauty is happiness, and if you feel you need to go through some physical changes in order for you to look more appealing, go right ahead. Physical appearance does bring happiness but true happiness is found when an individual is happy because they accept who they are and not the ideas impressed upon them by society on they way they should look. Unfortunately, beauty will always be categorized under outer appearance

Both Hawthorne's and Piercy's view and conception ab

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