Beauty In Fat Girl And The Birthmark
What is beauty? Who is beautiful? It is very difficult to answer these types of questions. Beauty has
different meanings in different people, different cultures and different countries. It also changes
throughout time. However, many of us judge beauty only in terms of physical appearance. We can see
similar scenarios in the stories Fat Girl by Andre Dubus, and The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Judging beauty in terms of physical appearance is not the best way to describe beauty. Without
looking perfect, a person still can be wonderful with his or her great virtues. So, a human being with a
good heart, kindness, intelligence, love and happiness is beautiful. Therefore, beauty varies from
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According to the Oxford Dictionary beauty is a noun, meaning, a combination of qualities, such as
shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. In the article On Beauty by
Lindsay King Miller mentions Taylor s explanation that Beauty exists; standards do not. Beauty is
undefinable, is subjective, is intrinsic to humanity. If a group of people is asked what does beauty
mean to you? they will most probably reply the dictionary meaning. However, if the same group of
people is asked individually what kind of shape, color and form constitutes beauty, each one of them
will come up with a different answer. Some like based on hair, some like based on skin color, some
like based on height etc. This is because there are a lot of types of shape, color and form, and everyone
has a different preference for the shape, color and form. For this reason, Georgina from The Birthmark
was regarded beautiful by most of the people except her husband, who didn t like the birthmark. The
husband thought Georgina would be perfect if the birthmark were removed. Aylmer says, dearest
Georgiana, you came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature that this slightest possible defect,
which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty, shocks me, as being the visible mark of earthly
imperfection (Hawthorne 305). So, Georgina s husband and other people had different opinions about
her birthmark. Aylmer s assistant Aminadab says If she were my wife, I d never part with that
birthmark (Hawthorne 305). Since everyone can t agree on whether a person is beautiful or not in
terms of physical appearance, it can t be the only factor of beauty. On the other hand, if beauty is
judged in terms of values of a person like that of kindness, manners and other behaviors than everyone
will be able to come to the same conclusion. That is because, a person is simply either kind or unkind
and well
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