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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1160 words (4.64 pages) in the essay titled Berger Tompkins and Rich Language and images are usually a way to express what someone is thinking, however, language and images can often restrict our thinking in various ways. Susan Douglas, in her essay ,“Narcissism As Liberation”, writes about “the great myth…that superficial appearances can be equated with a person’s deepest character strengths and weaknesses”(128). The image of what a “beautiful” and what is not is an image that is constantly restricted in our minds. These restrictions come from television, movies, or many other things that people encounter. John Berger in “Ways of Seeing”, proclaims that “men survey woman before treating them. Consequently how a woman appears to a man can determine how she will be treated”(46). This further shows what these restrictions do in our everyday lives. Adrienne Rich in her essay “When We Awaken: Writing As Re-Vision” gives her theories on how to free people from these restrictions mainly through “re-vision”.One image that is restricted in our minds is the concept of beauty, that is seen in advertising. These restriction are put on women. The image of what beauty is, in regard to women, is perpetuated though advertising. Through the advertising and on a larger scale the media, women are told about “perfect faces and bodies, and the psychologically , politically, and economically punitive measures taken against women who fail to be young, thin, and beautiful”(133). They are made to feel inferior if they are not considered attractive, so they fe... |
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Keywords: adrienne rich, john berger, restrictions, punitive measures, superficial appearances, restriction, images, narcissism, rich language, break free, perfect faces, character strengths, free people, media women, susan douglas, ways of seeing, everyday lives, psychologically, strengths and weaknesses, gestures