“…like beauty, my friend, ‘tis in the eye of the beholder”

One can choose to find beauty in everything. You can decide to train your mind to appreciate everyone's beauty. Or, you can chose to see the ugly in everyone and everything, which is what most people tend to resource to. “…like beauty, my friend, ‘tis in the eye of the beholder” is quote that emphasizes how beauty is in the hands of the person that sees.

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People have different mindsets and opinions, generating various definitions of beauty. In the play Man of La Mancha, beauty is constantly objectified. For example, Don Quixote views Aldonza as the most beautiful and prestigious woman to set foot on Earth. On the contrary, Sancho does not see any beauty in Aldonza, that Quixote views. Similarly, the Muleteers also do not see the beauty of Aldonza that Quixote sees, and actually view her as an immoral woman that they can take advantage of. This ultimately proves the point that beauty is perceived differently by people as everyone has their own beauty standards and understanding of beauty. 

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? | by Neffer Mustiola | Medium

In the world we currently live in, social media has set unrealistic beauty standards that most struggle to meet. If one does not achieve these certain beauty standards, they are seen as "not pretty" which creates immense pressure among people, especially teenagers, to achieve  the perfect beauty. For example, a prominent beauty standard is the "hourglass body". Almost every girl in the world aims to have the body shape which is exceedingly toxic since it causes unhealthy diets and disorders.

Everyone is beautiful in their own way. Beauty should not be subjective because of the toxic environment it induces.


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