? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? is one of the most commonly known proverbs. In the Twilight Zone? s short film, ? Eye of the Beholder? that same proverb is used as a metaphor to demonstrate how beauty and acceptance are illustrated in the real world. The film tells the story of a woman whose hideously deformed face has made her an outcast all of her life. Now she faces her nearly a dozen and final operation for a last chance to look normal with the help of unseen surgeons. First, in the? Eye of the Beholder? we see the bandaged woman? s craving for normality. She is constantly haunted by the memory of a child screaming because of her physical deformed appearance.
We are also reminded that those who look? different? will be sent of to an isolated place with others of the same? disability. ? With that being said a sense of Nazism idealistic society comes to mind. For example, the Nazi? s sent those who looks different than the normal beautiful blued eyed, blond Germans, to a concentration camp. Moreover, the woman in the? eye of the Beholder? not only wanted beauty but she felt the need for acceptance. She was denied this when she was taken to a disability camp.
It? s amazing how in the movie, people were separated and treated unequally because of their physical appearances, and as result, they could not share the same society. This is in fact is a metaphor for how discrimination was once in extreme existence in this society. For example, African Americans once had to use: different bathrooms, water fountains, and were even segregated to non-white school. They were even isolated to the worse parts of the cities. In conclusion, in the Twilight Zone? s short film, ? Eye of the Beholder? the themes of beauty and acceptance are used as a metaphor for the real world. For example, the Nazi? s use of concentration camps is an example of how beauty is an issue in society.
The Term Paper on Beauty Pageants: Creating a Woman of Success or Failure
Typically when beauty pageants come to mind we think of beautiful women in beautiful gowns who win scholarship money for school, participate in community service, achieve the goals that are related to their platform and role models that we hope the young women of our society aspire to be. In reality, behind the scenes there is much more than what appears to the eye. Many can argue that they play a ...
Another example, is how the African Americans were discriminated upon when they only wanted acceptance. Thus, with the demonstration of a segregated society and an out of place, ? deformed woman? , the film was able to create a metaphor for the real world.
