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La Belleza Exterior No Es Más Que El Encanto Del Instante
La Belleza Exterior No Es Más Que El Encanto Del Instante
In chapter 2 of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, the author Oscar Wilde states
that beauty and youth are synonymous of power, freedom and rebellion; this
synthesis is based on the fact that having these two qualities, exempt yourself from
obligations linked to the ideals that adulthood represents, such as the responsibility
of actions. In turn, the author wants to reflect the ties that unite youth and freedom,
romanticizing it with the famous phrase " carpe diem, vita brevis "; but, ¿do youth
and beauty really exempt you from the duties and responsibilities that it entails to
valid to enjoy, feel and live without inhibition, because freedom is an innate right
with which humans are born, it is the broad sense and capacity to act according to
one's own will; on the contrary, debauchery is the disrespectful attitude of the law,
ethics or morals of those who abuse her own freedom to the detriment of that of
others; therefore, the word freedom must never be confused with libertinism. It
must be understood that actions committed under this thought cause havoc, pain,
and regret; and above all, acting in this way just because you possess beauty and
youth will not exempt you from judicial and social responsibility. The worst thing is
that during youth, you tend to confuse these terms, believing that you have the
world in your hands, that power is eternal, listening to people who only want to ruin
your life, since they would never have that lifestyle. Erroneously one falls into the
thought that enjoying life to the fullest, implies becoming beings without criteria,
rebellious, and irresponsible, acting in the name of freedom; without taking into
account that this time is only a state of formation and construction of the human
being of tomorrow. Today, there are so many cases where during the youth people
lived without limits, under the senselessness, immorality and irresponsibility; and
time and life were abruptly charged for the acts committed in the past. Therefore,
by recognizing the limits of freedom and what debauchery entails, one can
responsibly enjoy the pleasures of youth, knowing that it is not eternal and that
GLOSSARY OF TERMS.
Berlina (sedán): Car with four side doors. Closed horse carriage, with two
separate seats.
Chacinería: Store that sells or makes salted, dried meat in the air, in the sun or
in smoke.
toothed leaves, and white, blue or violet flowers and mildly scented.
Doublet: clothing covering from the shoulders to the waist, tight fitting to the
body.
Dryad: Forest nymph, whose life was as long as the tree it was supposed to be
attached to.
Hedonism: Theory that establishes pleasure as the end and foundation of life.
Vital attitude based on the search for pleasure. An atmosphere of luxury and
hedonism.
Misanthrope: A person who flees from dealing with other people or has great
aversion to them.
Path: A path that is narrower than the pavement and is mainly open to
his behavior.
distributed in two quartets and two thirds. In each of the quartets, as a rule, the
first verse rhymes with the fourth and the second with the third, and in both they
must be the same consonances. In the triplets these can be ordered in different
ways.
appearance.
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