Who's the fairest?
Use this famous quotation on beauty as a starting point for considering the questions below:
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
Ode on a Grecian Urn
John Keats, 1820
For discussion
- What or who do you consider to be beautiful?
- What do you think makes someone beautiful?
- Why do you think Snow White, a story about beauty, vanity and jealousy, has remained so popular throughout the ages?
- Thinking about the story of Snow White, which of the characters are supposed to have outer beauty? Which characters, from their actions, could be said to have inner beauty?