Monday 17 November 2014

All that glitters is not gold

 All that glitters is not gold, 
not all those who wander are lost,
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.                                                -J.R.R.Tolkien

Physical appearance has always been of great importance for human beings.but you always cannot judge anything by its outward appearance. Take the life of a celebrity for example - It may seem like they live a good life; but in reality they are constantly hounded for autographs and have no privacy.
In one of his plays, Shakespeare narrates a scene where Morocco is sent a sparkling scroll.seeing its appearance morocco reads its scroll and loses his chance to save his friend. That is where Shakespeare mentions,"All that glitters is not gold, You have often heard that said, Many men have sold their souls, Just to view my shiny surface, But gilded tombs contain worms.
Not everything that looks valuable on the surface is actually valuable. A bright facade on a house can conceal a rotting foundation. Makeup can conceal age and illness. A bright smile can hide deceit and hostility. Appearances can be deceiving.The most well-known example is fool's gold (iron pyrite). A bright shiny rock that looks like polished gold, but is in fact worthless. Indeed, true gold is a dull color, and may not look valuable at all to the ignorant.Whenever a character is deceived by surface appearances into overestimating the value of something this trope is in play.In works that wish to teach the Aesop that material wealth is not the true wealth we should seek for, it might be actual gold and jewels that "glitter" and deceive characters into choosing them over less obvious wealth such as love or honor.
Hence,it is always rightly said that,

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