Marilyn Monroe: Sure Suicide “Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world” (Marilyn Monroe). Marilyn Monroe had managed to build an empire in her 36 years of life. She had many starring movie roles, thousands of fans, and millions of dollars. All success eventually comes to an end, and unfortunately, her triumph was cut short after she made an impactful decision in her home one summer night. Despite the fact that many people think her death was a murder case, there is evidence to prove that Marilyn Monroe was unhappy with her life and committed suicide by an overdose of pills.
Marilyn Monroe was alone in her bedroom at her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962. She had been rather unstable in the months prior to her death due to her increasing depression and was, as she always had been, observed regularly by a psychiatrist in hopes of figuring out how to calm her down. It was after midnight when her maid, Eunice Murray, witnessed that Marilyn Monroe’s bedroom light was on (“Marilyn Monroe is Found”). The door had been locked …show more content…
Ever since Marilyn Monroe was little she was trapped in an unhealthy mental situation. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was also mentally unstable and often kept in an asylum. Marilyn Monroe suffered from depression and bipolar disorder almost all her life. She was constantly on medication and had a history of abusing it. Marilyn was found dead later to be determined as an overdose. In the past, Marilyn had a tendency to overdose on her sedatives as suicide attempts. The sedatives she was taking were very dangerous, given her abusive past. With the history of suicide attempts and drug abuse, the possibility of suicide from an overdose on sedatives is very high. It was said that she simply took so many pills that she passed out, unable to call for help like she had supposedly done in the past, and died (“Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was alone in her bedroom at her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962. She had been rather unstable in the months prior to her death due to her increasing depression and was, as she always had been, observed regularly by a psychiatrist in hopes of figuring out how to calm her down. It was after midnight when her maid, Eunice Murray, witnessed that Marilyn Monroe’s bedroom light was on (“Marilyn Monroe is Found”). The door had been locked …show more content…
Ever since Marilyn Monroe was little she was trapped in an unhealthy mental situation. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was also mentally unstable and often kept in an asylum. Marilyn Monroe suffered from depression and bipolar disorder almost all her life. She was constantly on medication and had a history of abusing it. Marilyn was found dead later to be determined as an overdose. In the past, Marilyn had a tendency to overdose on her sedatives as suicide attempts. The sedatives she was taking were very dangerous, given her abusive past. With the history of suicide attempts and drug abuse, the possibility of suicide from an overdose on sedatives is very high. It was said that she simply took so many pills that she passed out, unable to call for help like she had supposedly done in the past, and died (“Marilyn Monroe