Mrs Potato Head Analysis

The most outstanding part about Melanie Martinez’s song is that she uses a lot of literary devices in order to touch a sensitive topic in a unique way. Despite having a rather childish and simple title of "Mrs. Potato Head," the song is a PSA is concerning the problem of plastic surgery and beauty standards for women. In fact,"Mrs. Potato Head," by Melanie Martinez, communicates the pain of beauty using symbolism, similes, and repetition.
Melanie uses symbolism to create an alternate figure for the people in her song. Mrs. Potato Head, which is the song's title, is actually a children's toy that allows kids to mix and match different kind of eyes, nose, and lip to create different kind of faces. In her song, Mrs. Potato Head is a symbolism of the woman who made an appearance as the main character in the music video. She is a young woman who was suggested to get a facelift by her husband in order to look pretty and young. Melanie is comparing how the toy, Mrs. Potato Head, gets her entire face ripped out to be more beautiful with the woman who is about to go through the plastic procedure.
Melanie uses similes to show the gruesome and painful process of plastic surgery. "They stick pins in you like a vegetable," shows how the …show more content…
"Even if her face don't stay together," is a symbolism of how plastic surgery will completely change other people's face, which is ultimately their identity, and sometimes, not all plastic surgery ends up pretty. It may fail and ruin people's faces as well, which is what happened to Mrs. Potato Head. Melanie is ultimately criticizing the harsh world people are living in where beauty is everything by repeating the lyrics, "Oh Mrs. Potato Head tell me," along with these three questions, "Is it true that pain is beauty?", "Does a new face come with a warranty?", and "Will a pretty face make it