James Monroe

Behind the Curtain Throughout the play Death of a Salesman, Linda was always passive because she was ignorant to everything that led to the death of her husband. Throughout the play, written by Arthur Miller, Linda ignores the warning signs that would have prevented the death of Willy Loman. The play, Death of a Salesman, takes place in the late 1940s, in New York City. Most people were financially sound, but the Loman family was not. This added stress to the already crumpling relationship…

The Death of a Salesman is a play by Arthur Miller following the life of a man named Willy, who is seemingly living the American dream. Later in the play it is revealed that he is only moderately successful with his wife, and that he is having an affair. Willy also has many struggles with his children. At the end of the play, Willy kills himself due to his failures in life. This ending marks the play as a tragedy, despite the fact that the main character was not successful or well liked. The…

Cameron Michelle Diaz was born in San Diego, but, expressing an adventurous and determined personality from the earliest years of life, she left her home at 16 to act as a model in several international agencies. Working, he spent only five years in Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Australia and France. It was precisely in one of these trips that he met the director Carlo de La Torre, who opened the doors of the then model for cinema. At age 21, he auditioned for the film "The Mask," which starred actor…

Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed explains the true life of Marilyn Monroe, giving the exclusive stories on what happened behind closed doors during her lifetime and why she lived the life she did. Marilyn Monroe, originally born Norma Jeane Mortenson did not live the traditional life like any other child. Her impact in history was brought up through the movie industry because she revolutionized the female image by being more revealing, therefore making her a “sex icon.” This book was…

The United States long before its independence operated under a slave ran economy. The slaves were imported from Africa and brought to the southern part of the country to work as animals in crops for food and profit. The establishment of such society institutionalized the subservient economic practices as seen by the Three-Fifths Compromise. Similarly, Native Americans also suffered institutionalized racism because of the expansion of the United States. The nation aspired to build railroads , in…

on the sensational hemisphere of being a woman in New York back then. I got home that day and tried to be a girl. I lit my favorite jasmine candle, climbed into my oversized stolen Men’s hoodie, and knee high socks, and I leisurely wrote about the Monroe I aspired to be, the Moss I so deeply wished to associate myself with, and then some in order to create the substance of who I wanted Sophia to…

Andy Warhol, an American artist who painted post-World War II, once said, “Everybody has their own America, and then they have the pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can 't see” (“Sunbeams: Issue 447”). The American Dream incorporates this sense of imagination and hope: it creates motivation to fully commit one’s time and effort in order to accomplish his or her ambitions. Warhol, however, warns people that aspirations requiring hard work can evolve into…

I chose the Ted Talk, “My year of saying yes to everything”, by Shonda Rhimes. You may recognized the name Shonda Rhimes from many popular TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder. All these shows are produced her own production company, Shondaland. She produces and/or screen writes over 70 hours of television per season. Rhimes was born on January 13, 1970 (age 47) and lives with three of her daughters, two of which were adopted. This Ted Talk was recorded in…

Padmini was a visual treat and a connosseur’s delight on the silver screen, a damsel who was admired and acclaimed not only for her classic beauty but also for her memorable histronics. She was hailed as the queen of south indian cinema in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Born in Travencore, Kerala, on 12th June 1932, she was the middle sister. Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini became popular dancers in different genres like Kathakali, Bharatnatyam and folk dance and came to be called the Travencore Sisters.…

The Mysterious Death of Marilyn Monroe Fifty-five years have passed and one of the most iconic and well known women in history, Marilyn Monroe, has a death that is one of the US’s biggest mysteries. Monroe is known for her acting and modeling in the US. She has caught the attention of every man, woman, and child all over the world. Marilyn is one of the biggest faces of her industry and is considered as one of the most iconic women of all time. However her glamorous life has many dark…