Marilyn Manson

Every second. Every minute. Every hour. Every day. History is creating, sometimes recreating, itself. In today’s world it is common for most people to learn about history in a classroom, through a textbook and teacher. It seems silly or irrelevant to learn of the past in any other way than what we were prior taught in grade school and high school; However, there are other available sources to learn about history. One way that may not seem very familiar is through songs. Over the years many…

A poster from the early 1950’s titled The Sex Impulse and Achievement reads, “The sex instinct in a boy or man makes him want to act, dare, possess, strive…when controlled it gives ENERGY, ENDURANCE, FITNESS.” The poster features the image of track stars jumping over hurdles which is the perfect allusion to represent American society’s view of sex in the 1950’s and prior. Sex was seen as something necessary but dirty and taboo; sex was something you kept behind closed doors. The unclean aspect…

Marie-Juliette Olga Boulanger, better known as Lili Boulanger, was sister to Nadia Boulanger who is regard as one of the most influential pedagogues of the 20th century. Though Lili Boulanger's impact on the musical world maybe not have been as numerous as her sister's, it was not due to lack of talent but time: most of her life she lived with poor health and died at the age of 25 in 1918. In the short time she was alive, she became the first woman to receive the coveted Prix de Rome in 1913 for…

Billy Wilder is an American film maker who has produced more than 30 films in his lifetime. Three films in particular though have caught critic’s eyes everywhere. Double Indemnity, made in 1944, The Seven Year Itch, made in 1955, and Some like it hot, made in 1959. Billy Wilder’s style in his films could be described as comic in most of his films but some of them like Double Indemnity could be described as dark as it is a film noir. Over the decades Billy Wilder’s films do improves in style. In…

You may not believe it, but a famous movie actress invented the idea of wifi! This was the actress Hedy Lamar. She was voted most desirable women by soldiers in the 1940s. She didn't want to be known for her looks, she wanted to be know for her brains also. So, Hedy Lamar invented frequency hopping. Frequency hopping is a secret communication used to guide torpedoes. She showed it to the Navy, but they told her it wouldn't work. She then watched in silence as other inventors took her invention…

Marilyn Monroe is one of the United States biggest sexual icons, even long after her death. Behind the beauty lies an extremely complex individual. Monroe lived a lavish lifestyle, one that most spend hours dreaming of. Regardless of her riches, on August 5, 1962 Monroe was found in her bed dead. The cause of death as determined by Los Angeles police and coroner was suicide. Monroe used antidepressants in her suicide (History.com, 2009). Throughout this assignment we will be taking an in-depth…

Norma Jeane Mortenson was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Also known as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn had a very rough childhood which started with her never knowing who her father was. She spent most of her childhood in foster homes because her mother was mentally ill and unsuitable to take care of a child after she tried to smother Marilyn with a pillow at the age of 2. In 1937 a close family friend and her husband decided t o take care of her for a few years. This very religious…

the subject of a lesser known portion of a historical figure’s life. I chose to do my research on Marilyn Monroe who is known to the public as a sex symbol. I wished to write my paper about her and her involvement in the civil rights movement which seemed to be left out of any available scholarly research. This being said, I changed my subject to her childhood, which was stated in the film Love, Marilyn to be a hugely misunderstood portion of her life. Through my research, I found that Monroe’s…

Needless to say, Marilyn Monroe was one of the most glamorous women in the world. I have watched many films that she acted. She was so beautiful with the telling eyes, the attractive lips, and the perfect body. I am eager to know whether or not she was as beautiful in real life as she was in films. Marilyn Monroe was one of the most famous actresses in the twentieth century. Not only known for the beauty, she is also known for her acting skills. She acted naturally, and professionally. If I met…

n the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, it focuses on how self image takes a part when others try to restore the struggle between hallucinations and the present. The protagonist, Willy Loman is introduced to the readers as an ambitious salesman who is not successful. Willy fails to understand his reality so he creates a fantasy world to disguise the fact that his life is a failure. The play revolves around the last days of his life when the real world destroys his dreams he had for…