Marilyn Monroe

2. Jeane russell was paid around 10 times as much as marilyn when they co-starred in prefer blondes. But on august 1, four days before her death,she was rehired by fox on a $1million, two-picture deal. She was playboy’s first sweetheart (later playmate) of the month, in 1953. Marilyn had been paid $50 to model for the picture in 1949; hugh hefner…

Marilyn Monroe’s life was ruined by her drug addiction, depression and anxiety caused by past lovers and media attention. Most of her life she abused drugs. Broken relationships and an unhealthy childhood probably led to her drug abuse. Monroe depending on drugs, having many overdoses, and her life becoming more public were symtoms of how drugs changed her life. Was her death suicide? Was her death murder? To this day, Monroe 's death is still unknown, but what we do know that her death was an…

speaker in the poem is the well-known film actress, Marlene Dietrich, who is commenting on the night she meant Marilyn Monroe. Hittinger adds this piece of information to set the scene and give the reader the background knowledge they would need to understand the conflict in the poem. Marlene Dietrich was a popular German film actress in Berlin and Hollywood during the 20s and 30s. When Marilyn and Marlene met in 1955, Marlene was already older and not the young beauty she was at the beginning…

Jeane Mortenson was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Marilyn Monroe was labeled a “sex symbol” but she was actually a unique woman. She is important because although she was labeled she never tried to change her appearance. She had a very intricate life. Marilyn wrote a book about herself, My Story. She died on August 5, 1962 and was found in her floor holding a wine bottle, she had overdosed on Barbiturate overdose. Marilyn was born to an unstable mother and an absent father. As…

Authorial Intent Essay: Arthur Miller As a man thrusts himself across the world he must figure out his inspiration for the work he has dedicated his life to. When looking at Arthur Miller's theatre writes, he uses visualizes real world events and human tragedies in his work. When looking back at Arthur Miller's early work “The Death of a Salesman”, the story hinges on a man who is betrayed by his own moral values, and the repercussions of society. In a famous quote, Arthur mentions…

Marilyn Monroe struts into the room, her classic white dress swaying in the breeze, her fill-the-room grin brightens the scene and you think to yourself, “gee, I wish I could be as famous as her.” Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Abigail Adams, Marilyn Monroe, Rosa Parks, Beyonce are a few names that come to mind when we think of “famous women in history.” In a high school assembly I learned that there are a few kinds of people in the world: those who make the news, those who report the news, and those…

Growing up Marilyn Monroe was either in and out of several orphanages or passed around from family members and family friends because her mother had a mental instability that was majorly dangerous and risky to be around. Unfortunately Marilyn never had a strong mother or father figure in her life sometimes she used it as an excuse to do things that were highly frowned upon. She dropped out of school at the age of 16 to marry James Dougherty. She had a hard and lonely childhood but she rose above…

overseas. Photographed for a poster for women during the war effort, she got the name “our postwar sex symbol”. The first cover of Playboy, Marilyn Monroe still stands as the world’s greatest sex symbol in her time, and even though she did not have…

in contact with her agent, who then in turn arranged a blind date. Marilyn at this point was only a model, and undiscovered actress, but she knew going on a date with an American Allstar would give her good publicity. A few dates and meetings later Joe proposed to Marilyn on Christmas. She said yes, of course, and they were married for a few months before Monroe returned to the studio. Dimaggio became convinced that Marilyn was seeing other men, and became suspicious of her every action.…

The images of Marilyn Monroe create a feeling of unity throughout the piece, however each image of the star appears to be slightly different and flawed. No two images found throughout the piece are exactly identical. Each image contains somewhat different levels of contrast, causing some of the pictures to look “fuzzy” and distorted. This results in Monroe, an American sex symbol and the epitome of beauty, to appear flawed, a perspective…