Monroe County

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn was getting closer and closer to President Kennedy. There was certain occasions where she would meet up with Kennedy secretly while he was traveling the states. Marilyn and Kennedy had even spent a whole weekend together in Palm Springs, Florida. Marilyn had her own private line through the Justice Department where she could reach Kennedy. Gossip was already in the air from when Marilyn preformed for Kennedy on his birthday, so these rumors continued to rise the more time…

are just a few of the movies that the actress Marilyn Monroe is known for. However the life of the actress was cut short when she died at age 36 form a barbiturate overdose it was suspected that Marilyn took her own life, however she could have been just as easily taken out by the Kennedy family to prevent her from spilling all the dirty secrets that she knew about the family and because of her alleged affairs with John and Robert Kennedy. Monroe was taken out by the Kennedy family in order to…

Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Growing up as a child, life was difficult for her and her family. Not knowing who her father was, it was very crucial for her to have no father-figure growing up. Monroe’s mother, Gladys, also had psychiatric problems and eventually had to go to a mental institution. Monroe was then sent off to orphanages and passed off from foster home to foster home. But in 1937, a family friend and husband took…

wasn’t that easy for Norma Mortensen. Her childhood wasn’t the best. She eventually became an actress. She died of a barbiturates overdose. She had a very difficult childhood but she didn’t let that get in the way of her success. Marilyn Monroe was born June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Her mother was a film cutter at RKO studios who, widowed and mentally ill abandoned her to sequence of foster homes. She was almost suffocated to death at 2, nearly raped at the age of 6. At…

gotten to be a standout amongst the most considered and performed plays of American theater. Similarly in 1956, Miller wedded performing artist Marilyn Monroe. The two separated in 1961, one year before her demise. That year Monroe showed up in her last film, The Misfits, which is centered on a unique screenplay by Miller. Subsequent to separating Monroe, Miller marry Ingeborg Morath, to whom he stayed wedded until his demise in 2005. The couple had a son and a little…

The Monroe Doctrine promotes the idea that new countries should be allowed to develop without interference from stronger nations. Monroe Doctrine is a principle of the United States policy, that any operation by external powers in the politics of the Americas is basically hostile act against the United States. The person who developed the Monroe Doctrine was James Monroe, who became president in 1816. The reason why the Monroe Doctrine was developed because seeing the plight of Spain, Britain…

Marilyn Monroe. Americas hottest heartthrob of the 1950’s. A sex icon who was considered a bubbly blonde who personified sexy innocence. Marilyn, born Norma Jean Mortenton on June 1st, 1926, had a life of unexpectancy.She started her career as a pinup model at the age of 19. Who, by then, already been married for three years. Her reason to fame wasn't necessarily that she was a model, or an actress, or even a singer, but because of her tragic flaws. Marilyn's tragic flaw was a complete and utter…

Madonna’s rise of fame involved hardships and some help from her people. Madonna wasn’t just a singer she was also a songwriter, actor, and businesswomen. Madonna had raised six children, she even adopted children out of the six. Madonna’s music had a little pop, dance, and electric rock into it. On August 16, 1958 Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City Michigan, but raised in Detroit suburbs of Pontiac and Avon Township (wiki/Madonna_entertainer). Madonna was born into a…

Though out high school, we learned of what professors deemed the classics including Death of a Salesman. This play was written in the 1950s, by Arthur Miller, about a man, Willy Loman. He was a salesman and had been all his life, but his career was coming to an end. Willy was getting old and senile, he was no longer making money for his company. His wife Linda, is noticing he is going under and finds out he has plans to kill himself to allow his family to claim his life insurance. After losing…

Throughout countless American novels, the idea of the American Dream is a strongly prevalent theme. Most characters pursue the American Dream in order to free themselves from the demand of society, and to have power over themselves and others. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, takes place in the early 1940’s and follows the story of Willy Loman, an unsuccessful salesman in his mid 60’s. Willy has worked for the same sales firm for over 34 years and has not progressed in his career but rather…