Monroe County

The Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller and “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald share a common theme of the American Dream. The main character, Willy Loman from The Death of A Salesman, pretends to be well liked in order to impress his two sons, Happy and Biff. This is just like Jay Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby,” who also pretends to be well liked and makes it look like he is. Both Willy Loman and Jay Gatsby go from rags to riches in their own way to make something out of themselves. In…

jury concluded both Basinger and Mighty Wind entered into oral and written contracts and had breached them. The defendants and appellants are appealing against the $8 million ruling against them from the judgement of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in favor of Main Line Pictures. This is in response to the breach of contract by Main Line and Kim Basinger in the production of the movie “Boxing Helena.” The defendants and appellants are appealing because they disagree on the sufficiency…

James Monroe was a significant figure in many ways in the formation of the United States. As the fifth president, the last of the “Virginia Dynasty,” and the last founding father to serve as president, Monroe is definitely a significant historical figure. Monroe did many things for America, such as his major role in establishing the young United States, his foreign assignments, and his achievements as a president. The question still remains though, is James Monroe truly a significant American…

Jackson went through everything alone in his life mostly because his parents not being with him and his brothers dying.” Since both of his parents died when he was still quite young, he had little opportunity to learn about his heritage” (par 1, Genealogy). Andrew Jackson was the 17th president of the United States he was born in March 15, 1767 near Lancaster, southern Carolina.” The battles of the American Revolutionary War that raged in the Carolinas from 1778 to 1781 had a devastating effect…

Americans are characterized by many traits, some more often than others. In the excerpt from Fredrick Jackson Turner’s, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” Mr. Turner names several of them to name a few: individualism, tenacity, and inquisitiveness. In Steve Job’s, “Stanford University Commencement Address” he talks about how inquisitiveness helped him build his empire. Likewise in President John F. Kennedy’s 1962, “ Address at Rice University on the Space Effort” the…

This essay will look into the movies “The Seven Year Itch” and “Kill Bill” to elaborate on the impact that different American films can have on gender among other issues. The Seven Year Itch is an entertaining film where the protagonist is Marilyn Monroe known as “the girl” in the movie. She is a blonde bombshell, stunning and attractive. The film tells a story about a married man who faces a lot of temptation from the neighbor, “the girl” (Hayssen, 2016). The girl in this movie has no idea…

Name: Norma Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe) Date of Birth: Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of Gladys Pearl Baker and the identity of her father remains uncertain. Date of Death: On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her home in Los Angeles, California. The cause of her death was ruled as a drug overdose as an empty bottle of sleeping pills was located near her bed. She was 36 years old at the time…

The seductress/dark lady considered by Ramirez Berg as the female Latin lover was originally played by the beautiful Dolores Del Rio (Pg.76). Her discovery came about after Film director Edwin Carewe saw her dancing and offered her a role in one of his films. Del Rio was seen as one of the most beautiful women of her era. Del Rio was born Durango, Mexico and came from a Spanish-Basque heritage. Hollywood already at an early age had established what they felt was a universal representation of all…

What’s the world like the day after you leave it physically? Will your haters still hate on you? Will the ones who once didn’t have a nice word to say about you, praise you at your funeral? Will they care now that you are gone? Many scholars including film director Alfred Hitchcock argue that characters are more important dead than alive and I agree with this statement. It takes death for people to care about you even though it is much too late. Therefore this shows that gratitude is much…

black cloth. This is evidence that supports one of Meyer’s arguments that the artwork was censored due to Warhol idolatrizing and showing desire towards the wanted men. Another piece of evidence that supports this is the work being similar to Marilyn Monroe Twenty Times as both contain subject matter pertaining to the idea of fame. Or, in the case of Thirteen Most Wanted Men, infamy. Meyers then dives into another one of his main arguments about how Thirteen Most Wanted Men is about masculinity…