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Most might see her amazing looks and good acting as the biggest part of Marilyn Monroe, but as you look deeper you might see a very troubled girl who could kill herself by overdose. She had a lot of other stuff going on other than just looking good and acting pretty and dumb, she had some very bad troubles that could have eventually led to a tragic death for everyone. Marilyn Monroe was a very iconic and some could say important person to society that led a young difficult life, had a famed…

1957, Monroe starred in The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier, who also directed and produced the film. She often didn't show up for filming and her unpredictable behavior on set created a tense relationship with her co-stars, the crew and Olivier. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office hit in Britain, but not as popular in the United States. The bad production was the backdrop for the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams as Monroe. In 1959, Monroe…

twentieth century. Miller was an essayist and wrote creative American playwrights. Throughout his career he earned the Tony Awards for Best Play, Kennedy Center Honors, and several more. He is also famously known for his short marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Miller started as a young man with a dream and ended with a wonderful life, and several writings behind. Miller was born on October 17, 1915 in Harlem, New York to a family of immigrants. In the year of 1924 the Crash on Wall Street forced the…

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman depicts the Loman's and all the family clashes they confronted. It's likewise obvious on a greater scale that this play is a social analysis. It touches every one of the issues brought on by riches and accomplishment in our way of life. Demise of a Salesman is more powerful as an impression of society and the issues it faces than as a delineation of family clashes. First, the play demonstrated how Willy Loman's yearning to be fruitful controlled his life and…

Workaholics Die Young In “The Company Man”, written by Ellen Goodman, she explains how someone can think that trying so hard to become rich and successful can make them the person they always wanted to be. In reality it can destroy the brain and make that person become a workaholic with no identity after work. Being in the work state of mind can be stressful and making it constant can be the result of not having an actual life. She gives us a well descriptive person named Phil, who is a…

Have you heard about Olga Kotelko, who became a successful, and acclaimed, track-and-field athlete, nonagenarian, at the age of 93? If not, then you'll be pleasantly surprised at the story that we are about to tell you. In fact, Olga's story ties into the debate on whether or not exercising changes the way your brain works, regardless of your age. All About Olga Kotelko Olga holds quite a few world records, plus hundreds of gold medals from masters events, which is incredibly surprising at…

Willy Loman is a weak and selfish character in the play of Death of a Salesman. As Willy changes and grows throughout the novel his family and friends are affected as well. Willys family, consisting of his wife Linda and sons Biff and Happy, show a continuous cycle of denial and neglect. The character Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is not an example of a tragic hero. The salesman, Willy Loman, does not suffer more than he deserves. Willy deserves what is given to him. He did…

American playwright Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman follows the self-induced misery inflicted upon a tired, traveling salesman, Willy Loman. The play opens up on New Yorkers, Willy, his wife Linda, and their two adult sons, Biff and Happy, who are visiting under the pretense of Biff coming in from the west. Biff does not seem to get much praise from his move. In fact, immediately after he steps off of the train, his father asks him about his financial welfare out on the farm he works.…

Mary's murder is one of the most popular unsolved murder cases of all time. Why? Well because no one could ever figure out who did it. Three years before Mary’s death she disappeared, then later returned to work at a local cigar store, which is where she picked up the name “cigar girl”, there she was seen as very attractive by men that came in and out of her store, but no one thought anything of it at the time. A gang of thugs and Daniel Payne are two theories linked to the mysterious death of…

And so, each night Marilyn Monroe was left alone in her bedroom, the tone of a dead line resounding in her ears. Falling into a slouch, she’d glance down at the phone cradled in her porcelain fingers, then let out a soft sigh of disappointment, tenderly placing it onto the receiver. Maybe she’d try again tomorrow, but deep down she knew her attempts were hopelessly futile. Just as futile as trying to get up out of bed and face a new day. She didn’t want a new day. She wanted a new life. Towards…