Essays on Marilyn Monroe
As Richard Dyer has observed in Stars, films play a fundamental role in the construction of a star’s image. Such films, fashioned by the studios to associate stars with certain characters or genres, would be identified as ‘star vehicles’ (1998, 61-62). Taking Dyer’s argument as a starting point, discuss the screen persona of one Hollywood...
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home on the 5th of August 1962. Marilyn was best known as the sex symbol, blonde bombshell of the Hollywood movies, such as “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “How to marry a Millionaire”. Plagued by mental health issues and her history of drug abuse, it was easy for investigators...
America’s most controversial women of the ’50s and 60’s decade and the first ‘It girl’ – Norma Jean Mortenson (Baker), whom the whole world knows as Marilyn Monroe had a very alluring smile from the beginning especially when she turned a teenager. Her smile captivated the hearts of many until now, the more I write...
“Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she’ll conquer the world.” Marilyn Monroe had grown up in a very rough background, spending most of her younger years in foster homes and orphanages after her own mother couldn’t take proper care of her. Due to this she ended up back in foster care and...
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring” (Monroe) Monroe’s life was anything but absolutely boring. She was beautiful, and she was considered one of the prettiest of her time. Between her hollywood high life, and her movies that grossed over two-hundred million dollars she was certainly...
