Essays on Marilyn Monroe

A lot of people die and after a couple of years, they stop being a part of the lives of the living, no longer coming up in conversations and the evidence of their existence eroded with each passing day. That hasn’t been the case of…

‘My friend Marilyn’ is a story with a unique heroine named, Penny Parker. Penny is a plus-sized girl (the book says), who is feisty and quirky and doesn’t recognize that these things make her incredibly attractive. She is insecure about her looks, but she often…

Introduction Art can be seen as a way of communication. Art influences society in an abundance of ways such as introducing values and even shifting opinions. Art can also be a way to showcase one’s beliefs or critiques on society. For instance, Andy Warhol’s screen…

Before people like Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, there have been other pop culture icons among whom you will find Marilyn Monroe. Thanks to her beauty and elegance, she attracted some of the most sought after men in Hollywood and her love life was something that…

“All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.” As an icon of beauty, Marilyn Monroe claimed this to be a motto in her daily life where all she desired was to feel pretty. She spent her life promoting the importance…

Norma Jeane Mortenson, who became known as Marilyn Monroe, rose to fame during times of personal hardship, yet showcased the progression into socially desired femininity of the 1950s. Idolized for her attributes of representation of womanhood and her outlook on sex and body image, Monroe…

Norma Jeane Mortenson, who became known as Marilyn Monroe, rose to fame during times of personal hardship, yet showcased the progression into socially desired femininity of the 1950s. Idolized for her attributes of femininity and her outlook on sex and body image, Monroe will always…

The Free Market is a Girl’s Best Friend When watching Marilyn Monroe perform a spectacle of a song such as “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes you get the distinct impression that there is a hammer hitting a nail repeatedly somewhere,…

To Be or Not to Be Monroe Monroe, a praised and celebrated idol, is rarely remembered for her admittance to the Payne Whitney Clinic for being suicidal. In The Secret Life of Monroe Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli exposes the pinup girl’s staycation at the New…