“ I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful” Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1‚ 1926. Her mother’s name was Gladys Baker Mortensen. Baker being the name of her other two children and Mortensen the name of her last husband who disappeared just months after their marriage in 1924. Although Edward Mortensen was Gladys’ husband at the time of Norma’s birth‚ he was not her father. No one knows for sure who her father was‚ but it was believed that it was Gladys’
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these images has made Hollywood the dominant force it is today. A re-emerging image in Hollywood is that of the sex symbol‚ represented by Marilyn Monroe in the 1950’s. Monroe is Hollywood’s classic sex symbol‚ where the cultural phenomena she creates‚ instigates her immortal and legendary status. The first ever issue of Playboy magazine features Marilyn Monroe as the “cover girl”. By decoding meaning from this magazine cover‚ the visual and written text becomes a communicator for both obvious and
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Drowning Girl‚ Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was an America Pop Artist. He was born on October 27th‚ 1923 and grew up in into an upper class family in Manhattan‚ New York. After graduating‚ Lichtenstein studied briefly at the Art Students League then enrolled at Ohio State University. He was forced to leave and during 1943 and 1946‚ he joined the army then returned to Ohio State and got a masters degree in teaching. After a few years in teaching‚ Lichtenstein was influenced by one of his students
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Roy Lichtenstein is the man behind pop art since the 1940’s. One of his many most famous art pieces is Drowning Girl which he created in 1963. The painting tells the story of a woman drowning and her comment in refusing to call on a “Brad” for help. She looks sadden with tears forming in her closed eyes and a hand faintly stretched out for some form of help. Art elements such as different colors lines‚ and shapes allow the viewers to receive the message Lichtenstein created in the image. The piece
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It is unfortunate that Marilyn Monroe had a tragic ending because she had survived a tough childhood to become very well-known actress. Marilyn’s mother was unstable and Marilyn wasn’t sure of who her father was. Marilyn‚ through her struggles‚ was very successful. She took the role of acting in many plays and modeled. Marilyn becoming famous brought her to be quite wealthy. Marilyn was born in Los Angeles by the name of Norma Jeane Mortenson. She didn’t know who her mom was until the age of
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Marilyn Monroe Today in my essay I’m going to talk about Marilyn Monroe. She was a very Famous American actress and model. She is most famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters. Marilyn Monroe has spread the word “wow” over the United States and Europe for over six decades. In my essay I will cover her Childhood‚ How she was without the lights around‚ and her achievements. Childhood Marilyn Monroe had a difficult childhood. As http://marilynmonroe.com/ says she was born as Norma Jean
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While for many‚ Marilyn Monroe was and still might possibly be one of the most enduring sex symbols of all time‚ behind her perfect curves and seductive personality‚ lay a dark and troubled woman ridiculed by her own mental state. What is clear however‚ is that Monroe suffered from severe mental distress which was later diagnosed in her rise to fame and was identified as a borderline personality disorder‚ severe anxiety‚ and depression. Possible causations of her complex mental state during that
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Brandie Perkins November 2‚ 2012 French-Hart Eng. 101 Rough Draft Marilyn Monroe Murdered She was the most celebrated woman in the world‚ a platinum-blonde bombshell who fought her way up from a troubled childhood to conquer not only Hollywood but the likes of baseball great Joe DiMaggio (her second husband) and playwright Arthur Miller (her third) as well. When her body was found in the bedroom of her Brentwood‚ Calif.‚ hacienda on Aug. 5‚ 1962‚ no one wanted to believe she had taken her
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Marilyn Monroe Mandi Powers PSY/300 October 17‚ 2011 Lori Cooper Marilyn Monroe There have been many arguments when it comes to psychological development when it is about the topic of nature versus nurture and the stages of development. The way a person develops depends on several different factors such as our upbringing along with our environment. To really understand a person one must take a deeper look into the family history. For this paper I have chosen to take a closer look into
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Marilyn Monroe speech: so the big question is…. How did Marilyn Monroe die? Was it suicide? Or was it murder? Before we go into those details we should get some background information: Her name was Marilyn Monroe but her original name was Norma Jeanne Mortenson and she was aged 36 when she died. Marilyn Monroe was an actress‚ model‚ singer and film producer: She was known as a screen Goddess…and a major sex symbol. She had depression and anxiety for most of her life especially in her final years
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