death of Marily Monroe
The Death of Marilyn Monroe Choose a poem, which forces you to face up to an unpleasant truth. ... Edwin Morgan brings this theme into focus in the poem ‘The Death of Marilyn Monroe’. He looks at how such a beautiful and worldwide icons such as Marilyn Monroe felt that to get rid of all the pressure that is associated with fame, she needed to commit suicide, which is the unpleasant truth, we the reader have to face while reading this poem. ... Marilyn Monroe was the biggest film star in the late 50’s. ... Even today people still admire her, 42 years after her death, as she has her image on bags and calendars. Monroe, wasn’t your average sex symbol, she wasn’t sleazy as she had this child like innocence that so many people admired her for, including women. Edwin Morgan conveys this idea of Monroe being a sex symbol, yet, also being child like, by using a series of rhetorical questions. ... ” If you didn’t know anything about Monroe, you may find this opening line a little strange. ... This mad Marilyn Monroe unique and special to her fans. Edwin Morgan also goes onto look at the death and asks who is responsible for it. ... When Morgan says “Whose guilt”, he wants the reader to think about who could be at fault for her death at such a young age. ... “Crumpled orphan, nembutal bed” Morgan describes Monroe as being like an ‘orphan’. ... Monroe never had anyone to look after her and to care for her since she was a little girl. ... This was the case for Monroe, as she had no privacy, she was under pressure to be something that she wasn’t.