Your name is very important. It’s how you identify yourself. It’s how other people identify you. Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight. Can you image someone famous with the name like that? He had to change it. Marilyn Monroe sounds so much more glamorous than Norma Jean Baker. So how do parents make one of the most important decision in the lives of their children – giving a name Some parents choose names because they are fashionable. Other parents do the opposite and call the children unusual
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Blood brother is a tragic tale about two twins who were parted at birth and as a result‚ led very different lives. The author‚ Willy Russell portrays the circumstances in which the twins were conceived‚ born and parted and also gives us an insight into how society has the influence of shaping individuals according to the classes they are in. We‚ the audience are made to sympathize with Mrs Johnston on many occasions varying from the beginning of the play‚ even before the twins are born to the
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This shows a lively‚ carefree exiting atmosphere that supports the views on the life of a teenager. She also uses two iconic pictures to describe her mother. One of which is of Marilyn Monroe‚ in the 1950s which is meant to portray glamour. This is expressed when it says ‘Your polka-dot dress blows round your legs. Marilyn’‚ describing the picture‚ and showing that Duffy thinks her mother was glamorous at the time‚ when she was younger. In the second stanza‚ Duffy tries to portray her mother’s beauty
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entertainment media have shaped American culture and its values by influencing people to act differently because of what they see on television or in movies. I believe that celebrities can have a large impact on how people say and do things. For example‚ Marilyn Monroe was a huge symbol in the past. She was someone who a lot of women admired and tried to be like. I believe that the social influences of the visual entertainment media are mostly positive because it is not always a bad thing to want to better
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product‚ the design of the bottle immediately grasps the consumer’s attention. This is mainly due in part by the bottle’s depiction of traditional themes that people can relate to. For example‚ the artist who created the image included The Beatles‚ Marilyn Monroe‚ Elvis Presley‚ The American Flag‚ The Rolling Stones‚ Baseball‚ and a Cadillac‚ which can all be characterized as “American Classics”. Altogether‚ they represent some of the values that which America was built upon and what people have learned
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nature of life and to eventual death”. The two artists referenced in this week’s reading include Rachel Ruysch‚ a specialist in flower paintings (example below) in the 17th century‚ and Audrey Flacks‚ a contemporary artist famous for her tribute to Marilyn Monroe (pictured below). The references to death‚ including insects crawling in fruit‚ wilted flowers‚ and empty shells‚ are clear in these two paintings. This is evidence that although artists began moving more
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children this make the audience think that they are young children even though the characters are played by adults they use a high pitch voice at a fast temp and big movements and gestures. They use adults so the audience can relate to the story. Marilyn Monroe is a very clever icon to use throughout the play. This is because using her as a reference sets us in the correct time period. She is also a good symbol‚ because she has links to many of the themes in the play including death‚ addiction and beauty
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born in Harlem‚ New York in 1915.He went to school at the University of Michigan before moving back east to produce plays for the stage. His first popular success was Death of a Salesman‚ which opened on Broadway in 1949. He was also married to Marilyn Monroe which was a rocky and colorful part to his social life. He was married three times and died in 2005‚ at the age of 89. Born on October 17‚ 1915‚ Arthur Miller was raised in a moderately well household until his family lost almost everything
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love and admiration between herself and her mother. For instance‚ this is conveyed when Duffy describes her mother’s polka dot dress as blowing around her legs‚ before referring to her as “Marilyn”. This immediately draws the audiences’s minds to the fifties‚ and the iconic image of the glamorous Marilyn Monroe with her polka dot dress blowing up. As well as helping the poem to get into the mood of this time period‚ comparing her mother to such a well-known and flamboyant figure shows the love and
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A beautiful woman is charming. A beautiful woman is charismatic. Charisma leads to acceptance. Acceptance leads to feeling loved. Feeling loved is all we could ever hope for. Two thousand years ago‚ a beautiful woman represented purity‚ while a century ago‚ a beautiful woman was aware of her cultural identity. Recently‚ a woman’s physical characteristics seem to determine her beauty. Society has not always had the same definition for what is considered “beautiful”. We have progressed as human
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