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In the Journal “The image,1962” the author Griselda Pollock goes on to talk about life after death. Pollock was interested in researching information about an American actress named Marilyn Monroe who died in 1962 at the age of 36. As the author researched more about Monroe she discovered an article titled “Marilyn in death”, what she was surprised to discover is that the article did not describe Monroe as the person she was or the life she had before the tragedy. Instead What she read about was how suicide percieved her to be as a person. According to the text the article discovered had a picture of Monroe’s dead corpse which shocked many readers. It was disturubing for a lot of people to see their beloved sex icon and talented actress in that state. Pollock sought out to dive deeper in her research and came to the conclusion that Marilyn Monroe’s fame did not come from when she was alive rather than after she passed away. Monroe was well loved and known but after she passed her work, lifestyle, and persona became an image people wanted to broadcast and used for their own personal gain.
My second source is from the journal “Margret Harrison,1994” Margret was also interested in Marilyn Monroe. She believed she was an ally to the femenist group. Margret Harrison devoted her life to making art inspired by the lovely Marilyn Monroe. She was not pleased by the photograph of Monroe at the Morgue. So she decided to recreate the photo in a painting making it more inspiring and bold, making you feel the type of person Marilyn was loved as. I was interested in these articles because both bring unique perspectives and they both correlate because they target the picture of Monroe at the Morgue but they each had their own way of expressing it.
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