A Notorious Meltdown
Celebrities are the cream of the world's crop, they are the beauties of mankind with talents like no other. In the adolescent group, childrens' hearts beat to the tunes of "Hanna Montana." Fashion statements, perspectives, and behaviors are reflected off of celebrities by everyday people.
What happens when these "role models" of life fail and loose the admiration in themselves?
After all..."No one's perfect."
Lets take the infamous Marilyn Monroe into consideration. For those who don't know, Monroe was an actress and the perfect icon for a "blond bombshell." Being one of the richest celebrities of her time, it would be expected that she had led a happy life. On the day of her death, she was found laying with a bottle of sleeping pills beside her. It was proved she had an overdose, and that it may have been an act of suicide. Prior to the incident Marilyn was said to suffer from depression and known for mixing alcohol with drugs. She was attentively watched by a psychoanalyst as well. She was also diagnosed for being bipolar, an illness of the mood. Tracing back through her childhood, one may find occurrences that may have ignited her end. Her mother had suffered from schizophrenia and had abandoned her at a young age. Marilyn was in and out of foster homes and worked long, hard hours in order to sustain. The question of how and why her death had happened in such a gruesome way leads one to ask the question on whether or not it was nature or nurture that triggered this woman. Could her mother's illness be a part of a long bloodline of mental haywire? Or is it her hard life of no parents and the spotlight of fame and riches that had pushed her to become a drug addict?
posted by Zeenat M. @ 8:42 AM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
Great Job Zeenat. Your blog was very detailed and informative.
I think that her breakdown had to do with the fact that mental disorders ran through the family and the circumstances which she was put in. She might have always been biologically predisposed to have mental disorders, but the events in her lifetime were the catalysts for her breakdown.
I agree with the others. You did a great job in elaborating and putting all the important details in your blog. Good job!
Zeenat, i had no idea that Maralyn Monroe had so many problems. This post made me want to research bipolar disorder to see whether it runs in the family or whether there are environmental causes.
Good job. I always knew Marilyn Monroe had problems but you did a very good in depth analysis of it.
Interesting read. From reading your article, I learned a lot about Marilyn Monroe that I never knew before. Great job!
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