Beautiful Marilyn Monroe

Question 1

C-Marilyn Monroe

Answer 1

An actress
Raised in foster homes with a troubled childhood
A sex symbol
Death by suicide

Question 2

Structure of the stanzas

Answer 2

Stanzas get longer and regular.

Question 3

‘US whooped’ and ‘The whole world swooned’ Technique

Answer 3

Epiphora

Question 4

‘US whooped’ and ‘The whole world swooned’ Meaning

Answer 4

commodification has spread. Abused and exploited for whole world to see.

Question 5

‘Dumb beauty’ and ‘tough beauty’ Technique

Answer 5

contrast

Question 6

‘Dumb beauty’ and ‘tough beauty’ meaning

Answer 6

public’s expansion of the two in a certain light for their enjoyment.

Question 7

‘She breathed the script of her little voice’ Technique

Answer 7

Metaphor

Question 8

‘She breathed the script of her little voice’ Meaning

Answer 8

her words were only a script, her identity was a movie star rather than an ordinary person.

Question 9

‘Bankers thumb’ Technique

Answer 9

Economic imagery

Question 10

‘Bankers thumb’ Meaning

Answer 10

entire existence likened to money and new and false upbringing different from her humble upbringing.

Question 11

‘B’ and ‘P’ Technique

Answer 11

Harsh plosives

Question 12

‘B’ and ‘P’ Meaning

Answer 12

Cut through the narrative representing the brutality Monroe experienced.

Question 13

‘She couldn’t die when she died’ Meaning

Answer 13

Even after death she was abused, men never let her rest

Question 14

What’s the effect of the stanza’s getting longer?

Answer 14

reflecting as she advanced in her career the media begining to show more of her.

Question 15

What’s the effect of the regularity to the stanzas?

Answer 15

Regularity to stanzas show how her life was controlled by media.