Just an Ordinary Goddess Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood created the image of Marilyn Monroe as a stereotypical sex bomb and dumb blonde, which captivated the eyes and hearts of many men. Sharon Olds breaks down Monroe’s “goddess” label and identifies Marilyn Monroe with qualities that everyday people actually have. These qualities are shown through Olds’s use of certain words throughout the poem, which are trying to identify Marilyn Monroe as a normal person. This description of Monroe is in a way that no one could ever imagine. It goes against the Hollywood glamour stereotype with the way Olds describes the situation, “The ambulance men touched her cold body, lifted it, heavy as iron, onto the stretcher and carried her, as if it were she, down the steps” (Olds 418). The choice of words is very significant to the rest of the poem because it penetrates past the stereotype of beauty and charm normally associated with Marilyn Monroe, which leaves you vulnerable to a new look Sharon Olds wants to intr
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Approximate Word count = 667
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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