"Tortured, Insecure, and Inner Confusion."

The New York Post argues that Marilyn Monroe was fighting with her inner confusion. They claim Monroe was scared she was going crazy and she was hopeless over her loneliness  The New York Post develops this claim by first examining “Le Nouvel Observateur,” a French weekly news. The French news surfaced pieces from Monroe’s private diary. The New York Post outlines Monroe’s deep journal entries. Monroe writes thoughts like “How would I like to be dead, absolutely non-existent,” and “Help. Help. Help. I feel like approaching when all that I want is to die.” Lastly, the author illustrates Monroe’s mental instability by stating “she smashed a chair against a window and threatened to cut her wrists.” The author’s purpose was to inform people about Monroe’s depression and longing for death in order to sway their opinion about her death case. This work is significant because it shows the side of Monroe that no one knew existed. 

"Copy Cat!"

Dr. S. Stack argues that suicide rates went up when Marilyn Monroe died. He claims that 303, or 12%, more suicides occurred during the month of Monroe’s death. The suicide rates also increased 2.51% during the media coverage. Stack develops this claim by first researching David Phillip’s work on a “copycat suicide.” Stack outlines a “copycat suicide by stating it is when people attempt the same suicide as someone else. Lastly, the author states when people heard of Monroe’s death they thought, with all Monroe’s fame and fortune, she cannot take on life, “Why should I?” Dr. S. Stack’s purpose was to inform readers about the suicide rate increase in order to show how Monroe’s death affected society. This work is significant because it helps me answer my questions, how did Marilyn Monroe’s death affect society?

"A Question of Murder."

J.I Backer, K.C Baker, and Elizabeth McNeil argue that Marilyn Monroe was murdered. They claim that the night Monroe died, she got a phone call from Joe DiMaggio Jr. DiMaggio stated she sounded like her usual self. Monroe’s housekeeper, Eunice Murray, saw light coming from underneath Monroe’s door around 12 a.m. Murray knocked on the door and called for Monroe but got no response. Murray called Monroe’s psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson, who took 30 minutes to get to the Los Angeles home. Greenson looked through Monroe’s window and saw naked on the bed. Greenson broke the window and found Monroe unresponsive. Bizarrely, the police were not contacted until 4:25 a.m. Backer first develops this claim by questioning the evidence. Murray said she saw light coming from underneath Monroe’s bedroom door, but the carpet in Monroe’s room comes up too high for light to come through. There was also a more than 4 hour timespan from when Greenson was called and when the police were contacted. Backer outlines more faults in the evidence by stating Monroe supposedly swallowed 50 pills, but there was not any pill residue in her stomach and there was not a glass of water in her room for her to swallow the pills. Lastly, the author states the samples from Monroe’s stomach and small intestines mystifyingly all the samples disappeared from the lab. Backer’s purpose was to inform the readers about all the errors in the evidence in order to persuade readers into believing Monroe was murdered. This work is significant because it give a lot of information on Monroe’s case.

Essential Questions.

Marilyn Monroe's death case is one of the most famous mysteries. There are a lot of theories on Marilyn Monroe's death, was it suicide or murder? If it has been 50 years since Monroe has died, why has her death not been solved? Should Marilyn Monroe's death be further investigated? What if detectives actually solved Marilyn Monroe's death case? Marilyn Monroe was a major icon, how did her death affect society?

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Works Cited

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Story Behind My Topic.

Marilyn Monroe died at the age of thirty-six in 1962. She lived a hard life. She lived most of her life in foster home, was sexually abused by one of her foster parents, and had a drug problem. Although she had a hard life, she had a very successful career.

Marilyn was an actress, model, and singer. Her career started in 1945 with many films and was later signed with 20^th Century Fox. In 1952, she began modeling because she was so beautiful. In her 25 year career she met many famous people.

The night before she died she sang “Happy Birthday” to the president; the next morning she was found dead. The autopsy report stated, after many tests, drugs were found in her system. The Cornor’s office recorded the reason of death as acute barbiturate poising, resulting in a probable suicide. There are many theories about the circumstances of her death, some suggesting murder. So, which one: suicide or murder?