BEING A MISFIT
by Alan Ewing
"The Misfits" was the final Marilyn Monroe movie. The unfinished "Something's Got To Give" followed. In this concise blog the aim is to show how Arthur Miller wrote for her. The part of Roslyn being specifically written for her by him. It shows the power of her womanhood. being married to Marilyn would have been almost impossible for any man. She was married three times and all of the men were overshadowed. Putting aside the early marriage of convience to escape the boarding house, then we see Joe Dimaggio and Arthur Miller overshadowed. It is of great credit to these men that they never revealed intimate details of her.
The intention here is to look at the lines that Miller wrote for Marilyn: to see how he caught her nature.
"Maybe there really is, is just the next thing. The next thing that happens. Maybe you are not supposed to remember anyone's promises."
We find a woman in search of happiness. Untold promises have been made to her. The sadness of her soul is laid bare before us. The subject of life and death resounds throughout the script. And fulfilment within relationships. The sayings of Gay (Clarke Gable) about having to be brave enough to live exemplify this. Rosalyn (Marilyn) asks deep questions in returm:
"We're all dying aren't we. We're not teaching each other what we really know, are we?
Further to this characterisation, Rosalyn says a line that could have come straight out of Marilyn's "Fragments" collection. Better to be alone with oneself then to live unhappily with another. Miller knew his temporary wife, and the movie is one to be enjoyed for that reason. Marilyn was a misfit, and a lot of people relate to her in that.
"If I'm going to be alone, I want to be by myself."
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