Death and the Maiden Essay -- Ariel Dorfman

There is only one thing in the world worsened than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar WildeDeath and the Maiden discusses Princess Diana, her media, and her man from the point-of-view of Maureen Dowd. Was Diana the disburser of her own famous person? Is the media a market of vultures feeding off of Diana? Does the public actually have any remorse for the Princess? There is no serious or wrong answers for these questions because they are merely opinionated.Whether or not Diana was a victim of celebrity culture or the creator of her own transfer is debatable, and even though Dowd thinks the coverage of Dianas death was awful she snarl she brought on a lot of the other attention herself. She implies that Dianas celebrity led to her making careless, irrational decisions. Dowd states The Princess of Wales was the queen of surfaces, ruling over a kingdom where fame was the highest value and glamour was the most cherished attribute. Here she insinuates Diana is frivolous and did things on purpose for the fame, she then goes on to say she rode the...