Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, also known as Madonna, has been one of the most aspiring female artists of the twentieth century. Often criticized for her extreme sexual behavior and arrogance, Madonna has been able to revolutionize the way women are viewed in our society. Before Madonna, women were quiet and not sexual at all, at least not in public. After Madonna, women have been able to do all the things men have. One of her earlier hits during her career, “Express Yourself,” Madonna sends out a message to all women, to simply express themselves and to make sure that their man does too. She advises women: “Don’t go for second best baby/ Put your love to the test you know you know you’ve got to/ Make him express how he feels and maybe then you’ll know your love is real.” (Express Yourself) Madonna wanted women to be in control and to stand up for what they believed in and not let anyone bring them down. Madonna also made women more sexual, she took her femininity to heights that no other female had ever done. Like Marilyn Monroe, Madonna had sex appeal, but unlike her, Madonna was always in complete control of herself and didn’t have a man to take orders from. She once married actor Sean Penn but their marriage didn’t last too long because of his aggressive nature. “The bruises they will fade away/ You hit so hard with the things you say/ I will not stay to watch your hate as it grows…” (Till Death Do Us Apart) This song was written after she divorced Sean and she expressed herself of how she felt about him and his aggressive ways. As Madonna’s career has matured, so has she, she is no longer the arrogant blonde from the early nineties, Madonna has now become more aware of her wrong doings during her younger days and confesses them in her new music. “Nothing Really Matters” is a song that speaks of her past and present and how she has grown up and changed. “When I was very young/ Nothing really mattered to me/ But making my self happy/ I was the only one/ Now that I am grown. Everything’s changed/ I’ll never be the same/ Because of you.” (Nothing Really Matters) Madonna truly has grown up and matured her conduct, she no longer does explicit things that may be offensive to people and respects others in the same form that she wishes to be respected.

On the evening of January 27, 1756 arrived what many musicians regard as “the greatest human gift” (Keys 13), Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Gottlieb, better known as Mozart. Mozart was a true icon of his time as well as the present time. Starting at a young age Mozart began composing music; Mozart made over forty written compositions throughout his lifetime. He revolutionized classical music, opera, and everything else that fell in between the two, singing, stage directions, composing, etc. His first appearance was at the age of nine where he and his

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