public vs private conflict
The conflict between public and private interest is evident in "The Great Gatsby" and in
"The Crucible" via public corruption through characters, themes of corruption and a contract of particulars characters. In both pieces, a clash between public and private interests directly affect the plots and relationships in the works. Characters fates are crucially altered due to public and private conflicts relating to the interests of society and individuals. Public corruption, the themes of private and public betrayal and the contrast of characters in "The Great Gatsby" and "The
Crucible" directly display how public and private interests conflict.
Both Myer Wolfshiem from "The Great Gatsby" and John Proctor from "The Crucible" corrupt the public via negative influences resulted by their actions. Although, Proctor is the protagonist, his fatal flaw (the affair with Abigal) influences the public's view of him, his family and those being accused of witchcraft. Proctors internal conflict of maintaining his pride and name
"because [he] cannot have another [name] in [his] life" (Miller, pg 143) causes external conflicts involving the majority of the town. Like Proctor, Myer Wolfsheim corrupts the public via private acts like gambling. Wolfsheim is a master of “[playing] with the faith of 50 million people with the single mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.” His self centered actions of fixing the 1919 world series destroyed “the faith of 50 million” American people. (Fitzgerald pg 73) Both characters corrupt the public via their wrongful actions which result in negative consequences for all of society. The theme of dishonesty directly influences relationships in both novels in negative ways.
Tom from “The Great Gatsby“ is a prime example of this dishonesty unknown to the private life but “the fact that he had” a mistress “was insistent upon whenever he was known.”(Fitzgerald pg
24) Tom’s affair is known to all of West and East Egg and even to his wife
"The Crucible" via public corruption through characters, themes of corruption and a contract of particulars characters. In both pieces, a clash between public and private interests directly affect the plots and relationships in the works. Characters fates are crucially altered due to public and private conflicts relating to the interests of society and individuals. Public corruption, the themes of private and public betrayal and the contrast of characters in "The Great Gatsby" and "The
Crucible" directly display how public and private interests conflict.
Both Myer Wolfshiem from "The Great Gatsby" and John Proctor from "The Crucible" corrupt the public via negative influences resulted by their actions. Although, Proctor is the protagonist, his fatal flaw (the affair with Abigal) influences the public's view of him, his family and those being accused of witchcraft. Proctors internal conflict of maintaining his pride and name
"because [he] cannot have another [name] in [his] life" (Miller, pg 143) causes external conflicts involving the majority of the town. Like Proctor, Myer Wolfsheim corrupts the public via private acts like gambling. Wolfsheim is a master of “[playing] with the faith of 50 million people with the single mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.” His self centered actions of fixing the 1919 world series destroyed “the faith of 50 million” American people. (Fitzgerald pg 73) Both characters corrupt the public via their wrongful actions which result in negative consequences for all of society. The theme of dishonesty directly influences relationships in both novels in negative ways.
Tom from “The Great Gatsby“ is a prime example of this dishonesty unknown to the private life but “the fact that he had” a mistress “was insistent upon whenever he was known.”(Fitzgerald pg
24) Tom’s affair is known to all of West and East Egg and even to his wife