The Epigraph In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby begins with an epigraph, this epigraph could be interpreted as a poetic device that foreshadows the plot of the novel.
“Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her...Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover..."
The poem is a piece of advice that urges the reader to attain wealth for him to gain his love interest’s affections, just like Gatsby attained wealth for him to win Daisy’s love. The concept of Gatsby donning a gold hat could be seen as Gatsby putting on his Oxford man persona and how he took on a performative role in order to him to seem as though he came from old money. Which was a performance that he put on to win over Daisy. Nick describes Gatsby as a “turbaned character”, “leaking sawdust from every
“Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her...Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover..."
The poem is a piece of advice that urges the reader to attain wealth for him to gain his love interest’s affections, just like Gatsby attained wealth for him to win Daisy’s love. The concept of Gatsby donning a gold hat could be seen as Gatsby putting on his Oxford man persona and how he took on a performative role in order to him to seem as though he came from old money. Which was a performance that he put on to win over Daisy. Nick describes Gatsby as a “turbaned character”, “leaking sawdust from every