Tragic Flaws In The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy. In ancient Greek literature, a tragedy involved the downfall of a noble character with a tragic flaw (called hamartia). The Great Gatsby records the downfall of two characters with at least some noble characteristics: Gatsby and American society. Their tragic flaws are naive idealism and corrupt behavior. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald's third novel. Previously, he had published This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and the Damned (1922).
Year of Publication
The Great Gatsby was published in New York in April 1925 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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The story takes place in the wealthy Long Island communities of West Egg and East Egg (both fictional), about twenty …show more content…
"I want to listen."
When Nick asks why she wants to eavesdrop, Jordan tells him that "Tom's got some woman in New York." Her name is Myrtle Wilson, who lives in a shabby New York suburb near railroad tracks. Apparently it is she who called Tom. Shortly after Tom and Daisy return to the table, the phone rings again and Tom answers it.
Meanwhile, Daisy, who speaks in a "low, thrilling voice," tells Nick that since she last saw him she has become "cynical about everything." When Nick asks about her three-year-old child, Daisy talks about the day the baby was born, when "Tom was God knows where." When she found out it was a girl, she says, this was thought that crossed her mind: "I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." Daisy is primarily a supervisor or guardian in her child's upbringing, for her servants tend to the routine but important tasks of daily child care.
After Nick returns home and parks his car, he sees Gatsby standing in his yard gazing out over the water at a distant green …show more content…
After the visit, Nick has lunch in New York with Gatsby, and Gatsby introduces him to Meyer Wolfsheim, a shadowy character who may have mob connections. Gatsby gets up to make a phone call, and Nick and Wolfsheim talk at length--about Gatsby and about trivialities, including Wolfsheim's cuff links, which he says are human molars. After Wolfsheim leaves, Gatsby tells Nick that Wolfsheim is a gambler and is the man who fixed the 1919 World Series. He didn't get caught, Gatsby says, because "He's a smart
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The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy. In ancient Greek literature, a tragedy involved the downfall of a noble character with a tragic flaw (called hamartia). The Great Gatsby records the downfall of two characters with at least some noble characteristics: Gatsby and American society. Their tragic flaws are naive idealism and corrupt behavior. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald's third novel. Previously, he had published This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and the Damned (1922).
Year of Publication
The Great Gatsby was published in New York in April 1925 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Setting
.
Place
The story takes place in the wealthy Long Island communities of West Egg and East Egg (both fictional), about twenty …show more content…
"I want to listen."
When Nick asks why she wants to eavesdrop, Jordan tells him that "Tom's got some woman in New York." Her name is Myrtle Wilson, who lives in a shabby New York suburb near railroad tracks. Apparently it is she who called Tom. Shortly after Tom and Daisy return to the table, the phone rings again and Tom answers it.
Meanwhile, Daisy, who speaks in a "low, thrilling voice," tells Nick that since she last saw him she has become "cynical about everything." When Nick asks about her three-year-old child, Daisy talks about the day the baby was born, when "Tom was God knows where." When she found out it was a girl, she says, this was thought that crossed her mind: "I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." Daisy is primarily a supervisor or guardian in her child's upbringing, for her servants tend to the routine but important tasks of daily child care.
After Nick returns home and parks his car, he sees Gatsby standing in his yard gazing out over the water at a distant green …show more content…
After the visit, Nick has lunch in New York with Gatsby, and Gatsby introduces him to Meyer Wolfsheim, a shadowy character who may have mob connections. Gatsby gets up to make a phone call, and Nick and Wolfsheim talk at length--about Gatsby and about trivialities, including Wolfsheim's cuff links, which he says are human molars. After Wolfsheim leaves, Gatsby tells Nick that Wolfsheim is a gambler and is the man who fixed the 1919 World Series. He didn't get caught, Gatsby says, because "He's a smart