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    was not that Daisy betrayed him‚ but that he could not let go of the past. To what extent do you agree?’ Whilst Daisy was the spark that led to Gatsby’s many tragedies‚ it was Gatsby himself that added fuel to it until it got out of control‚ ultimately ending in the ’real tragedy’‚ his death. The series of unfortunate events that led to his ’real tragedy’ was due to his past with Daisy that hurt him both mentally and physically‚ causing him to become corrupted and infatuated with Daisy‚ his willingness

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    sexual desire establish the core of lust‚ one of the seven deadly sins. Consuming in its very essence‚ it rots away at anything that was once considered pure or moral. Dashiell Hammett ’s "Red Harvest" and Bram Stoker ’s "Dracula" are stories that effectively demonstrate the disastrous and catastrophic effects on society by the unbridled greed‚ ambition and lust of its inhabitants. Most importantly‚ both the characters of Dracula and Dinah Brand use sexuality and lust as a launching pad for their blind

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    At this point‚ many might disagree that Daisy was victimized or dehumanized at all and that she destroyed Gatsby and only married Tom for his money‚ but readers need to realize that Daisy’s pain is concealed inside because of the image she is forced to have for Nick‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom which makes Daisy a victim in the way the men describe her‚ idealize her‚ or exploit her and betray her‚ all while not allowing her a chance to express her true self is in fact a form of dehumanization‚ in the most violent

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    girl named Daisy who he cheats on with Myrtle. In this story he is the antagonist to Gatsby by keeping him from getting Daisy. He is known to be unfaithful‚ prideful‚ and a hypocrite. He does this by going behinds his wife’s back to be with another girl. He is prideful because he will do anything from tarnishing what people are thinking of him. He is a hypocrite because he gets angry with Daisy for doing stuff with Gatsby‚ but does worse behind her back. "And what’s more‚ I love Daisy too. Once

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    with the central idea that wealth corrupts. Daisy Buchanan is the first character in the novel that has evidently been corrupted by wealth. Daisy‚ born and raised into an enormously wealthy family‚ never had to work for anything in life; anything she wanted was immediately given to her. Later in life she married Tom Buchanan --also extravagantly wealthy -- who "gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars" (76). This life of wealth inevitably led to a life of

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