Today I will talk about how Jay Gatsby and Hamlet are alike? I will also show you how they are different from each other. Both of them are tragic heroes in a way‚ but their tragic flaws are different. Jay Gatsby’s tragic flaw is that he is trying to make his dream turn into reality. Hamlets tragic flaw is that he has an inability to balance reason and passion. Hamlet said “O‚ what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here‚ But in a fiction‚ in a dream of passion‚
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JAY GATSBY. THE FAILUTE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM Jay Gatsby‚ the main character of the novel‚ is a self-made successful man who tries to prove that one can achieve wealth through determination and hard work. He spends all his energy and time to capture the American dream. Coming from a poor and unsuccessful family‚ and being the son of “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”(p. 63)‚ Gatsby overcomes his origin and social barriers and tries to make the best of his personality‚ working hard on his
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correlative is when an object holds a specific significance and symbolizes the basis of a literary work. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby risks everything on his dreams‚ but he fails to realize that his dreams are unbecoming of him. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to convey the corruption and greed that consumes and annihilates followers of the American dream during the “roaring twenties.” Gatsby symbolizes the epitome of the American dream he has acquired newfound wealth and gained prolonged happiness. He has
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writers. A great example writer is F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how he manifested his love for his wife Zelda. The characters and stories in The Great Gatsby are very well related to F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ his life‚ and the people he knew and loved. F. Scott Fitzgerald relates himself to both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. He uses Carraway as an outside perspective on his life through Gatsby. Like Nick‚ Fitzgerald is a thoughtful young man from Minnesota‚
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Gatsby and Loman My own life’s dream is to have a career in which I can surround myself in music. I will not let anything stand between my dream and I; however‚ I will never allow my dream to come between myself and my loved ones‚ or my reality. Many have already fallen victim to the pursuit of the American Dream – a fantastic projection of life that varies based upon its dreamer. However‚ the road to the American Dream‚ if followed blindly‚ can lead to nothing more than a dead end. In The Great
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Gatsby’s American Dream In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby‚ lives out the American Dream by cheating‚ lying‚ and using his personal belongings to flaunt as trophies. Gatsby’s main goal is to have Daisy in his life and shows his financial worth in order to achieve this. The American Dream is thought to be freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity. Jay Gatsby takes these ideals and modifies them to how he wants to live them. Gatsby is extremely flashy in his lifestyle just so people believe that he was born
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Gatsby’s infatuation with Daisy and how his love for her becomes obsessive. Fitzgerald presents Gatsby’s infatuation and obsessive love with Daisy in a clear and upfront way‚ as if he isn’t trying to hide it. Daisy‚ who is partially based on Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda‚ is a beautiful young woman from Louisville‚ Kentucky. She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love. She was extremely popular among the military officers stationed near her home‚ including Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald shows Gatsby’s
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Daisy Buchanan is Nick Carraway’s cousin‚ as a beautiful young women‚ she was loved by Gatsby and many others before the war in Louisville; they both fell in love with each and promised that they will get married once he returned only because Gatsby lied about his background about being in a wealthy family. Daisy couldn’t wait much longer because of how much she wanted to be loved by someone‚ she decided to marry a wealthy‚ young man‚ Tom Buchanan‚ once he asked her to marry to him. Daisy now lives
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this world‚ a beautiful little fool”‚ Daisy says in the book The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzerald (20). In her mind‚ to be foolish is the best way to survive in the 1920’s in America‚ an era when women are not treated as fairly as men. Based on Nick’s narration‚ Daisy is an extraordinarily charming‚ desirable‚ but careless and selfish character who is married to a wealthy and‚ powerful‚ young man named Tom Buchanan. Daisy breaks the promise with Gatsby‚ as a smart and subtle woman‚ who only
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Daisy Buchanan is Nicks cousin and is introduced to the story when Nick goes to her house for a visit. The house is a huge Georgian Colonial mansion situated in East Egg‚ overlooking the bay. She lives there with her husband‚ Tom‚ and her 3 month old daughter. It is clear from everything about them that they extremly rich and well off‚ but their money has made them arrogant. They feel that they‚ espically Tom‚ are better and more suprior than eveyone else and look down on and condesend to anyone
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