the Great Gatsby‚ there exist two main female leads‚ Daisy and Myrtle. Daisy‚ much akin to Myrtle married a man whom she does not love; however‚ not all about these two are similar for they too have differences such as physical traits and social status which are slowly unveiled as the book progresses. It is said‚ “Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to.” Both Myrtle and Daisy are involved in an affair with another man; Daisy takes a liking towards Gatsby as Myrtle
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In “The Great Gatsby”‚ Fitzgerald illustrates how women‚ no matter what social status they are classified in‚ will still have to sacrifice and struggle to find a way to feed their desire for money. Daisy Buchanan‚ an upper class woman sacrifices her love for Jay Gatsby to keep her social standing and wealth. Jordan Baker‚ a wealthy woman gives up her own sexuality to gain fame and money which she thinks she deserves. And finally‚ Myrtle Wilson‚ a lower class housewife sells her own body for her desire
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of The Great Gatsby‚ everyone’s wrongs begin to come to light‚ but punishment varies. Gatsby‚ a character the novel attempts the reader to like‚ announces his love of Daisy and his intent to take her away from Tom. This leads to a series of events which include him being murdered by Wilson for killing his wife‚ while Daisy is actually responsible for that. Daisy‚ a character set up to be pitied by the reader‚ also plans to leave Tom for Gatsby‚ but she kills Myrtle and ends up getting Gatsby murdered
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George Wilson seems to find himself being held hostage by his awful past continuously throughout the novel. Firstly with his inability to let go of his wife Myrtle who clearly no longer has love for him. This causes him to do outrageous things for example he tells Michaelis that “I’ve got my wife locked up in there”(Fitzgerald 143). He takes precautions by locking Myrtle up in the bedroom in the event that she may escape and leave him. This clearly shows that Wilson is so attached to Myrtle that
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The novel‚ Great Gatsby‚ taught some people are more valuable than others. Myrtle was more important to George than to Tom‚ Gatsby was more valued to Nick than to Wolfssheim‚ Daisy was more important to Gatsby than to Tom. Myrtle was more important to George than to Tom. “QUOTE” (Great Gatsby). When Myrtle was killed‚ George became withdrawn from everyone‚ he was shaken up‚ and couldn’t cope with what just happened. George kept repeating “oh my gaud” over and over‚ as if the phrase could bring
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I chose The Great Gatsby to watch for my movie review because the movie gives you a look at how life was in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby was released in 2013 and is rated PG13 for violence and sexual content. The movie was 143 minutes long. Baz Luhrmann directed The Great Gatsby and takes place in 1922. Leonardo DiCaprio played Jay Gatsby who bought a mansion across the lake from the love of his life (Daisy) who is now married. Casey Mulligan plays daisy who is in a hard place deciding whether
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to a gigantic mansion owned by a man named Jay Gatsby. One day‚ Nick drives over to East Egg to have lunch at the Buchanans; Daisy Buchanan is his cousin and Nick formally knew her husband‚ Tom from Yale. Nick
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In the book women have little to no input in their own lives. In one sanario Mr.Wilson is talking to Tom about why Myrtle is not around and he says “i’ve got my wife locked up in there‚ she’s going to stay there until we leave tomorrow morning” (Fitzgerald pg.136). If Myrtle had any say over her husband she would not be in the room locked up. The sad part about the whole thing was woman could not put an end to being treated poorly. They were
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in “The Great Gatsby” and “The Bell jar‚” In The Great Gatsby female characters are presented via social class and relationships with other characters. The Great Gatsby presents the various characteristics of women in the 1920s through the variety of woman characters which represent different aspects of life. The main characters which are presented in the novel are Daisy‚ Myrtle and Jordan. These three women represent class physical and revolutionary differences
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In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Daisy Buchanan is an important woman character‚ but only in relation to Jay Gatsby’s dream. Ever since Gatsby had come back from the army‚ he had longed to have Daisy back in his life‚ and so everything he did and built up was in some way for her (e.g. his house and the parties he threw). Nick says: “He talked a lot about the past‚ and I gathered that he wanted to recover something‚ some idea of himself perhaps‚ that had gone into loving Daisy”
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