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    "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a widely considered masterpiece of American literature. Set in Long island‚ 1922‚ The Great Gatsby portrays a time in which massive war-born wealth and cheap liquor give birth to the great American party period‚ where booze and bobbed hair reign supreme in newly rich New York. This sets the scene for the tragic love story between " The golden girl"‚ Daisy Buchanan and war hero‚ James Gatz (Gatsby). The Great Gatsby is an interesting novel due to the ideas

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    Jay Gatsby‚ from The Great Gatsby‚ and Willy Loman‚ from Death of a Salesman‚ is considered tragic heroes because of their pitiful storylines; however‚ are Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman real tragic heroes? According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a king that has flaws‚ makes mistakes‚ yet he realizes his mistake at the end of the story; the hero must also have a destiny bigger than he deserved‚ and have excessive pride (Tragic Hero defined by Aristotle). Arthur Miller believes the same characteristics

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    Macbeth that no man born from woman can harm him and Macbeth thinks that he is safe and that no one can overthrow him. The third and final apparition is a Child crowned‚ with a tree in his hand that said "Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against

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    To‚ Fellow classmate Published in 1925‚ The Great Gatsby became an immediate classic and brought its young author to fame he had never seen before. The novel captured the spirit of the "Jazz Age‚" a post-World War I era in upper class America that Fitzgerald himself gave this name to. It is the view that Fitzgerald was writing about the traditional American belief‚ and the usefulness of accepted myths. The Great Gatsby is about many things‚ but it’s unavoidable critique of the "American

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    seizes the opportunity to implicate Gatsby in Myrtle’s death‚ thereby indirectly leading to Gatsby’s and (more indirectly) to George’s deaths. Tom comes from money and is proud of his heritage. Gatsby comes from a poor family and has made it his life’s work to achieve money and success‚ to distance himself from his heritage. This is one of the many ways he is different from Tom‚ who came from money. While Tom is the villain of the novel‚ Gatsby (and to some

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    GREAT GATSBY: SYMBOLISM (Original Essay) The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1927 about corruption‚ murder and life in the 1920’s. The true purpose for a writer to compose any piece of literature is to entertain the reader‚ and this writer does this to the best of his ability. In this well-crafted tale‚ Fitzgerald presents a fast moving‚ exciting story‚ and to any typical reader it can be enjoyed; however‚ if the reader takes the time to analyze his

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    People could justify that Jay Gatsby has a many flaws‚ some more than others. Furthermore‚ the biggest flaw he had was his passion for Daisy‚ who is the reason why he is known as a "tragic hero". Daisy is what was standing between Gatsby and his “perfection” she is the one impossible thing he wants and goes after but can’t accomplish. In the end‚ he dies because of her‚ which is significant of her devastating impact on his life. Also‚ she brings out the individuality in Gatsby that undermines his God-like

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    The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a novel that focuses on many darker themes than most books would have for the time period it came out. One main theme that recurs again and again‚ shaping the plot to fall the way it falls‚ is the decline of the American Dream. The American dream shows up time and time again throughout the novel‚ but as the novel progresses the readers get to watch as the dream crashes into a downward spiral along with many of the main characters‚ and with the

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows the story of Gatsby‚ a man whose desire to be one of the elite led him to acquire a great deal of money to create an idealistic dream life for himself of loving Daisy in a perfect world. Author might have written the title "great" ironically‚ meanwhile Gatsby is still great personally in many ways and much better than the society he lived in. Gatsby is one of the wealthiest people in West Egg and any of his parties would qualify as a legendary event

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    This is impersonated in Buchanan’s failure to adhere to the institution of marriage‚ as seen in his affair with Myrtle Wilson. Conversely‚ Gatsby appears to embody the supposition of the traditional American

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