Othello treats Desdemona as a prize to win‚ not as his wife. He doesn’t see her as an equal‚ but as an accessory that he owns; he wins her from her father. Although it is sexist‚ Othello does mean well‚ he wants to cherish Desdemona for all of time. This is similar to how Gatsby treats Daisy‚ as a prize to be won. Gatsby and Tom didn’t care for what Daisy had to say‚ they only cared about who was going to take her. Women aren’t objects to own‚ so for Othello and Gatsby to treat their women as property
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also categorized as a gambler‚ and if this is whom Gatsby is working with‚ there is no doubt that Gatsby is in on the illegal activity surrounding Wolfshiem. To prove to Daisy‚ Nick‚ and Jordan that Gatsby participates in illegal‚ Tom has Jay Gatsby investigated: “He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter” (Fitzgerald 141). This is illegal because of prohibition surrounding this era. It is also hinted that Gatsby is
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depth meaning. This is done so the audience can feel the emotion and thought process of the characters. Without this symbolism of color used throughout the novel‚ readers will not acquire the right connection to the characters. Life in color gives people an advantage to a greater understanding of emotions that are felt day-by-day. Delicate‚ honorable and innocence are used to specify the color white. Fitzgerald uses the color white to represent purity. Two of
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920’s‚ a period of American History known as the "Roaring Twenties". The Great Gatsby is the story of the extravagant lifestyle of the rich and famous of New York in this time of peace and prosperity. The story is told by Nick Carraway‚ a young bonds salesman who has just moved to the wealthy but unfashionable area known as the "West Egg". However‚ behind the lavish displays of wealth and spectacular gatherings‚ the author exposes many social
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F. Scott Fitzgerald carefully crafted his novel The Great Gatsby in a way that left the plot open-ended and specific details about characters were absent which forced the reader to draw his/her own conclusions. This allowed Baz Luhrmann‚ the director of the 2013 film franchise of The Great Gatsby‚ to add details to the story in order to make it more clear for those viewers who had not yet read the book. Baz Luhrmann accurately portrayed the characters of the novel in his film by emphasizing their
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What is Modernism? This term was usually referred to as the literature era of the 1920’s. During the “Roaring Twenties”‚ as most would say‚ was the time of flappers‚ gangsters‚ and the beginning of some of the most renowned literature known to the United States. One of the famous books written in this time was The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Included in the Modernism Era were the focus on trends and the extreme effect materialism makes on the society of the 1920’s. With
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fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth”(Fitzgerald 2) The author explains that a person‚ that was born and raised rich‚ are not equal to people that were born poor‚ and made it rich. Gatsby and Daisy‚ found themselves in a situation of this problem. Gatsby achieved the American Dream of being a poor boy‚ and rising to the top. Daisy questioned time from time when she was with Tom. "Here‚ deares’." She groped around in a wastebasket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string
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know Gatsby more‚ it occurred to me what his real motives were‚ which was to invite Daisy‚ a married woman over to my house in order for Daisy to meet Gatsby again. I thought Gatsby living just across my cousin Daisy’s house was just a coincidence but this obviously wasn’t the case after Jordan told me that it was all for Daisy. Daisy was his only motive. He was madly in love with Daisy‚ yet it’s been five years they haven’t spoken. There was green light in front of Buchanan’s dock that I have seen
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their actions beyond their own initial perceptions of the situation. All discernible characters in this book project a true form of cultural ignorance that prevents them from progressing through their lives constructively. Society‚ as portrayed in The Great Gatsby‚ seeming to drift around in a vast ocean of deceitful personalities and social dilemmas ultimately leading to an inevitable collapse of this artificially propped up society. The Great Gatsby shows a great deal of cultural selfishness and
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Fantasy of Life In the novels The Great Gatsby and "Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been" authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Joyce Carol Oates show a theme of fantasy versus reality to convey a deeper meaning within their novels. They express this theme using characters such as Gatsby‚ Connie‚ Daisy and Arnold Friend within the stories. Through these characters lives and experiences the theme is created connecting both stories. The theme of fantasy versus reality is used to a great extent to
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