A04 Flashcards
What job did Nick have at uni?
He was the editor of Yale news.
What colours are associated with Myrtle in the novel?
Grey
she hails from ‘the valley of ashes’
Brown
‘She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin, which stretched wide over her rather large hips.’
How is Jordan a feminist heroine? How is this view made impossible by Fitzgerald?
She is a golfing champion: a predominantly male sport, however the only way she managed to get there is through foul play, her name is nearly ruined by rumours.
What is Daisy’s maiden name?
Daisy Fay. It stems from the middle English; Faie. A common noun meaning fairy, brings about an air of ‘Sunshine, transience and vague unreality.’
How does Fitzgerald feel about Nordicism?
“Nobody has a greater contempt than I have for the recent hysteria about the Nordic theory”
What is Nordicism?
A school of thought in the turn of the 20th century claiming Nordic descendants were the most endangered race and were being overtaken by other races.
How is Miss De Bourgh in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ described? How does this link to Daisy?
Miss De Bourgh is described as being ‘superior to the handsomest of her sex, because there is that in her features which marks the young woman of distinguished birth.’ Much like Daisy’s alluring voice is a symbol of her wealth.
In what other novel does Fitzgerald present marriage cynically?
‘The Cut-Glass Bowl’, where the namesake object is a symbol of the decaying marriage between Evylyn and her husband Harold: beautiful to strangers and outsiders, yet does deep harm (by disfiguring Evylyn’s daughter).
What evidences that Fitzgerald is not anti-capitalist?
In his short story ‘May Day’, he likens Socialism to ‘adolescent idealism’.
How does Fitzgerald reflect the decay of religion in ‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’?
“God was made in man’s image, so it had been said.”
