Ae fond kiss+ Gatsby Flashcards
Structure
cyclical
the use of hyphens are emblematic to the incompletion of their love
loss of a lover: romantic love inevitably ends in destruction
similarly shown in Great Gatsby , through Gatsby and Myrtle’s deaths
there is no room for love in 1920s society that is enraptured by hedonism and surplus materialism.
transcendent nature of love that exceeded all boundaries
Gatsby’s love for Daisy was beyond the human realm, in his death he is finally able to to blissfully dream of the intangible: Daisy
‘heart-wrung’
the use of the compound epithet emphasises the speaker’s turmoil due to the loss of his lover.
‘to see her was to love her’
Like the speaker’s lover, Daisy was a paragon of idealisation who wrought on instant fascination from others.
‘voice full of money’
there is an ethereal quality to Daisy.
‘fairest’ ‘best’ ‘dearest’
use of superlatives elevates the subjects status, to one that is conspicuous to others.
Gatsby’s love is pervaded by DISILLUSIONMENT+OBSESSION
‘Gatsby looked at Daisy in a way every girl want to be looked at ‘
Daisy is the embodiment of the American Dream to which Gatsby cannot attain.
Gatsby and Burn’s speaker are haunted by their lover’s departure
Gatsby’s love is pervaded by disillusionment
‘Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her .It had seemed as close as a star to the moon’.
‘Daisy tumbled short of his dream…because of the colossal vitality of his illusion’
‘his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot’
