Critics Flashcards
1
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Lionel Trilling (1905-1975) argued that
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“Gatsby is America. His character embodies key aspect of the nation’s dreams and realities”
2
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Sarah Beede Fryer
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“Daisy’s desire for her daughter to be a fool is actually a desire to shelter her from experiencing the pain that Daisy herself has experienced”
3
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Kathleen Parkinson
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“Gatsby is a divided personality, ambivalent even in his death”
4
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Tony Tanner
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Gatsby’s concern with time - it’s repeatability - is obsessive
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Darren Morton
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The colour white shows Daisy is a ‘blank canvas’ which men project their desires on to
