Essay Plans Flashcards
Pains of love
Madness/obsession- Who So List, Gatsby
- theme of stalking, need to be close
- patriarchal oppression and entrapment
Infidelity- Coy Mistress, Tom
- instigated by the male sex, arrogance
- attitude towards Myrtle, and mistresses
- exploitation of women
Recklessness- Belle Dame, Tom and Daisy
- turbulent relationships that ultimately cause desolation
- carelessness in both (focus on la belle dame and daisy)
- dual recklessness and manipulation
Men and women
Men as obsessive- Who So List, Gatsby
- theme of stalking, need to be close
- patriarchal oppression and entrapment
Women as voiceless- Scrutiny, Tom dismissing women
- women as commodities, hedonism
- attitude to Myrtle and Daisy- dismissal, purely sexual relationships
- attitude towards promiscuity (Cavalier)
Women as domineering- Non Sum Qualis
- inverse patriarchal hegemony, worship
- Daisy’s allure and manipulation, controlling Tom
- show the descent into madness
Loss of love
Madness/obsession- Who So List, Gatsby
- theme of stalking, need to be close
- patriarchal oppression and entrapment
Loneliness- La Belle Dame, Gatsby
- vulnerability, unrequited love, facade of high society
- despair and sickness, compare to death
- both fail because of expectations- fairies
Descent- Non Sum Qualis, Tom
- over-indulgence as hiding from facing insecurities.
- destruction of image
- contrasting reactions yet with similar intent
Endings
Compulsive commitment- Non Sum Qualis, Gatsby
- leads to deterioration
- Gatsby and Daisy quotes
- compare to spiral
- American Dream
Infidelity x= breakup- Scrutiny, Tom and Daisy
- manipulated and unfaithful
- tom and daisy quotes
- sexual relationships
Recklessness- Belle Dame, Tom and Daisy
- turbulent relationships that ultimately cause desolation
- carelessness in both (focus on la belle dame and daisy)
- dual recklessness and manipulation
