Gatsby Critics Flashcards

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Feminist

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  • Myrtle, Daisy and women all employ “the new woman”
  • less children
  • sexually promiscuous
  • find excitement outside of the home
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Feminist

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  • Women are portrayed negatively
  • They are seen as liars, cheats and immoral and pose a threat to the patriarchal world order so beloved of Tom
  • The text can be read as a warning about the dangers of the rise of the new woman
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Marxist

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  • Brought by rivalry in Capitalist and imperial ambition- hastened industrialisation widening economic gap + creating a feeling of alienation and a lack of personal and collective fulfilment manifested through a sense of purposelessness, encouraged excessive behaviour and widespread criminality
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