Love Flashcards
What do Gatsby and Daisy act as a metaphor for?
Incompatibility of interclass love and marriages.
What quote shows Gatsby values Daisy’s money?
‘Her voice is full of money’
What quote conveys Gatsby as a predatory money driven man?
‘Took her under false pretences’
What quote shows Daisy’s lack of consideration for Gatsby?
‘She vanished into her rich full life, leaving Gatsby nothing’
What do Tom and Daisy represent?
A marriage of mutual social advantage.
What quote highlights Daisy’s selfishness to acquire Tom’s social stability?
‘She only marred you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me’
What quote shows a lack of love however a fulfilment of status between Daisy and Tom?
‘They weren’t happy and they weren’t unhappy either’
What do Myrtle and Wilson represent?
American 1920’s desire to search for a traditional form of security.
What do Myrtle and Tom represent?
Myrtle’s infatuation for Tom and Tom’s lust for Myrtle.
What quote shows the lust in myrtle and Tom’s relationship?
‘White shirt front pressed against her arm’
What are Nick and Jordan based on?
New freedom of woman which enables and stunts real love.
What is Nick and Jordan’s relationship based on?
‘Curiousity’
What does Nick say about Jordan which suggests he values her unlike Tom and Gatsby value Daisy?
‘Unlike gatsby and tom I had no girl whose disembodied face floated’
What is infidelity’s approach?
A modernist approach diverging from traditional expectations of marriage.
Who does the Madonna/mother figure reflect?
Daisy and Myrtle
