Themes

Question 1

infidelity

Answer 1

1. tom + mytrle
2. tom + daisy
3. daisy + gatsby
   - the scrutiny
   - absent from thee

typically privledged male writers

Question 2

opposites attract

Answer 2

1. myrtle + tom- class
2. daisy + gatsby- class

Question 3

barriers to love

Answer 3

1. social class- Gatbsy and Myrtle
2. physical barriers- green light, marriage
   - whoso list- unattainable hynde
   - absent from thee- lustful lifestyle

Question 4

social class

Answer 4

• American Dream false optimism, WC all fail, MC achieve- ending + Daisy/Gatsby rel
• Ruined Maid- subverts notions of love
• Whoso- shes higher class= unattainable

Question 5

lust/seduction

Answer 5

1. myrtle- desire for wealthy white men (Tom)
2. to his coy- desire for taking virginity
3. the flea- need for carpe diem, conceit of flea

Question 6

enduring love/ time

Answer 6

1. symbols- clock, Gatsby cant endure against time, deaths of G/M
2. sonnet 116- endures, Gatbsys goal
3. remember- preserving memory of their love over time

Question 7

love + loss

Answer 7

• Gatbsy- daisys loss of love for Gatsby at her wedding it stops, gatsbys inability to let go
• ae fond kiss- separation, pain, suffering
• garden of love- for a place due to societal convetions and religion

Question 8

apperance and reality

Answer 8

1. scenic set

Question 9

power dynamics

Answer 9

• gatbsy- tom (power) myrtle (submissive), gatbsy (submissive) daisy (power) MC.
• La belle- female subverts traditions causing him pain
• ruined maid- ruined women in power with freedom

Question 10

womens role

Answer 10

• gatbsy- myrtle purely for sex, nothing more
• she walks in beauty- idealised her bc of meeting societal role of women
• ruined maid- subversion of ideal womens role

Question 11

love and distance

Answer 11

• gatbsy- green light, separation of classes eg valley of ashes, cant be together
• remember- distance between living and dead
• ae fond kiss- goodbye, entering a distance

Question 12

love and death

Answer 12

• gatsby- love cannot endure after death, tom and daisy move on
• remember- hope for love to stand against death
• la belle- their ‘love’ causes death, fairy leads to his downfall (death)

Question 13

futility of love

Answer 13

• gatsby- backgrounds, class, status, parallels myrtle prevents him from daisy + cant move on
• whoso- impossible mission to achieve, acknowledges futility
• at an inn- marrietal conventions, his longing