Unattainable love Flashcards
Gatsby’s perception of his love for Daisy is unattainable as it is built on an illusion
C5: ‘Daisy tumbled short of his dreams… because of the colossal vitality of his illusions’
C7: ‘He wanted nothing less than for Daisy…’
The consumerist culture of the upper class stops them from a pure, true love as all the love they feel is built on their pursuit of wealth that detaches them from emotion
C4: ‘and so I drew up the girl next to me’
C3: ‘I was flattered to go places with her because she was a golf champion and everyone knew her name’
C2: ‘I want to get one of those dogs for the apartment’ she said earnestly’
C2: ‘Toms the first sweetie she’s ever had’
C7: ‘Gatsby stood in the centre of the crimson carpet and gazed with fascinated eyes’
C7: ‘her voice is full of money’
The Garden of Love - The ‘chapel’ in the poem represents the established church of the 18th century which controlled people’s actions and thoughts
‘Thou shalt not writ over the door’
‘Bindinging with briars my joys and desires’
There is an unattainable memory of the speakers past which has now changed by time
‘Where I used to play on the green’
‘That so many sweet flowers bore’
The Garden of Love - There is an unattainable memory of the speakers past which has now changed by time
‘Where I used to play on the green’
‘That so many sweet flowers bore’
Ae fond kiss - The speaker and his lover and being physically and metaphorically separated
‘Deep in heart wrung tears i’ll pledge thee’
‘Ae fond kiss and then we sever! Ae farewell, Alas, for ever’
Absent from thee - The speaker is stopped by his desires to commit to his love so true love is thus unattainable for him
‘When wearied with a world of Woe’
‘Lest once more wandering from that Heav’n’
