Unrequited love Flashcards
P1: The green light is a symbol of Gatsby reaching out for something that feels unattainable
C1: “He stretched out his arms towards the dark water in a curious way… I could have sworn he was trembling”
C4: “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay… Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night”
C5: “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumble short of his dreams - not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion’
P2: Even when Gatsby and Daisy are together she is torn between her feelings between him and Tom
C7: ‘I did love him once - but I loved you too’/’The words seemed to bite Gatsby a bit’
C7: ‘Left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing’
Whoso Lists to Hount - The speaker is pursuing a woman who seems to not as passionate about their relationship which causes him to chase after her
The speaker is pursuing a woman who seems to not as passionate about their relationship which causes him to chase after her
‘But as she fletth afore fainting I followe’
‘In a nett I seke to hold the wynde’
‘And wylde for to hold though I seme tame’
The scrutiny - The speaker seems detached from the woman he has just slept him while it can be inferred that she wants him to stay
‘A tedious twelve hours’ space’
‘Could I still dote upon thy face’
‘Then if when I have loved my round’
Nom Sum - The speaker is still pining over Cynara whom we can assume has moved on yet he still lives in the memories of their love
‘I have been faithful to thee Cynara! In my fashion’
‘I was desolate and sick of an old passion’
‘Yea hungry for the lips of my desire’
