Effective texts contain recognisable narrative tropes that facilitate new understandings of our world and ourselves. This is evident in William Shakespeareâs play, Othello, and F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs novel, The Great Gatsby which both portray new understandings of the tragic hero narrative trope. A tragic hero is a character who begins of a noble status or of great virtue. Though this character is pre-eminently great, he or she is not perfect and has a significant character flaw or hamartia. This tragic...
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In âThe Great Gatsbyâ movie (2013) the plot was created to be detailed correctly but the presentation of information is greatly shuffled. However, the source is clear. Luhrmann uses his particular visual style, which is very good and polished. The film turned out more beautiful than it, in theory, should be. Luhrmannâs task was to show a society that is beautiful but has long decayed from the inside, but the movie does not make such an impression. In the film,...
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The American Dream: The Decay of the ethos of American citizens as a result of manipulation The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Park Avenue: Money, Power, and the American Dream by Alex Gibney accentuate the increasing degeneration of a society divided by people who are able to achieve the so-called âAmerican dreamâ, and those who are enslaved by it. The American dream is an ideology that is no longer applicable to contemporary society. The idea that anyone can...
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Luhrmannâs film The Great Gatsby serves as a symbolic tribute to 1920s America. The movie emphasizes a society of materialism and corruption while also portraying a sense of the social structure and spiritual desolation associated with the 1920s. In the movie, Baz Luhrmann uses symbolism and irony to build the theme that materialism breeds unhappiness. Using symbolism, the movie brings to life a society whose attitude was affected by the recent ending of World War 1. At the center of...
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Throughout chapter 8, Fitzgerald compares the past with the present. Gatsby is trying to recreate his past-recalling his history and memories with Daisy, allows Nick to understand the depth of love he still has for Daisy. But after the accident, Daisy has been loyal only to Tom represents the end of Gatsbyâs happiness. Symbolism Fitzgerald states, âI waited, and about four oâclock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light.â Throughout...
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Fitzgerald uses symbolism in The Great Gatsby to express underlying emotions. The first example of his use of symbolism is when Nick and another guest at Gatsbyâs party are observing the books in Gatsbyâs library. The guest described by Nick as âa stout, middle-aged man, with owl eyed spectaclesâ(Fitzgerald,45) was trying to observe and learn more about Gatsby by looking through his house. While the man looked through Gatsbyâs library, he discovers that surprisingly the books were actual books and...
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The color that someone likes the most, more often than not reveals a lot about their personality. With that in mind, Fitzgerald uses certain colors to show certain characters’ true intentions and personalities. In the book The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald pushes the idea of the American Dream, and how practically anyone can achieve their dreams if they work hard enough for it. But, unfortunately, many people today are not able to achieve their dream due to the cycle of debt....
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Indian-American author Fareed Zakaria once stated, âAmericans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn’t mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense – the idea that anyone can make it.â The idea of social mobility and the creation of oneself into oneâs idolized vision of affluence in society is central in...
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In the early 1900âs the American society was influenced with rapid and easy possession of wealth, as we can understand while reading the book The Great Gatsby. Money in our lives affects our behavior. F. Scott Fitzgerald has many characters in his novel; but the most important characters in this novel are Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and Myrtle. These characters portray the most important behaviors that shown with the power of money. They are driven by a powerful desire to climb...
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The contrast between the new rich and the old rich is a prominent theme in the novel and is reinforced by certain techniques throughout the novel. Fitzgerald uses characterization to portray the contrast between the two cultures on Long Island. The ambitious and bombastic new rich of West Egg and the careless, shallow and aristocratic old rich of East Egg. Characterization is used to reinforce this theme. Fitzgerald uses the old rich as antagonists for the narrative. Tom, an aristocrat...
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Chapter 1: Setting âI graduated from New Haven in 1915, just a quarter of a century after my father, and a little later I participated in that delayed Teutonic migration known as the Great War. I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless. Instead of being the warm center of the world the middle-west now seemed like the ragged edge of the universeâso I decided to go east and learn the bond business. Everybody I knew was...
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My chosen media for analysis and comparison to Macbeth is âThe Great Gatsbyâ – a 2013 romantic drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel of the same name âThe Great Gatsbyâ. Both follow the story of Jay Gatsby, a man who builds his life and does whatever it takes to be united with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier when they first met. Gatsby’s quest leads him from poverty to wealth and into the arms...
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The novel Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald which was published in 1925. Fitzgerald presents the rich and powerful in society as not caring about the destructive impact they have on others, especially the poor. The story is narrated by a guy named Nick Carraway. He is a neighbour of Great Gatsby and casts himself as an author. Gatsby and Daisy were in love, but Gatsby went to a war. When Gatsby returns from a war after 5...
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