How do the seven deadly sins and seven holy virtues hold true to the Great Gatsby?

Though the seven deadly sins and the seven holy virtues were taken and formed from the Medieval and Renaissance periods, they still hold true even today and can be seen in The Great Gatsby. Each character in The Great Gatsby has their own deadly sin that they represent. For Gatsby, this is greed. Everything in Gatsby’s life revolved around his desire to become wealthy and famous – to be somebody – even before he met Daisy. When he finally skyrocketed to fame among the elites of New York, he continued to maintain a façade to hide his humble origins. His fixation on Daisy due to her status and belief that he would become acknowledged if he married her was a symptom of the rampant materialism and corruption of the 20’s. In The Great Gatsby, gluttony is represented by Daisy, with her fickle personality and gaudy nature. She is not only money-seeking, but is wooed by whoever has the most excess. She abandoned Gatsby after Tom seduced her with excess and wealth: “He [Tom] came with a hundred people in four private cars, and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel, and the day before the wedding he have her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”, later returning to Gatsby after seeing his massive mansion and finely crafted silk shirts. Although many others suffered from gluttony, Daisy was the most affected. Tom is the representation of lust in The Great Gatsby. He believes himself virile and masculine, and is unsatisfied with his already beautiful wife, continuing trysts with Myrtle, his latest mistress. However, rather than coming across as the man he portrays himself to be, he comes across as pathetic and cowardly, exemplified when he sends Wilson after Gatsby in a petty attempt at revenge without care for the loss of human life. Nick Carraway, perhaps the most virtuous character, represents sloth. Nick is content to watch from the sidelines as the tragedy unfolds, and is unable – and unwilling – to take action until it is too late