'Literature about love is invariably sad'
‘Literature about love is invariably sad. It shows that the price we pay for love in youth is an age spent grieving its loss’
It can be argued that romantic literature is not invariably sad as although most literature about love spends a great deal of depth on the grieving of characters this is always prevailed by some form of inner happiness or realisation even if it is through death. Gatsby, in Fitzgerald’s novel can be argued to have not grieved from his loss of love as he never gains that realisation that he has lost love as he is so deluded with his dream of obtaining Daisy to live his American dream. Tess in Hardy’s novel does experience grief through the loss of Angel however it can be argued that through the loss of Alex her former lover she is happier as she is permitted to find a new more compatible lover, whilst Duffy’s poetry altogether contradicts the statement as through her collection, Rapture she does not spend an age grieving but actually shows us that grief can be fleeting and temporary like the statement suggests.
Literature about love is not invariably sad as there are many examples of love bringing pleasure to the characters in all three texts. In The Great Gatsby, the central character Gatsby finds love in his reunion with Daisy in chapter five which Dyson says ‘[chapter 5] is the central point to the novel’ therefore the novel is not invariably sad as we see Daisy and Gatsby reunified and she finds happiness in his wealth even if he doesn’t as she is described to have ‘she cried stormily’ suggesting she cannot control her emotions and she regrets her decision of leaving Gatsby for Tom. Furthermore the Daisy ‘cries stormily’ into the masses of shirts Gatsby shows Daisy which have come from Europe with different materials of silk and cotton which were expensive in the 1920’s and very rare. This suggests that Daisy finds happiness in material wealth and possession which links to the consumerist’s attitude of America in the 1920’s where
It can be argued that romantic literature is not invariably sad as although most literature about love spends a great deal of depth on the grieving of characters this is always prevailed by some form of inner happiness or realisation even if it is through death. Gatsby, in Fitzgerald’s novel can be argued to have not grieved from his loss of love as he never gains that realisation that he has lost love as he is so deluded with his dream of obtaining Daisy to live his American dream. Tess in Hardy’s novel does experience grief through the loss of Angel however it can be argued that through the loss of Alex her former lover she is happier as she is permitted to find a new more compatible lover, whilst Duffy’s poetry altogether contradicts the statement as through her collection, Rapture she does not spend an age grieving but actually shows us that grief can be fleeting and temporary like the statement suggests.
Literature about love is not invariably sad as there are many examples of love bringing pleasure to the characters in all three texts. In The Great Gatsby, the central character Gatsby finds love in his reunion with Daisy in chapter five which Dyson says ‘[chapter 5] is the central point to the novel’ therefore the novel is not invariably sad as we see Daisy and Gatsby reunified and she finds happiness in his wealth even if he doesn’t as she is described to have ‘she cried stormily’ suggesting she cannot control her emotions and she regrets her decision of leaving Gatsby for Tom. Furthermore the Daisy ‘cries stormily’ into the masses of shirts Gatsby shows Daisy which have come from Europe with different materials of silk and cotton which were expensive in the 1920’s and very rare. This suggests that Daisy finds happiness in material wealth and possession which links to the consumerist’s attitude of America in the 1920’s where