Loyalty In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Having an affair or being unfaithful to a partner is a topic heavily debated but is known to many as impure and an act of betrayal. Marriage or being in a relationship is a special bond that shows two people’s commitment to one another and their admiration and strength. When one breaks this union, they are regularly shunned and hated for their decision and found immoral. Found inside this is mental distress; obsession can be a result of this and cause many to cling to hope or themes similar to purity. Loyalty is constantly tested throughout a person’s life; it analyzes their true self-discipline and control over themselves. In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the two central characters are unfaithful and cheat on their respected
Malcolm questions Macduff, who is also questioning himself at the same time. Malcolm calls Macduff’s family “knots of love” to show how they may not be perfect and kind of broken, but are still full of love and there for him. They feel betrayed by Macduff, who straight up leaves them, while Malcolm sees this and asks him if it is morally okay. He says “rawness” emphasizes how impure and messed up it was to leave his family without a second thought, which spirals Macduff into a realization similar to Macbeth. Malcolm calls them “precious” because he knows they are rare, and Macduff is acting wrongly and impure towards the few things left in his life that are still pure. Macduff is attempting within himself to escape from the few things he has left and believes that by pursuing and chasing his other goals, he can succeed in some other pure ways. This poses the moral question of who is truly more valuable to Macduff and makes him feel as though the only thing left for him is to escape into purity, and thoughts like Malcolm’s make him feel
The “harm” can be compared to Macduff, who left them without warning and was called “laudable” because of why he left. Lady Macduff becomes existential and loses her will to live because she was betrayed by the one person she cared the deepest for. This loss of purity profoundly affects her and her current family and shows the connections relationships delve into. Purity is genuinely something that cannot come from or be accepted as betrayal, no matter how hard one tries to escape deeply into their fantasies and rationalize betraying a loved one. Although Macduff was weary of Macbeth from the very beginning, Macbeth was able to betray Macduff’s trust due to his ignorance and self-centered actions that made him lose all his prior purity. Macduff and Macbeth were originally on excellent terms and respected each other, but Macbeth’s insanity and craving for power only made him fall deeper into an impure and ignorant abyss. When Macbeth begins his speech, he says, “The very firstlings of my heart shall be [t]he firstlings of my hand.” (4.1.146.147). This is the moment in Macbeth’s life when he finally admits to no longer caring and will do the “firstlings” of his