Ms.Meyer English III 18 April 2013 Compare and Contrast: Daisy and Myrtle The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel features Jay Gatsby‚ George Wilson‚ Nick Carraway‚ Jordan Baker and Tom Buchanan along with many others to show the hopes‚ the struggles and the romance the characters went through each and every day. Due to the mixing of the two social classes: the rich and the poor‚ we learn about the causes and effects of what they face. In the book‚
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Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald depicts two main female characters‚ Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson‚ who share a common feeling of unhappiness with their marriages. Daisy and Myrtle‚ although both Tom Buchanan’s women‚ are portrayed differently through their distinctive character traits. Despite their physical traits and social status‚ Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson have much in common. Daisy‚ much like Myrtle‚ married a man whom she does not love. Fitzgerald initially illustrates their
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Fitzgerald. They’re three women named Daisy‚ Jordan and Myrtle. All three of these women have differences but in a way all three women are similar.To compare and contrast between Daisy‚Jordan and Myrtle we need to know the charter trait of each charter. Each lady have different lives Daisy is a rich women that loves hiding from her problems behind a wall of money‚ Jordan is a women that live for the fine things in life and prefers money then people feelings and Myrtle is a poor cheating wife that doesn’t
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female leads‚ Daisy and Myrtle. Daisy‚ much akin to Myrtle married a man whom she does not love; however‚ not all about these two are similar for they too have differences such as physical traits and social status which are slowly unveiled as the book progresses. It is said‚ “Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to.” Both Myrtle and Daisy are involved in an affair with another man; Daisy takes a liking towards Gatsby as Myrtle does with Tom. In Daisy’s case
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book full of conflict and surprises. Daisy and Myrtle were the two important woman characters in the story. They are two interesting woman who turns the story upside down. There’s many differences between the two characters. Daisy had her own view on the world‚ about a girl’s perspective. “That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful fool.” (D. Buchanan). She is a blond headed woman from Louisville‚ she is the wife of Tom Buchanan. Daisy and Myrtle were different in many ways‚ they
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Distinct differences and similarities play a key role between people; in the lives of the people they affect. Myrtle Wislon‚ from The Great Gatsby‚ in an interestingly depicted character who experiences her fair share of negative emotions. Additionally‚ from The Great Gatsby‚ we are introduced to Daisy Buchannan. Likewise to Myrtle‚ Daisy also experiences the same emotions; however‚ Daisy is not illustrated the same. For instance‚ one of the traits the women both portray in this novel is unhappiness
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named Jay Gatsby. One day‚ Nick drives over to East Egg to have lunch at the Buchanans; Daisy Buchanan is his cousin and Nick formally knew her husband‚ Tom from Yale. Nick
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may show sympathy towards is Daisy. Daisy throughout the novel is oblivious to the fact that Tom‚ her husband‚ has an intimate relationship with the character Myrtle in a very public way. This is one of the ways in which we‚ the reader‚ sympathise towards Daisy‚ not only because of the fact that Tom is cheating on her with other characters but‚ the public way in which this affair is being carried out with everyone aware of Tom and Myrtles relations‚ other than Daisy yet saying very little to her
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submission link by 24 February 00:05. No late submissions. 1. How does Myrtle’s apartment reflect her personality and position in life? According to Nick’s description‚ we know that Myrtle’s apartment is not very big‚ relatively‚ it is small. However‚ Myrtle places a set of furniture which is too large to the apartment. This behaviour reflects that she is not fashionable and has no taste at all. The reason why she buys the set of unsuitable furniture is she tries to pretend to be upper-class. She thinks
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Who is Daisy Buchanan? She can be described as superficial‚ shallow‚ fake and ditzy. However‚ there is another part of her‚ a deeper part‚ that she hides from everyone‚ including herself. Beneath the surface‚ there is a pool where not even light dares to go. That is her character‚ and it takes Jay Gatsby to churn the waters and bring the purest form of Daisy to the surface‚ if only for an instant. At a first glance‚ Daisy is an utterly flat character‚ she came from wealth‚ she is currently wealthy
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