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    The Sacrificing Love Titanic and The Great Gatsby movies are both based on a touching love story. Even though the actual stories are different‚ the main theme remains love. The romantic plot makes watchers fall in love in the story of the movies. These movies surpass all the rivals in luxury and opulence. Titanic and The Great Gatsby are epic movies with their heartbreaking plot‚ distinguishable music‚ and unforgettable and tragic ending. Titanic One of the most romantic and at the same time

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    The Great Gatsby is a classic American tragedy. The novel has all the basic elements necessary to classify a story as a tragedy: a tragic hero‚ his character flaw‚ and a twist of fate which results in the hero’s ultimate destruction. Jay Gatsby is the doomed tragic hero‚ blinded by his irrational dream to relive the past. Fate interferes in the form of the unexpected manslaughter of one character’s mistress by his wife. All these facets of the story come together to cause the end of Gatsby. In order

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    In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ author F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys the overall theme using many techniques. The depiction of one of the protagonist‚ Jay Gatsby‚ establishes the cost of lust and ambition. Jay is a millionaire who throws lavish parties in his mansion. This is all a ploy to win over Daisy Buchanan‚ a former romantic interest when Gatsby was in the military. In order to win over Daisy‚ who married into wealth‚ he had to invent “just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy

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    Great Gatsby‚ uses suspense to introduce Jay Gatsby who is clouded in a veil of mystery as no one knows who he really is. Jay Gatsby is thought of a huge partying millionaire and who mysteriously obtained a fortune‚ his past is foggy and rumors fly around about potential pieces that fit into the puzzle of Gatsby’s past. Nick Carroway‚ our narrator‚ wanders the party with Jordan Baker and the twins talking about the mystery that surrounds their host. Nick had heard many rumors surrounding Gatsby‚ “Somebody

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    Bryanna Clewis  2nd  11­19­14    In the book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ there were many characters that put on mask in order to  conceal their imperfections. These masks are not visible to others and the characters that wear  these “masks” are three of the most obvious ones in the book. These characters are Daisy‚  Myrtle‚ and Jay Gatsby. These three characters are all connected in some way. Daisy and Jay use  to have an undying romance when Jay was in World War I. Daisy promised to wait for him when  he left for the war

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    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a book filled with twists and turns of events from beginning to end. It involves a love/hate relationship triangle. The two characters I am comparing and contrasting are Tom Buchannan and Jay Gatsby. Both of these men yearn for a relationship with a lady named Daisy. These characters are similar because they each want to earn Daisy’s love; yet‚ they are drastically different. Both Tom Buchannan and Jay Gatsby are men who commit two different types of uniform

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    This is impersonated in Buchanan’s failure to adhere to the institution of marriage‚ as seen in his affair with Myrtle Wilson. Conversely‚ Gatsby appears to embody the supposition of the traditional American

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    The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is a tragic love story‚ social commentary on American life in the early twenty. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on september 24‚ 1896. He was born in St. Paul‚ Minnesota. Fitzgerald joined the U.S. Army after dropping out from Princeton University. His first novel “This Side of Paradise” was published in 1920. It was successful. His third novel; “ The Great Gatsby” was published 1925. The themes of the Great Gatsby. The decline

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    to describe the major character and protagonist of the novel «The great Gatsby» by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby by name. His role is relevant for the main line as the story revolves around him. Fitzgerald uses indirect method of characterization. He delays the introduction of his character until chapter 3. Gatsby’s reputation precedes him. Gatsby himself does not appear in a speaking role. Fitzgerald presents Gatsby as the aloof‚ enigmatic host of the unbelievably rich parties thrown every

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    The Great Gatsby Critical Movie Review The Great Gatsby is a movie that was made in 1974 by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Clayton‚ produced by David Merrick‚ which was taken from the screenplay written by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie is based off the 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and the main actors in the movie are Robert Redford (Jay Gatsby)‚ Mia Farrow (Daisy Buchanan)‚ Bruce Dern (Tom Buchanan)‚ and Sam Waterson (Nick Carraway). Although the movie didn’t go over

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