Great Gatsby

TGG and Poems- Comparisons

Idealised Love- Sonnet 116 and Gatsby

Idealised Love- Sonnet 116 and Gatsby

-Sonnet 11→ TGG

-whimsical tone in the poem→ Gatsby sees Daisy through ‘Rose-tinted’ glasses view

-”Love’s not Time’s fool”→ Gatsby’s love for Daisy is obsessive and unchanged by death

-Love- timeless and unchanging→ his idealised view of Daisy continued to keep his dream alive

-mostly monosyllabic words, love is universal→ Gatsby’s love has barriers wealth, class etc.

Idealised love- She Walks in Beauty and Gatsby

She Walks in Beauty→ TGG

-poem is about love-struck awe, display of obsessive love and wonder→ Gatsby has a lack of a genuine connection

-placed on a pedestal→ Gatsby worships the ground Daisy walks on

-trope of perfection→ Daisy is a flawed person- Daisies have white petals (represent innocence) and yellow core (represents wealth)- she is artificial, hollow and materialistic

-ethereal imagery= angelic→ Daisy is immaculately beauutiful

Lust/ Seduction/ Sex

The Flea

The Scrutiny

To His Coy Mistress

Social Class and Love

Whoso List

The Ruined Maid

At an Inn