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Green light - Gatbsy's desires & dreams, American dream

He can't attain them

Reaching out for his dreams that he himself knows he cannot attain - still hopeful/desperate & delusional

His desperate hope to have daisy again

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"He stretched out his arms towards the darkwater in a curious way, and, far as i was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward - & distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute & far away, that might have been at the end of a dock"

Green Light - mist represents obstacles that block Gatsby from attaining daisy

"If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have that green light that burns all night at the end of your dock."

Time - delusional belief that he can recreate the past, foreshadows Gatsby's inevitable downfall as he pursues an unattainable dream, stimulates tension/suspense as readers anticipate the consequences of his actions.

'Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!'

Colour - yellow - new money trying to fit in w/gold

Jay gatsby has a yellow car (we learn after Myrtle dies)

"yellow cocktail music"

"It was a yellow car," he said, "big yellow car."

White - pure, innocent, dainty, elegant, angel, femininity, rich- when myrtle wears cream she's trying to be like daisy. Myrtle in brown vs daisy in white shows difference in social status. Daisy is high up & seen as pure & elegant while Myrtle is low & 'unpure' , others look down on her.

"brown figured muslin.." vs

"Our white girlhood was passed together there."

books - repetition of real, surprised they were real - suggests gatsby's persona is not entirely genuine

"Absolutely real--have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they're absolutely real."

T. J. Eckleburg eyes - symbolise higher power watching over, - stimulates uneasiness, motif

"The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic—their retinas are one yard high" "They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles"

Valley of ashes - llusion to purgatory, the in between - melancholy, empathy for people stuck, uneasiness

"About halfway between West Egg and New York" "desolate area of land." This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke."

Tom Buchanan - descrip & violence towards Myrtle, attitude towards his infidelity, - empathy towards myrtle, violent, anger towards tom, shock - imagery, foreshadowing to myrtle's death (mentioning daisy causes broken nose, daisy kills her"

"Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand."

'Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time.'

'...if we don't look out, the white race will be- will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved.'

Daisy - opposite of daisy - daisy is smart superlative 'best', irony - "best" "fool" - feel empathy towards her

"I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"

Roberto - shows theme of dishonesty and manipulation - regime, Roberto represents old regime & the tactics they used

"The real, real truth."

Gerardo - represents new regime & order + justice, afraid of his authority being undermined?/ has a big ego & thinks he can fix everything himself

theme

Paulina's gun - represents her power - shows she's taking power, gun is symbolism of her power - she's never used her power before bc she's a victim - she didn't have a voice- she doesn't know how to use a gun - she's never used one before and this situation has pushed her to the edge - before she always only reached for gun when scared - power makes her feel safer

"By the light of the moon she can be seen going to the drawer and taking out the gun. And some vague articles of clothing which appear to be stockings."

"Suddenly, a shot from PAULINA's gun rings out"

"she goes to the sideboard, takes out a gun"

isolated beach house - hidden, in hiding

housy

moon - femininity, luna - lunatic, feminine cycle, shows she's about do to something crazy ,

"By the light of the moon she can be seen going to the drawer and taking out the gun. And some vague articles of clothing which appear to be stockings."

light - whenever gerardo walks in room he turns on light - he represents new order & justice, Paulina represents trauma so she runs away from the light

"The sound of a faraway car can be heard. She hurriedly stands up, goes to the other room, looks out the window. The car brakes, its motor still running, the lights blasting her."

Paulina - subversive (subtly dangerous) - suspense & anticipation - setting, foreshadowing

"Paulina edges out onto the terrace from where she will be able to hear the men but not see or be seen by them

Roberto - misogynistic & creepy, make reader uneasy - this man is not to be trusted - allusion to politics? (nietzsche's ideas were used by hitler to justify his actions)

"You know what Nietzsche once wrote?" "unpredictable female soul" "we can never entirely possess the female soul" -