Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And Othello

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In the world we live in today, we are granted the ability to follow our desires and to create a legacy. Many people will do anything to achieve greatness and will do anything to get there. However, the pursuit of acceptance and love can lead to tragedy. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, we see a man reestablish his identity, which earns him a mansion in West Egg and a shot at the woman of his dreams. He ultimately sacrifices everything for an unrealistic expectation of love. Similarly, in William Shakespeare novel Othello, we learn that jealousy and manipulation lead to the tragic downfall of Othello. Othello’s gullibility undermines his marriage with Desdemona and results in both of their deaths. Heroic ambitions can plant the seeds …show more content…

Jay Gatsby’s mind believes in a world of idealism that circled around Daisy Buchanan, who he felt was a super woman. Gatsby is adamant that Daisy Buchanan is the same woman he envisioned in his dreams. Nick Carraway suggests that, “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way” (Gatsby 95). Nick is quick to realize that although Gatsby won’t admit he’s wrong, and Daisy could not ever live up to the hype. All Gatsby sees is an astounding and beautiful woman who is perfect. Gatsby’s love and desire for Daisy is a gamble he can’t win, he’s setting himself up for failure if he furthers this comportment. Although Daisy was his past he still feels that they could reconcile regardless of her social status and marriage. His idealistic mind runs the world the way he wants to. Gatsby had felt his return can usurp the marriage of the Buchanan’s. Ironically, Gatsby idealistically wanted Daisy to admit she loved him. In fact,

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