Similarities Between The Scrutiny And The Great Gatsby

Love in The Scrutiny vs The Great Gatsby

‘Why should you swear I am foresworn,

Since thine I vowed to be?

Lady it is already morn,

And ‘twas last night I swore to thee

That fond impossibility.’

Lovelace expresses the selfish attitudes that can occur in men when they seduce women with empty promises in order to have a sexual encounter.

Addressing his lover, he renounces the promise he made last night that he would love her and her alone.

Surely, she didn’t think he meant it when he swore to be faithful to her?

And it was a silly (‘fond’) thing to expect of him, because it’s impossible for him to be faithful to just one woman.

‘That fond impossibility’ – disingenuous tone, making the situation seem nicer than it is,

‘impossibility’ implies genuine

It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except for me.”

Despite her affection for Gatsby, she ultimately chooses to stay with Tom because of Gatsby’s apparently dubious past and his connection to bootlegging and illegal crimes, and because of the safety net that Tom’s wealth provided her.

"Her voice is full of money [...] that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it”

This quote contains symbolism as Daisy is the ultimate symbol of the American Dream for Gatsby. She is wealthy and well off, and she fits right into his elaborate dream.


This quote provides character insight as Daisy's character is undeniably linked to material wealth, which adds to the reason Gatsby is so infatuated with her and it is the reason for her "inexhaustible charm"

Fitzgerald may have based some of Daisy’s characteristics on his own wife. Although she was truly in love with Scott, she refused to commit herself to him because his economic prospects were not promising. Not only this, but Zelda Fitzgerald became infatuated with a young French pilot, which angered Scott and influenced the theme of infidelity in the Great