Daisy And Myrtle In The Great Gatsby
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While comparing and contrasting Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson, I will be focusing on all aspects of the characters. Physically they are very different, but by demonstrating their distinct physical differences, Fitzgerald is allowing us to pick favorites early on. Daisy and Myrtle share a number of similarities and many differences in their daily lives, such as how they look, act, and handle conflict. The first obvious difference between Daisy and Myrtle is their appearance. Daisy is a light skinned blonde; who dresses mostly in white. While Myrtle has a darker complexion with dark hair. Myrtle chooses to dress in loud vibrant colors to reflect her big personality. Daisy is light, graceful and exactly as her name implies; a delicate flower. …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Compares and contrasts daisy buchanan and myrtle wilson, focusing on all aspects of the characters. by demonstrating their distinct physical differences, fitzgerald allows us to pick favorites early.
- Compares the appearance of daisy and myrtle. daisy is a light-skinned blonde with white hair and dark hair.
- Compares daisy and myrtle's physical appearance, but the importance of their upbringing makes them so interesting.
- Analyzes how the similarities between daisy and myrtle reveal how hollow the progress of the women's movement really was at that time.
- Analyzes how daisy knows that tom is cheating on her, but doesn't care because it's convenient to stay in her unhappy marriage. this is the opposite of myrtle, who has a loving husband who would do anything for her.
- Compares how daisy and myrtle act like people they aren't when they're around tom. daisy pretends everything in her life and her relationship with tom is perfect when she's together.
- Analyzes how daisy knows that there is another woman, but she doesn't say anything about it. she loves to act like a naive, beautiful little girl in order to keep her life as uncomplicated as possible.
- Analyzes the similarities between daisy and myrtle's characters. both women want to be accepted and have a high social status. they both have to love and accept themselves for who they are.
Despite the big gains the movement made in the early twentieth century, including winning the right to vote and pushing for more freedom in how they could dress and act, both of these women’s lives aren’t vastly improved. They’re both trapped in unhappy marriages, they both rely on their looks, charms, and sexuality to get what they want, and neither of them has even a chance of pursuing a fulfilling life through a career. Daisy knows very well that tom is cheating on her, but doesn’t care because it's more convenient to stay in her unhappy marriage. Even though she wants to be with Gatsby, she wants to keep her social status and being with Tom makes this all the easier. Now, this is quite the opposite of Myrtle. She has a loving husband who would do anything for her, but her social status is all she cares about. Myrtle is willing to hurt George and ruin their marriage in order to climb up the social ladder. Neither of these women have respect for themselves. Both Daisy and Myrtle allow Tom to treat them …show more content…
Daisy pretends everything in her life and her relationship with Tom is perfect when they are together. Similarly, Myrtle pretends that she is a higher class while she is around Tom. They both like to lead different lives, the only difference is Myrtle is somewhat happy with Tom while Daisy wishes to be with Gatsby. Daisy knows that there is another woman, but she doesn’t say anything about it. I think daisy knows more than she leads you to believe. She loves to act like a naive, beautiful little girl in order to keep her life as uncomplicated as possible. Myrtle is ignorant and when she is with Tom and higher class she acts as though she knows what she is talking about but she really doesn’t know much. This shows that both of these women are ignorant fools who secretly wish their lives were different. While there are many differences in Daisy and Myrtle's characters, there is one main similarity. Both women are trying to fit into a man's world. All they want is to be accepted and have a high social status. In my opinion. they both have to love and accept themselves for who they are before they allow a man to be a part in their
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- Analyzes how myrtle wilson, the wife of george wilson and tom buchanan's mistress, has instances in which the reader feels bad and dislikes her.
- Analyzes how daisy and myrtle are similar and different in several ways. they are the same in the fact that tom is one of the men in their lives.
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- Analyzes how myrtle's ambition proves to be her fatal flaw in being the tragic hero. she expresses disgust in her husband, george wilson, for committing actions that are considered low by her standards.
- Analyzes how myrtle's perception of reality is blurred. she fails to recognize her social standing as someone of the lower class, and instead brings upon a self-lead pretentious charade.
- Analyzes how myrtle has a poor sense of judgement in her relationship with tom buchanan.
751 wordsRead More - Who Is The Narrator In Chapter 1 Of The Great Gatsbyanalytical essayMyrtle is known to wear darker colours in contrast to Daisy. This can be seen when Nick first meets Myrtle, “Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine (25)” and also when Myrtle leaves with Tom and Nick, she is dressed in a “brown figured muslin (27)”. Myrtle is also different from Daisy by the way she acts. Daisy moves and acts with grace while Myrtle is more loud and rowdy. This is why Myrtle is different from Daisy in appearance and
In this essay, the author
- Opines that nick will be a suitable narrator for the story because he is non-judgmental thus giving us an unbiased view. the feeling in the buchanan household is strained and forced.
- Analyzes how myrtle is different from daisy in appearance and character because she is known to wear darker colours in contrast to daisy.
- Analyzes how the guests at gatsby's parties behaved differently from those at the parties in the first two chapters.
- Analyzes how the trip to new york emphasizes gatsby's underworld connections with gangsters and death because of his relationship with meyer wolfsheim.
- Analyzes how gatsby insisted on showing daisy his mansion and his shirts because he wanted to show off his wealth to daisy.
- Analyzes how jay gatsby came from a poor family of farmers and changed his name at the age of seventeen from james to jay.
- Analyzes how fitzgerald tries to emphasize loyalty at the end of this chapter by making gatsby take the blame for his love for daisy.
- Analyzes how daisy didn't wait for gatsby at the end of the war because she found someone who is richer and available right when she needed, tom buchanan.
- Analyzes how nick pitys gatsby because he's his only true friend. the middle west seems livelier than the east because of larger cities. tom and daisy were careless people.
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