Many aspects of The Great Gatsby are relatable to oneself or other works of literature. For example, the character Daisy is very similar to the character Lucy in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. They are both from upper class families and have angelic, innocent traits to them, they are both described as beautiful, and they are both loved by men who cannot have them. Another connection I made was that the death of Gatsby reminded me of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet—it was a giant misunderstanding. Just as Romeo and Juliet reach untimely deaths based on a communication error, Gatsby is mistaken to be a murderer and therefore revengefully killed. I also thought that Gatsby’s home reminded me of the enchanted castle in “Beauty and The Beast”, especially when Fitzgerald writes that after a night of entertaining “ his count of enchanted objects had diminished one by one”(93).
I relate to every single text connection you made to the novel. I see why Daisy reminds you of Lucy and why the entire misunderstanding presented in the Great Gatsby mirrors that of Romeo and Juliet. In my opinion, The Beauty and the Beast can be applied to the Great Gatsby in more than one way. The relationship between the ""beauty" and the "beast" closely align that of Gatsby and Daisy. They both love each other but can't have one another.
ReplyDeleteThe relationship between "beauty" and the "beast" can also be seen through Gatsby's luxury and opulence. While there is great physical beauty to his house, his car, his shirts, and several other objects belonging to him, there lies underneath and inside it all an ugly beast. Gatsby has it all, yet he has nothing. The beast of reality is that he wants something that he can never have: somebody to share it with. This goes to show that money and extravagance can get you far, but they can never get you to the top.
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