When a woman plucks her eyebrows, does her nails, goes to a hairdresser or gets plastic surgery, she is constructing a mask based on the aforementioned standards. This is done to ease her signification and acceptance as a woman by society at large.
Furthermore, this focus on outward display’s fall in Fitzgerald’s Gatsby creating a new identity to gain acceptance in a world that is out of his reach. Like Gatsby, Woman in society are implored to fashion a façade that helps them make their way through society, except while Gatsby’s mask deals in material wealth, Wittig’s mask is defined as a physical transformation. Both are used in similar ways though, helping to gain acceptance, access and even favor or the affections of the people their hearts desire. Nonetheless, the behavior of Daisy and Myrtle are classic example of Wittig’s