“Only fools fall in love” they say, yet so many people do. As beautiful and graceful love may seem, its ambiguity makes it a thin line between success, and failure. In both the Great Gatsby, and the Nightingale and the Rose, characters attempt to follow an ideal thought on what love is; in hopes to shape love in the way they want it to be. Since love cannot be restraint or conformed, characters setup their own demise, by trying to manipulate love as if it were a puppet. This produces a whirl wind of events that lead to failure, and in one case death. In the texts the Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, and The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde; the idealistic view of love is flawed with misconceptions of how true love is attained, false
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By buying a house across the bay from her and throwing extravagant parties, he hopes that Daisy would come to one of them so she can view his great wealth and status. Gatsby believes that he can simply buy Daisy’s love, and does not consider that all his wealth does not guarantee a life with Daisy. This foolish optimism is an example of Gatsby’s confusion with love, and essentially fuels the disappointment he later on feels. Moreover, Daisy’s character is full of wealth and status, which is the true reason why he is so attracted to her. “‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly. That was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it. . . . High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl. . . . ” (page 127) In this quote, the true reason of why Gatsby loves Daisy so much can be seen. Gatsby is man who loves wealth and status, and Daisy’s voice, her character, is mere representation of that. Therefore it can be drawn that Gatsby does not love Daisy but is infatuated with thought of being with her. Viewing her as a goal he wants to achieve, more so than a star cross lover. This distorted view on love is the result of Gatsby not understanding the complexity of how love works, as seeing love as merely a goal, will lead to serious repercussions. Comparatively, the student faces the same issues as Gatsby, having difficulty understanding love, and being too optimistic. In addition, the student depends on a red rose to bring him love with the
By buying a house across the bay from her and throwing extravagant parties, he hopes that Daisy would come to one of them so she can view his great wealth and status. Gatsby believes that he can simply buy Daisy’s love, and does not consider that all his wealth does not guarantee a life with Daisy. This foolish optimism is an example of Gatsby’s confusion with love, and essentially fuels the disappointment he later on feels. Moreover, Daisy’s character is full of wealth and status, which is the true reason why he is so attracted to her. “‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly. That was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it. . . . High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl. . . . ” (page 127) In this quote, the true reason of why Gatsby loves Daisy so much can be seen. Gatsby is man who loves wealth and status, and Daisy’s voice, her character, is mere representation of that. Therefore it can be drawn that Gatsby does not love Daisy but is infatuated with thought of being with her. Viewing her as a goal he wants to achieve, more so than a star cross lover. This distorted view on love is the result of Gatsby not understanding the complexity of how love works, as seeing love as merely a goal, will lead to serious repercussions. Comparatively, the student faces the same issues as Gatsby, having difficulty understanding love, and being too optimistic. In addition, the student depends on a red rose to bring him love with the