How Does Fitzgerald Present Love In The Great Gatsby

In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the euphoria, and struggles that come with love is fully explored. Fitzgerald depicts a glaring connection between love and romance. Love, in this movie, is shown as an unconscious mighty force that draws people together and can only be satiated by acting upon those desires. This is seen in the case of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan; their past love is one that has to be rekindled because of the potency of the love that Fitzgerald illustrates. In “The Great Gatsby,” the grand romantic gestures are the only way the characters seem to be able to express love to one another. This is displayed by Gatsby’s proclamation of only hosting extravagant parties in hopes of his soulmate attending and falling in …show more content…
Despite Tom’s many affairs, Daisy ignores his infidelity to maintain her glamorous lifestyle. The driving force behind marital union in this movie is materialism and the self-deprecating need for power. Daisy marries into the Buchanan family because of the wealth and power they could offer her not out of love. Similarly, Tom’s mistress Myrtle does not marry her husband because she loves him but rather because of his loyalty and blind love for her. Neither does Myrtle have an affair with Tom because she loves him. She begins the relationship with Tom because he provided her with a lifestyle she had never experienced before with endless riches. He does not have an affair with Tom because of love either. It is because Tom can give her more money than her husband. Every relationship depicted seemed to be based on convenience and manipulation. This manipulation is shown through the separation of love and sex. Although, Gatsby and Daisy begin a sexual relationship that is not based on present love but rather in the past and the idea of what could have been. The unhappiness Daisy experiences in her current marriage push her to pursue the relationship with Gatsby; not attraction let alone