In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel,’ The Great Gatsby, characters explore stories of love and loss. The female characters play a unique role in the story of Gatsby that allows them to be seen differently even though they share some similarities. Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle vary by motivation and goals, and are tied together by morals. The jazz age is described as a period of confusion, and directionless wandering. Daisy, Myrtle and Jordan, the main female characters in the novel are prime examples. Daisy is portrayed as the prime example of a woman in the “roaring” twenties. Daisy married a wealthy man, has little motivation, and desires to be taken care of. Daisy has a child, a daughter whom she says she hopes “will be a fool, that’s the best
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Myrtle contrasts from Jordan and Daisy with the lack of hiding “her smoldering vitality and sexual imprisonment” (Goldsmith) In he novel, Fitzgerald makes the comparison between the three ladies very clear in the way each is described. Daisy’s tone of voice is described as “thrilling” or “ecstatic” giving an animated, refined feel to her character. Jordan is “haughty” and “absent” giving a removed feeling. Myrtle is described in a completely different manner then Daisy or Jordan; Myrtle is described as “a thickish woman, who contained no facet or gleam of beauty” (Fitzgerald 25). Daisy is written in a manner that makes the reader favor her, Jordan is written in an absent manner, and Myrtle is written as the lesser of the three, almost as a villain. Though there is an assortment of differences to each of the women, it seems they do have the same morals. Myrtle is partaking in an affair with a married man, to gain status and wealth. Myrtle is also partaking in an extramarital affair with Tom, cheating on George. Daisy has a love affair with Gatsby, and allows Nick and Jordan’s plan to reunite Gatsby and Daisy. Jordan helps Nick bring married Daisy Buchanan to Gatsby. Daisy is aware of Tom’s shenanigans and doesn’t take any action or consider divorcing Tom. The morals of the women match the time period reckless and dazed, and aware of one another’s
Myrtle contrasts from Jordan and Daisy with the lack of hiding “her smoldering vitality and sexual imprisonment” (Goldsmith) In he novel, Fitzgerald makes the comparison between the three ladies very clear in the way each is described. Daisy’s tone of voice is described as “thrilling” or “ecstatic” giving an animated, refined feel to her character. Jordan is “haughty” and “absent” giving a removed feeling. Myrtle is described in a completely different manner then Daisy or Jordan; Myrtle is described as “a thickish woman, who contained no facet or gleam of beauty” (Fitzgerald 25). Daisy is written in a manner that makes the reader favor her, Jordan is written in an absent manner, and Myrtle is written as the lesser of the three, almost as a villain. Though there is an assortment of differences to each of the women, it seems they do have the same morals. Myrtle is partaking in an affair with a married man, to gain status and wealth. Myrtle is also partaking in an extramarital affair with Tom, cheating on George. Daisy has a love affair with Gatsby, and allows Nick and Jordan’s plan to reunite Gatsby and Daisy. Jordan helps Nick bring married Daisy Buchanan to Gatsby. Daisy is aware of Tom’s shenanigans and doesn’t take any action or consider divorcing Tom. The morals of the women match the time period reckless and dazed, and aware of one another’s