What Are The Similarities Between Fitzgerald And Keatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s pieces of literature are nothing short of intoxicating. Similar to his inspiration John Keats, Fitzgerald wrote with vigor. They way in which both Fitzgerald and Keats brought characters to life was incredible. One thing both Keats and Fitzgerald have a knack for doing is implementing beauty and deceit into the layers of material they give their readers. Further, they are able to take the dishonesty of characters and create something more beautiful than imagined. For Keats in The Eve of St. Agnes, he dramatizes the romantic relationship between Madeline, a beautiful virgin, and Porphyro, her suitor into something that is initially not seen on the surface of their relationship. In addition, the mimic of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet also exemplifies a more irresistible quality to the reader. What is interesting about each of the character is the way in which each of them is described: she as the young, virginal maiden, and he as the secret lover who watches her from within the closet. Each of their comparison to Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is what is …show more content…
For the most part, both Madeline and Gatsby live in a fantasized world. Dan McCall, author of "The Self-same Song That Found a Path": Keats and the Great Gatsby, discusses the idea that Madeline is constantly in the dream like mindset. Quoting John Keats’s The Eve of St. Agnes, he states, “…in a “azure-lidded sleep, / In blanched linen, smooth and lavendered” when her suitor “from forth the closet brought a heap”(McCall, 524). This idea that Madeline is a dreamer parallel to the idea that Gatsby, too, is a dreamer and wants more than anything for Daisy to come running back into his arms. Although in this instance, Madeline is dreaming, she wants nothing more than the idea that she has in her head. Fitzgerald seamlessly connects his writing to Keats’s at this particular moment. McCall further