The Great Gatsby shows the darkside and the temptress. The darkside, a character in a novel that is usually not adored by the readers. The temptress, a character archetype that possess what men desires in a novel. The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes the character archetypes temptress, portrayed by Daisy Buchanan and darkside characterized by Tom Buchanan.
The character archetype, temptress, fits the character Daisy Buchanan because she possess the desire of male characters in the story. First, Nick visits Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s mansion in East Egg. Tom invites him for a dinner with his family. “It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be …show more content…
Second, Daisy Buchanan shows herself as a temptress once again when she and Gatsby meet each other. One night, Gatsby starts to tell his story regarding Dan Cody to but Gatsby wants to talk about Daisy more. Gatsby tells Nick about his first impression of Daisy and how Daisy captures his heart. Nick illustrates what Gatsby says, “ She was the first “nice” girl he had ever known. In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people, but always with indiscernible barbed wire between. He found her excitingly desirable”(148). According to Gatsby, Daisy has a characteristics that the other women he interacted with. Gatsby thinks that other girls hated poor boys like him but Daisy, unaware of his past accepts him. Other than that, Daisy also has the life he always wanted but never had. Daisy is a rich girl, which means that she is considered high class and one of the kind. Due to her beauty and wealth, there are also many men chasing her, and Gatsby sees that. He hopes that if he will ever win her heart, he will get to live a life like Daisy’s, spends time with the women he loves and other men will also view him strong and attractive due to getting Daisy’s attention. Gatsby is willing to do anything for Daisy so he works hard to be one of the most successful …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald. Daisy Buchanan, the temptress, leads Gatsby to destruction due to Gatsby’s willingness to do anything for her. Tom Buchanan, the darkside, became Gatsby’s greatest enemy because of the fact the Gatsby is discriminated by him and he married Gatsby’s lover, Daisy but cheats on her with another woman. Both Tom and Daisy contributes to Gatsby’s
The character archetype, temptress, fits the character Daisy Buchanan because she possess the desire of male characters in the story. First, Nick visits Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s mansion in East Egg. Tom invites him for a dinner with his family. “It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be …show more content…
Second, Daisy Buchanan shows herself as a temptress once again when she and Gatsby meet each other. One night, Gatsby starts to tell his story regarding Dan Cody to but Gatsby wants to talk about Daisy more. Gatsby tells Nick about his first impression of Daisy and how Daisy captures his heart. Nick illustrates what Gatsby says, “ She was the first “nice” girl he had ever known. In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people, but always with indiscernible barbed wire between. He found her excitingly desirable”(148). According to Gatsby, Daisy has a characteristics that the other women he interacted with. Gatsby thinks that other girls hated poor boys like him but Daisy, unaware of his past accepts him. Other than that, Daisy also has the life he always wanted but never had. Daisy is a rich girl, which means that she is considered high class and one of the kind. Due to her beauty and wealth, there are also many men chasing her, and Gatsby sees that. He hopes that if he will ever win her heart, he will get to live a life like Daisy’s, spends time with the women he loves and other men will also view him strong and attractive due to getting Daisy’s attention. Gatsby is willing to do anything for Daisy so he works hard to be one of the most successful …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald. Daisy Buchanan, the temptress, leads Gatsby to destruction due to Gatsby’s willingness to do anything for her. Tom Buchanan, the darkside, became Gatsby’s greatest enemy because of the fact the Gatsby is discriminated by him and he married Gatsby’s lover, Daisy but cheats on her with another woman. Both Tom and Daisy contributes to Gatsby’s