The Great Gatsby Daisy Quotes

In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy is portrayed as a dramatic and tragic side of the Roaring 20’s. In the text, Daisy causes a sense of tragic irony that makes characters act differently than the reader might have contemplated. Daisy has her vision clouded by the society she has been raised in, this contributes to her thinking that ‘old money’ is better than ‘new money’. The fact that she has been raised in a day and age that suggests that, it will ultimately lead to her downfall and destruction.

Daisy presents herself as a pure character in the novel, but really she is the center of tragedy and drama that occurs in the book. There are many examples where daisy seems to arouse Tom and Gatsby, this causes dismay and tragedy between the two, Jay and Tom. Daisy’s friends often realise what is going on between Tom and Daisy, this also stirs up conditions between the group. “‘Look!’ she complained. ‘I hurt it.’ We all looked—the knuckle was black and blue. ‘You did it, Tom,’ she said accusingly. ‘I know you didn’t mean to but you DID do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical specimen of a——‘” (Fitzgerald 16). This quote shows the type of tragic and physical abuse that Tom inflicts on Daisy. This frightens both Daisy and the …show more content…
As Daisy begins to grow closer to Gatsby and farther away from her husband, Tom becomes distressed and hires an investigator to look into Gatsby's profession. Tom even begins to wonder about a relationship between Gatsby and Daisy. As Daisy’s relationship begins to unfold, Gatsby decides to not keep it a secret from Tom. “Your wife doesn’t love you”, “She’s never loved you. She loves me.”(Fitzgerald 137). The following text shows the struggle that is put between Tom and Jay because of daisy. This