The Role Of Romanticism In The Great Gatsby

Daisy’s Facade The roaring twenties was a time in the United States which saw an economic and city growth never seen in human history but like all things did not last forever. The Great Gatsby is embodiment of this endless growth with many parts of the book taking great insight from the Romantic movement. Everything had a certain luster and hopefulness that is impossible not to notice. However, this luster however was not shared by everyone and the world was not actually a better place, instead this prosperity was only seen on the surface but when looking deeper it was not there. This tension of surface appearance and actuality can be seen in Daisy as she goes between a romantic view of the world while trying to hide her real intentions and opinions. In the Great Gatsby Daisy is a character who is greatly influenced by the romantic movement but in the end is truly a realist. Daisy does her best to live her life in a carefree life in which she is her own person who believes the world is an amazing passionate place.“Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she again keeping half a dozen dates a day, and drowsing a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men, and drowsing asleep at dawn with the bead and chiffon of an evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed.”(Fitzgerald page ) She always lived her life to the fullest and …show more content…
Daisy shows how she started as someone who thought that everything was possible and that the world was an endless ly incredible place. Over time she sees that this is not how the world really is. Even with this realization she tries her best to relive those moments with Gatsby but at the end of the day you can not repeat the past. Daisy represents the idea that no matter what facade we put up it is in the end just a