Responsibility for Gatsby's Death Essay

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    lot of different times, but she still stayed with him regardless. She either didn’t know or didn’t care that Tom didn’t love her, and if she did, she should’ve just gone and divorced him. If she had done that, no affairs would’ve taken place and no deaths would’ve…

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    No one would take responsibility of him after his death, leaving it up to Nick. All his work-buddies, housemates and the people who showed up for the lavish parties where nowhere to be found or had “other” plans. The hollowness of Jay Gatsby’s life is evident at his funeral when barley anyone shows up. Daisy and Tom couldn’t even be bothered and are the least bit affected by his death. They pick up, move and vanish into thin air without bothering to…

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    to realize that all of his actions are for nothing. He created a Daisy in his imagination that Daisy is the dream woman and only to question himself to what he did wrong. Gatsby is so blinded by his love for Daisy of the past, which leads to his death because of the image he has of her wanted to Daisy’s innocence and pureness, lying on the behalf of his love that he was the one who killed Myrtle and he was so blinded by love that he gave up his own life for his so called dream woman. Even…

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    Haas however, played Daisy to have a very distinct emotion of fear. Subtle, but it’s obviously different from shame. Haas delivers the line “You were always my favorite cousin Nick,” with more hopes that he will not expose her than guilt over Gatsby’s death. There is a subtle difference between the lack of guilt between Tom and Daisy, but Haas and Parras are very…

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    relevant as her story becomes more dependent on her being there for Gatsby (Lehan 74). But Daisy is unable to tell Gatsby what he needs to hear. She does this so easily because she is a “careless person” along with her husband Tom (Lehan 67). Gatsby’s death is almost seen as a merciful act because it is even more painful for him to live without Daisy…

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    The impact of the automobile in the 1920 's drove America into a frenzy of fresh opportunities. This new era can be credited in part to Henry Ford who mass produced the Model T, and made it an affordable, practical vehicle for any American with a need and want for mobility. The automobile revolutionized almost every part of life including the economy, and where Americans traveled and lived. However, these successes came at a cost. Pollution began to take its toll in major cities, crime rates…

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    Imperfection In Othello

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    to hurt and harm Cassio’s reputation. Not only does Iago want to hurt Cassio but he also wants to hurt the Moor. The moor has done nothing but picked the best man he thought for the job. There is nothing wrong in this yet Iago takes it as his responsibility to do something about it. Iago also tries to make a profit from all of this. Roderigo is a rich and well-respected man of high class, who wanted to marry Desdemona previous to the plays beginning; and because Roderigo has more money than Iago…

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    funeral. This goes to show who really valued Gatsby as a friend. The people that did not attend would only take advantage of him for his money, or for his extravagant lavish parties he would host at his mansion. Gatsby’s father flew from Minnesota to be able to attend his son’s funeral. Gatsby death had affected his love ones, for always will Jay Gatz be missed. Daisy behavior had made people view her differently, she did not care if she had hurt people or not. She was unmindful and selfish…

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    In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald illustrates the social class of Gatsby through the house he resides in. Gatsby’s house is mocked by Nick as a “factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville” and is noticeably “spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy”. It could be argued that the noun “imitation” is symbolic of the owner Gatsby, who attempts to imitate the behaviour…

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    Great Gatsby Recklessness

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    The 1920 's: the jazz age, the birth of the movie industry, overall a social economic boom. The times were changing, and so the values and feelings followed. A young writer by the name of Scott F. Fitzgerald established his place in the entertainment world by boldly writing on-the-edge novels the people wanted to read. Over time, like most celebrities, his fame diminished. In one of his unsuccessful attempts to revive himself in society, Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby. Unrecognized at the…

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