Theme Gatsby Poems to compare Context
Quote/moment/point
lust Nom sum qualis – Gatsby’s lust
- Gatsby adhering to his Description/fascina for Daisy is
lust for Daisy for YEARS. tion with ‘cynara!’ amplified by
Her voice, hypnotic related back to his desire for
quality. His demise and semantic field of wealth and
her ‘success’ reflect body. the American
difference in conforming Fragmentation. dream.
vs resisting lust. Speaker is Allure of a
‘absurd, charming little entranced by her flapper girl
laugh’ (chp 1) appearance,
‘Daisy’s murmur was lovesick Nom sum
only to make people ‘kisses’ ‘red mouth’ Author in an
lean toward her’ ‘low, ‘breath’ ‘hungry for obsessive
thrilling voice’ ‘her voice the lips of my lust for a
sang’ (chp 1) desire’ younger girl.
‘He had waited five ‘I am desolate and Refers to her
years’ (chp 4) sick of an old as an
‘exhilarating ripple of passion’ artichoke, an
her voice was like a wild ‘There thy shadow aphrodisiac.
tonic in the rain’ (chp 5) fell’ Reflects
‘he hadn’t once ceased ‘flung roses, roses indulgence of
looking at Daisy’ (chp 5) ritously’ the
‘Then he kissed her. At Decadence
his lips’ touch she La Belle dame – era.
blossomed for him like a Impact of adhering
flower and the to lust despite La Belle
incarnation was warnings against it. Keats - a
complete’ (chp 6) Knight succumbs to romantic
lust which is his poet
downfall. reflected in
‘I see a lily on thy his
brow’ involvement
‘thy cheeks a of nature,
fading rose’ however
‘Full beautiful’ ‘Her perversion of
hair was long... and its beauty
her eyes were wild’ creating a
‘made sweet moan’ tension
‘I set her on my around the
pacing steed’ lust for this
‘alone and palely woman
loitering’
taboo Gatsby and Daisy Who so list to Daisy’s allure
relationship, five year hount due to her
long emotional affair. Forbidden love due upper class
, Rekindled relationship to status, barrier of status and
whilst Daisy is married. ‘caesar’, courtly Gatsby’s
Also forbidden in terms love of ‘hunting’, desire to
of class divide. pursuing a woman move up the
Allure of societal taboo. of higher status. social ladder.
Title view of American
Alluring description of women as sexual, Dream.
her, his social better and alluring and fragile However,
the longing undertone (Daisy). ‘I seke to Fitzgerald
with shameful tension. hold the wynde’ uses his
‘High in a white palace... ‘graven’ ‘vain’ novel to
the king’s daughter, the ‘sore’ demonstrates
golden girl’ chp 7 ‘silver ‘in diamondes the futility of
idol’ letters plain’ - it – high
‘her voice is full of Status indicator not society is
money’ just of a rich, closed to
Desirable due to the powerful husband others.
taboo nature of their but a symbol of Fitzgerald
relationship. status that spells was
out the promoted to
‘he stretched his arms impossibility of the second
towards the dark water.. their love. lieutenant
Except a single green Repetitive rhyme and
light, minute and far scheme reflects met 17-year-
away’ (chp 1) obsession. old Zelda
Illustrating the gap in Sayre. He fell
status and in love with
understanding between The garden of love her and
them. ‘dark water’ – societal asked her
separates them, nature restrictions on love. to marry him.
is holding them apart – ‘A chapel built in She agreed,
that is how taboo it is. the midst where I but her
used to play upon desire for
‘He stretched out his the green’ freedom wealth,
hand desperately as if to to enjoy yourself leisure and
snatch only a wisp of air’ destroyed by luxury made
chp 8 institutions. ‘’Thou her delay
Continues nature shalt not’ writ over their wedding
imagery linked with the door’ ‘tomb- until he was
‘failure to grasp’ Daisy. stones where successful.
Link this quote with Who flowers should be’
so (wind quote). The ‘binding with briars
Garden of love also uses my joys and
nature imagery. desires’
Sanctity Tom’s affair with Myrtle Absent from thee Turbulent
of Claims sanctity of Subverts nature of
marriag marriage when Daisy expectations of a Tom and
Quote/moment/point
lust Nom sum qualis – Gatsby’s lust
- Gatsby adhering to his Description/fascina for Daisy is
lust for Daisy for YEARS. tion with ‘cynara!’ amplified by
Her voice, hypnotic related back to his desire for
quality. His demise and semantic field of wealth and
her ‘success’ reflect body. the American
difference in conforming Fragmentation. dream.
vs resisting lust. Speaker is Allure of a
‘absurd, charming little entranced by her flapper girl
laugh’ (chp 1) appearance,
‘Daisy’s murmur was lovesick Nom sum
only to make people ‘kisses’ ‘red mouth’ Author in an
lean toward her’ ‘low, ‘breath’ ‘hungry for obsessive
thrilling voice’ ‘her voice the lips of my lust for a
sang’ (chp 1) desire’ younger girl.
‘He had waited five ‘I am desolate and Refers to her
years’ (chp 4) sick of an old as an
‘exhilarating ripple of passion’ artichoke, an
her voice was like a wild ‘There thy shadow aphrodisiac.
tonic in the rain’ (chp 5) fell’ Reflects
‘he hadn’t once ceased ‘flung roses, roses indulgence of
looking at Daisy’ (chp 5) ritously’ the
‘Then he kissed her. At Decadence
his lips’ touch she La Belle dame – era.
blossomed for him like a Impact of adhering
flower and the to lust despite La Belle
incarnation was warnings against it. Keats - a
complete’ (chp 6) Knight succumbs to romantic
lust which is his poet
downfall. reflected in
‘I see a lily on thy his
brow’ involvement
‘thy cheeks a of nature,
fading rose’ however
‘Full beautiful’ ‘Her perversion of
hair was long... and its beauty
her eyes were wild’ creating a
‘made sweet moan’ tension
‘I set her on my around the
pacing steed’ lust for this
‘alone and palely woman
loitering’
taboo Gatsby and Daisy Who so list to Daisy’s allure
relationship, five year hount due to her
long emotional affair. Forbidden love due upper class
, Rekindled relationship to status, barrier of status and
whilst Daisy is married. ‘caesar’, courtly Gatsby’s
Also forbidden in terms love of ‘hunting’, desire to
of class divide. pursuing a woman move up the
Allure of societal taboo. of higher status. social ladder.
Title view of American
Alluring description of women as sexual, Dream.
her, his social better and alluring and fragile However,
the longing undertone (Daisy). ‘I seke to Fitzgerald
with shameful tension. hold the wynde’ uses his
‘High in a white palace... ‘graven’ ‘vain’ novel to
the king’s daughter, the ‘sore’ demonstrates
golden girl’ chp 7 ‘silver ‘in diamondes the futility of
idol’ letters plain’ - it – high
‘her voice is full of Status indicator not society is
money’ just of a rich, closed to
Desirable due to the powerful husband others.
taboo nature of their but a symbol of Fitzgerald
relationship. status that spells was
out the promoted to
‘he stretched his arms impossibility of the second
towards the dark water.. their love. lieutenant
Except a single green Repetitive rhyme and
light, minute and far scheme reflects met 17-year-
away’ (chp 1) obsession. old Zelda
Illustrating the gap in Sayre. He fell
status and in love with
understanding between The garden of love her and
them. ‘dark water’ – societal asked her
separates them, nature restrictions on love. to marry him.
is holding them apart – ‘A chapel built in She agreed,
that is how taboo it is. the midst where I but her
used to play upon desire for
‘He stretched out his the green’ freedom wealth,
hand desperately as if to to enjoy yourself leisure and
snatch only a wisp of air’ destroyed by luxury made
chp 8 institutions. ‘’Thou her delay
Continues nature shalt not’ writ over their wedding
imagery linked with the door’ ‘tomb- until he was
‘failure to grasp’ Daisy. stones where successful.
Link this quote with Who flowers should be’
so (wind quote). The ‘binding with briars
Garden of love also uses my joys and
nature imagery. desires’
Sanctity Tom’s affair with Myrtle Absent from thee Turbulent
of Claims sanctity of Subverts nature of
marriag marriage when Daisy expectations of a Tom and
