How Is Myrtle Portrayed In The Great Gatsby
“Daisy is a victim of complex needs and desires who deserves more pity than blame”
In the light of this comment, compare and contrast the presentation of central female characters in the two novels you have studied.
Both Plath and Fitzgerald effectively present female characters in “The Great Gatsby” and “The Bell jar,” In The Great Gatsby female characters are presented via social class and relationships with other characters. The Great Gatsby presents the various characteristics of women in the 1920s through the variety of woman characters which represent different aspects of life. The main characters which are presented in the novel are Daisy, Myrtle and Jordan. These three women represent class physical and revolutionary differences …show more content…
As in The Great Gatsby Myrtle is given a collar made out of diamonds this suggest that Tom is in control and Myrtle is like his pet he can use her whenever he feels like it but also suggest Myrtles lust for the higher life and that she will stop in any level to feel the riches he desires. Similarly to ester who is controlled by society and the headlines as she is exposed to the public when she is found under her house, this suggest that women to a certain degree are free but still have to hide under the shadow of male or in ester’s situation the press who expose her breakdown violently. Also Myrtle and Ester are similarly as Myrtle is killed by her lover’s wife and therefore blood is shed in bell jar Ester on several occasions tries to commit suicide as when she slits her wrists her heart beats, “I am, I am, I am” the repletion of this phrase stays in the audiences head and creates sympathy for ester but also suggest her break down as resulted her becoming more in a trance like as she is obsessed with the thought of
In the light of this comment, compare and contrast the presentation of central female characters in the two novels you have studied.
Both Plath and Fitzgerald effectively present female characters in “The Great Gatsby” and “The Bell jar,” In The Great Gatsby female characters are presented via social class and relationships with other characters. The Great Gatsby presents the various characteristics of women in the 1920s through the variety of woman characters which represent different aspects of life. The main characters which are presented in the novel are Daisy, Myrtle and Jordan. These three women represent class physical and revolutionary differences …show more content…
As in The Great Gatsby Myrtle is given a collar made out of diamonds this suggest that Tom is in control and Myrtle is like his pet he can use her whenever he feels like it but also suggest Myrtles lust for the higher life and that she will stop in any level to feel the riches he desires. Similarly to ester who is controlled by society and the headlines as she is exposed to the public when she is found under her house, this suggest that women to a certain degree are free but still have to hide under the shadow of male or in ester’s situation the press who expose her breakdown violently. Also Myrtle and Ester are similarly as Myrtle is killed by her lover’s wife and therefore blood is shed in bell jar Ester on several occasions tries to commit suicide as when she slits her wrists her heart beats, “I am, I am, I am” the repletion of this phrase stays in the audiences head and creates sympathy for ester but also suggest her break down as resulted her becoming more in a trance like as she is obsessed with the thought of