Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Marriage in The Great Gatsby
and pre-1900 poetry (UNFINISHED)
- The Great Gatsby
- Marriage as a symbol of
wealth
- Nick is "too poor" to be engaged
- Marriage is only for the
rich/those who have made their
fortune
- ironic - Nick comes from a "well-to-do" family
- Tom claims Gatsby "would have to steal
the ring he put on her [Daisy's] finger"
- making reference to Gatsby's
wealth being corrupt
- if you aren't born with money, you must
have made it dishonestly
- Lack of morals in America at time
- Gatsby claims Daisy "only married [Tom]
because I [Gatsby] was poor"
- Wealth was the barrier to their mariage
- Marriage has lost its
meaning in the 20s
- Affairs are common
- "the world and his mistress"
- Contrasted to "church bells"
- Marriage is valued less than affairs
- Like Garden of Love
- Still vaguely frowned on, especially for women
- "she might have the decenct not to
telephone him at inner time"
- Poetry
- The Garden of Love (William Blake)
- Marriage has restricted the speaker
- "the gates of the chapel are shut
- Physical barrier to
represent figurative
one
- Sonnet 113