Tension is often created between 'new' and 'old'. To what effect do writers make use of such tension in at least two works you have studied.
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Tension is often created between
'new' and 'old'. To what effect do
writers make use of such tension in at
least two works you have studied.
ULOB
Thomas & Tereza
The other women that Thomas has
Sabina
Sabina (Old) finding a job for Tereza (New) when she first comes to Prague
Sabina Franz
Sabina is more part fo the new age of woman
When Sabina goes to the show hosted by Franz's wife
Gets
Sabina and Thomas's Son
His unanswered (new) letters to Sabina (old)
Gatsby
His old and new life, stuck in the pasta and the now
Bootlegging- part of the new age (at the time)
Love for Daisy
Part of the past that Gatsby is hanging on to and creating himself rather than paying attention to what is happening at the time
Don't know what page but at some point Nick says 'You can't repeat the past' and Gatsby says 'Yes, you can'
G wants to live in the perfect past, where he has money, Daisy and all is good
Daisy a symbol for Gatsby of the past
After they hit the guy with the car, and G is outside D's house, he is not onyl clinging on to Daisy (the coporial person) but also the image of the past that he has built up around her
The women's role- new and old
New- Doing things on there own/having a life outside of Men (Jordan)
Old- Being tied to a man and going along with them without own thought (Daisy)