Compare And Contrast Myrtle And Tom In The Great Gatsby

The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses on a man named Jay Gatsby, who represents the American dream. Gatsby’s ultimate hope is winning over Daisy Buchanan, the women he is in love with; however, Daisy is already married to a man named Tom Buchanan. In addition, Tom is having romantic relations with a mistress in the city who is named Myrtle Wilson. Daisy and Tom both have suspicions about each others affairs but remain together even when they want to be with different people. Deceit is prevalent in The Great Gatsby when Daisy cheats on Tom with Gatsby, Tom has relations with his mistress Myrtle, and Myrtle lies to her husband about having an affair. In The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan is having romantic relations with Jay

Tom and Myrtle are both married to other people while being involved in a relationship themselves. Oftentimes, Tom visits Myrtle in the Valley of Ashes, where she lives with her husband or they spend the day at their apartment in the city. Frequently, Myrtle calls Tom at his home in East Egg which leads Daisy to suspect Tom is being deceitful and is cheating on her with another women. Daisy’s reservations about her husband causes her to become cynical and to hope for her daughter to grow up to be a “beautiful little fool— that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world” (Fitzgerald 14). Similarly, in the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, John Proctor has relations with a young girl named Abigail Williams while being married to his wife Elizabeth Proctor. When John is visiting Abigail’s home, she takes the opportunity to talk to him alone and accuse him of still having feelings for her. When Elizabeth learns that John had been alone with Abigail for a moment, she lost all faith that her husband did not have an affair (Miller 51). In The Great Gatsby and The Crucible, both wives questioned their husbands when learning they had been speaking and interacting with other women without their