Daisy's Love In The Great Gatsby

Daisy becomes increasingly emotionally torn as her affair with Gatsby continues. She becomes stressed with Gatsby and his expectations for her. Gatsby desires the old Daisy that he first fell madly in love with. She feels pressure as Gatsby’s affections turn into almost worship of her. Soon she begins to realize that what they had in the past was precious, but she realizes she still loves Tom. For example, in the Great Gatsby Daisy states, "They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the think folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before" (Fitzgerald 118-119). Daisy knows that Gatsby was a bootlegger and he lived by criminal activity. Gatsby’s true nature was uncovered. It was his

She did not wish to break their home apart. She felt guilty because she wanted to keep them protected. After exhausting all options, she realizes that she cannot be the woman everyone wanted her to be. Nature was of some comfort to her, she felt almost free outdoors. The outdoors caused her to taste the freedom, she could in vision her life as she pleased. After trying to convey some tiny shred of hope for her life, she realizes the outdoors only hears a mournful lullaby. Eventually Edna cannot help her desires and her awakening begins. After having an affair with Robert, she realizes she’s fallen in love with him. As her affair continues, her affections grow for Robert while she begins to resent her husband more. After taking as much as she can from her husband, she moves into her own home, away from Leonce. Even though Edna does not love Leonce anymore, she makes it a point to stay in her children’s lives, even if she is rarely involved. The separate house stays in between Leonce and Edna, but they are still considered married. In the end of the Great Gatsby, Daisy’s and Tom’s marriage is saved. All distractions were removed from their marriage. Another reason Daisy chose Tom was because of their child together. She had a growing fear that if she chose Gatsby, she would not get the chance to see her daughter often. Even though their child is not mentioned often in the novel, Fitzgerald elaborates

Edna refused to seek help, she even refused help when offered. Leonce repeatedly tried to get Edna to talk to him, he was willing to make amends to make their marriage alive again. Not only did she refuse Leonce, Robert left her. She was tired of being disappointed in life. Her sexual awakening had come and went when Robert did. Her will to live was gone and her depression consumed her like a fire. Loving her children was not enough, she made it clear that she could not sacrifice anymore pieces of herself for anyone. Edna’s feelings were, “The soul’s slavery that her children will drag her into is the role that society decrees for Edna: devoted wife and mother. It is exactly this – her identity – which Edna will not sacrifice for her children. The only way to elude this fate is to drown at sea” (Chopin). The depression had taken over Edna and consumed every piece of her mind and body. Her second and last awakening occurred to her in her final moments. She came to the realization that she cannot attain her desires without taking responsibilities and the demands of society into account. In conclusion, the Great Gatsby and The Awakening are tied to failing marriages despite the outcome. Although The Awakening and the Great Gatsby were written twenty years apart, the pressures of their society tore them apart. Both of these novels prove that love sometimes is not enough to keep their marriages alive. Flames die, love fades, society intervenes,