Does Tom Buchanan Cause Daisy's Opposition To Gatsby

Love is seen as one of the greatest motivators of human action, and this is reflected throughout many great works of literature (ex Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet), but that same romance occasionally has harmful consequences. These consequences are displayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This novel follows the mysterious Jay Gatsby, who despite his background, climbs to the top of the social ladder to reclaim the heart of Daisy, wife of Tom Buchanan. Successfully reviving the love once shared between them, Gatsby’s dream of a future with Daisy is futile, as caused by the uncertainty within their relationship. Tom Buchanan could be viewed as the antagonist of The Great Gatsby, as he shares great opposition to Gatsby’s main goal.

By continuing with the marriage, she makes it clear that she decided upon continuing in a future marriage, Tom supported the lifestyle Daisy had been accustomed as explained by Jordan Head in The American Dream in the Great Gatsby. Proceeding in a future with Gatsby would mean relinquishing everything she had

Tom soon becomes aware of this relationship, and that Daisy may leave him. To stop this possibility he confronts Gatsby about his past, revealing that everything Gatsby had mentioned about his past was fictitious. Unchanged by these accusations, Gatsby ideally expects Daisy to confess to solely loving him, although she admits that she had not only loved Gatsby, but Tom as well, “‘I love you now[Gatsby]--isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.’ She began to sob helplessly. ‘I did love him once[Tom]-- but I loved you too.’”(Fitzgerald 132) Daisy’s indecisiveness reveals that she will remain with Tom, regardless of her prior commitments. Gatsby had thrived off the idea of Daisy never being in love with Tom, by stating that she had loved the both of them solidified the idea that she opposed Gatsby’s main intent: her absolute and individual