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Intertextual Perspectives In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The comparative study of intertextual perspectives accentuates the distinctive context of text in referring to the human heart. This is evident in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s (EBB) “Sonnets from the Portuguese’’ and F Scott Fitzgerald’s modernist novel ‘‘The Great Gatsby’’, whereby both composers explore the contexts of 1840’s Victorian England and the ‘’Roaring 20’s’’ in America. Through a comparison, one may accede that Ebb explores how a female may challenge patriarchal values to explore an authentic love or more so something from within, firmly based on spirituality. Ebb manifests her integrity in the belief of love and speaks out as a passionate, assertive woman defying societies conservative beliefs in genders. However, Fitzgerald offers
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