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In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the theme of love and marriage through Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby, her charming voice, and the complicated marriage with Tom throughout the novel. He also argues that love itself can be unstable and problematic for most of the characters. Daisy and Tom’s relationship is not very loving. They are only married because Tom likes having a young woman to make him look good and Daisy likes the wealth. But it all changed when Tom found out that Gatsby and Daisy had a past relationship. Daisy and Gatsby have had a relationship before, and Daisy has opened up to him about her feelings for him in the past. “At his lips’ touch, she blossomed for him like a flower...” (Fitzgerald 70). Fitzgerald uses this quote to describe Daisy and Gatsby’s rebirth of love and it confirms their love, which made the “ideal perfect love” possible for Gatsby. “He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.” (Fitzgerald 70). He uses this quote to show Gatsby’s desire for Daisy and everything that Daisy represents. Daisy has become the main focus for Gatsby and his life. …show more content…

“Her voice is full of money.” (Fitzgerald 75). This quote describes Daisy’s character and is the source of Gatsby’s fantasies of her being the golden girl and her voice. “The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain.”(Fitzgerald 55). This quote is another description of Daisy’s voice. Even though Gatsby was attracted to Daisy’s voice, Nick was attracted as

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