Essay On The Role Of Women In The Great Gatsby

The best of wives and women in Gatsby Women in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby play a rather complex and interesting role. During this time period, women were breaking away from the social normality of staying in the domestic hemisphere and instead were rebelling against social normalities and changing the view that society had of them. They changed their clothing style, started going out by themselves more often, and other acts that society would have viewed as, “absurd.” Also during the golden 20’s men had all of the status, all of the money, they owned everything. Women during this time had no entitlement to anything, it was all their husbands or men in their lives. We see this in all three of our main feminine characters in The Great Gatsby. Thus said, the wealthy women in this time period were far different than the woman in the middle class. In The Great Gatsby wives, sisters, mothers and so forth were still viewed as objects and not necessarily human beings that should have equal rights; they were a prize that was to be won. This applied especially to the rich. East Egg

She has no power or influence while living. Myrtle was of a low class, had little money, and wasn’t married to a wealthier man either. Hence she had no power. During the roaring 20’s if you had money, you had power and influence. Myrtle also was not someone famous or even popular for that matter like our friend Ms. Baker was. Thus, she had no influence. The only examples in The Great Gatsby where Myrtle had any sort of power or influence is when she was one out with Tom having their scandalous nights full of infidelity and debauchery, or two when Myrtle dashed in front when Daisy driving Jay’s car, causing her to get hit and die; which caused Wilson to murder Jay in the end. However, from an overall standpoint: she had to real influence or power such as Daisy and Jordan had been that they are well-known and of