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To What Extent Is Daisy To Blame For The Death Of Gatsby

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Daisy is most at fault for Gatsby's death. The death of Gatsby is at fault for the escapement of shame cast upon Daisy. Daisy killed Myrtle and then lied about it to Tom, who led Wilson to shoot Gatsby because of the lie that Daisy told. "Even alone, I can't say I never loved Tom," she admitted in a pitiful voice that wouldn't be true." (142) Daisy's maintained perpetual innocence manipulated Gatsby's unstable psychological state. She knew it was a mistake the entire time, and she continued having an affair and stringing Gatsby along into further unhealthy obsession to throw him away when she was met with an unknown force called consequences. To maintain her relationship with her husband, she lies to protect herself. "'I told him the truth,'
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