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Women In The Great Gatsby

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“A woman of 1920 would be surprised to know that she would be remembered as a new woman” (Benner). Indeed, the majority of women were working as housewives, and many significant changes would take place in their appearance and attitude later in the 1920s. However, women were not given the same opportunity and equality as men. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, sets during the conflicts of the Roaring Twenties, describes a complex society with different gender roles. The Great Gatsby illustrates the decline of the American Dream by revealing the conflict between women’s subservient roles and their progressive resistance to social expectations in 1920s America. The fact that women were trapped in an oppressive marriage demonstrates that …show more content…

Myrtle's sister Catherine, who lives a similarly dependent life, comes to Tom's party in "with a proprietary haste [and] a solid, sticky bob of red hair"(Fitzgerald 30). The indirect characterization reflects modernized females such as Catherine are socially free and have lifestyles of self-reliance. The imagery of confident and fashionable women emphasizes women’s disagreements towards modern social standards and their disregard for conservative ideas. The appearance of the "New Women" was a significant step towards independence and equality as women now have an entirely new attitude of fashion and way of life. Women saw the 1920s society as a time to declaring independence because their unique appearance "belongs to the age of freedom, frankness and progressiveness"(Garden). Garden tries to prove her bobbed hairstyle represents the improvements towards the equal society. The fashion and expectations of the new woman, or the flappers, in the 1920s, were shown in their new clothing or hairstyles. The emerging of the flappers illustrates how women tried to take a progressive step towards equal rights in the traditional 1920s society; they wanted to express themselves through self-determined styles and ultimately broke the inequality between female and male in order to reach their American Dreams. Although women tend to be open-minded, the harsh limits of traditional gender roles restrict women's ability to achieve their goal and American

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The era of 1920s is known for flapper dresses, extravagant lifestyles, and reformation of women. Before this time, women were treated as property and did not have their own voices in politics and their personal lives. With the start of the 20th century, women yearned for a change. They wore shorter dresses, became more reckless, and took control of their lives. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a renowned author during the 1920s who provided commentary about the changes of women.

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Majority of humans cannot escape the inevitable feeling of guilt after being responsible for causing something terrible. It is often too late for a person to fix their mistakes, leaving an everlasting effect on society. An individual 's morals create regret often called a guilty conscience. In the The Devil and Tom Walker, Tom sees the damage he has caused to the people in his community and attempts to fix his sins, "he began to feel anxious about those of the next and became a violent churchgoer" (Irving 330). By doing this Irving shows that Tom realizing his mistakes and is attempting to clear his conscience.

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In society, emotion is the main contribution to the strengthening and harm to the human condition. The influence that women have in the two texts display how love defines the rash actions that one may display for what they desire. Gatsby’s love for Daisy Buchannan along with the influence that she brings to his life, leads him into a downward spiral which then ends in his demise, the influence of Lady Macbeth on Macbeth tests his desires and lust for power. Obsessions and persisting those obsessions are what creates both stories of Macbeth and Gatsby and entail the main incentive for power or for love. Through self-destruction and illusion, the two texts display obsessions and their impossible and illusionistic outcomes.

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