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THE GREAT GATSBY
Nienke Langenhoff, Tessa Rensink, Elise van der Sman & Fleur Busch
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THE GREAT GATSBY
Nienke Langenhoff, Tessa Rensink, Elise van der Sman & Fleur Busch

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TIME IN WHICH TE BOOK TOOK PLACE
  • 1922 > Roaring Twenties
  • After WOI
  • Rapidly changing society, enormous economic prosperity & consumer culture
  • Shift in values and beliefs & changing social order
  • Women's clothing
  • Underground drinking culture (speakeasies)
  • Organized crime
  • Gatsby = American Dream
“Anything can happen now that we’ve slid over this brigde, ‘I thought; ‘anything at all…’ Even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder.”

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Critical reception at the time
  • Mixed reviews
  •          Rich portrayal of the Roaring Twenties
  •          Loose structure and lack of moral compas
  • Relatively well sold
  • Masterpiece of the genre
  • Classic

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Symbolism: Gatsby's Mansion
  • Huge parties
  • Jazz era / Roaring Twenties
  • Emptiness for love
  • Nicks Neighbor
  • Not enough for acceptance
  • Emptiness
  • West egg

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Theme: American Dream
  • Exalted above others
  • Lack richness of love
  • Gatsby > rises from poverty to wealth
  • Reality > corrupt and materialistic society
  • Gatsby believes
  • False illusion
"It is the idea that anyone, regardless of their background, can achieve success and prosperity through hard work and determination"

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Love and Marriage



‘I married him because I thought he was a gentleman,’ she said finally. ‘I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe.’ - Myrtle Wilson
Loveless marriages

Tekst
Between George and Myrtle Wilson:

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Love and Marriage



‘[H]e gave her a string of pearls... I was a bridesmaid... She... pulled out the... pearls... “Take ’em down-stairs and give ’em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ’em all Daisy’s change’ her mind. Say: ‘Daisy’s change’ her mind!’
Loveless marriages

Tekst
Between Tom and Daisy Buchanan:

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Love and Marriage





For a while I lost sight of Jordan Baker, and then in midsummer I found her again . . . . I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity. - Nick Carraway
Other examples
Tekst
Gatsby's all-consuming passion for Daisy

 & Nick and Jordan's relationship

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The Green Light
Tekst

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The Green Light
Color symbolism 

Representation of Gatsby's dreams and hope for the future

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