Which relationship in "The GG" can the scrutiny be likened to?
Relates how to how Tom and Daisy always return back to each other despite the atrocities they commit within their marriage. "I laden will return to thee, Ev'n sated with variety".
The speaker's sexual exhaustion could be similar to Nick Caraway's unsettled relationships that are stringed along in the novel but never mentioned in much detail, suggests he is never satisfied.
'The Scrutiny' might be read as a woman trying to break free from the control of a man. This reflects Daisy, Myrtle, and even Jordan with her date at one of Gatsby's parties.
Themes in "The Scrutiny" present in "The Great Gatsby"?
Relationship with time theme: Speaker wishes time would past faster so he is away from his lover, like Myrtle's relationship with her husband: desperate to leave soon after they married.
A song (absent from thee) context links to "The Great Gatsby"?
John Wilmot kidnapped the woman he later married. Similar to Wilson's emotional captivation of Myrtle, and near the end of the play-actual physical entrapment.
How does "The Garden of love" Link to "The Great Gatsby"?
Poem reflects alternative theory about the character of Nick Caraway's sexuality. The poem presents the idea of organised religion intentionally forbidding people from enjoying their natural desires (in Nick's case-lusting after a man).
How does "The Garden of Love" relate to the context of "The Great Gatsby"?
The poem presents the idea that humans reject their creative selves to conform to a more mechanistic and materialistic world. This idea is similar to Fitzgerald's subtle criticisms of the superficial western culture in the 20's. This is present in the 'here say' theme, Gatsby's uninvited party-goers and even the character of Daisy who is in love with materialistic goods and staged conversations.
what theme in "song (Ae fond Kiss)" is also present in "The Great Gatsby"?
Spiritual love theme: Burns was having an affair with 'Nancy' and loved her even when she moved away, Gatsby loved Daisy even when she married someone else "il ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy".
What other relationship may "Ae Fond Kiss" relate to?
Climatic poem- there is an increase in intense feelings which then drops in line 18. Similar in novel, increase in emotion and intensity which reaches its height in the hotel when Tom confronts Daisy about her affair
Which relationship/theme in "The GG" does "She Walks in Beauty" reflect the most?
Spiritual love theme: the poet idolises the addressee like Gatsby idolises Daisy. Their love is spiritual because neither man has an immediate relationship with their loves, just admires them from a distance (setting: watching from outside the church for the speaker, watching from across the bay for Gatsby) - unrealistic image upheld of the woman in question?
What does "She Walks in Beauty" present that is present in "The Great Gatsby"?
The poem presents what it's like to fall in love at first sight and the powerful feelings conveyed from seeing them. This is similar to the first-time Gatsby saw Daisy at a party in her house, the emotions he felt lasted though out time, which emphases the importance on their beginning of their attraction.
How might "She Walks in Beauty" context contrast to "The Great Gatsby"?
Contrast as poem has links to incest, "one shade the more, one ray the less" relates to Augusta leigh his half sister, shades relating to DNA and genetic sequence.
What ideas does "Remember" explore, and how might this link to "The Great Gatsby"?
The poem explores ideas of Love, Death, Memory and Control within relationships, which is what Nick explores in the relationships of characters in the novel: Tom and Daisy, Gatsby and Daisy, Tom and Myrtle, Wilson and Myrtle, and himself with Jordan
What theme in "remember" is most similar to "The Great Gatsby"?
Relationship with time: The poem displays a sense of time that is running out, this is similar to the seasons in the Great Gatsby and how key events draw closer together at the end of summer aka the end of the novel.
How does "Remember" Link to "The Valley of Ashes"?
The poem presents life represented by darkness, which mirrors the setting of 'The Valley of Ashes' in The Great Gatsby. 'The Valley of Ashes' is bleak and grey and is the ghost town of what could have been.
How does "Remember" contrast with "The Great Gatsby"?
Ironic when relating to the Great Gatsby as in the poem the speaker says "better by far you should forget and smile" when Gatsby could not forget his relationship with Daisy, he clung to it and refused to forget which eventually lead to his demise. When Gatsby dies however Daisy can indeed "Forget and smile" as she does not even attend Gatsby's funeral and returns to her shallow, fabricated life.
How does the irony of "The ruined maid" link to "The Great Gatsby?"
Irony theme: the poem presents the life of prostitution as desirable and a better way of living, The Great Gatsby presents happiness and comfort as being gained through loveless marriages.
How does "the ruined maid" parallel to Nick in "The Great Gatsby"?
Farm girl and Nick parallels: the farm girl admires Melia's life because she is too naïve to understand the unjustness or too blinded by materialistic desires. When Nick first comes to New York he loves the fast-paced commercial tempo of the east coast and the wild parties that anyone can go to.
How does "the ruined maid" parallel to Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby"?
Melia and Gatsby parallels: Melia is experienced and understands the price of her status, Gatsby too understands he could only become rich and desirable by bootlegging .
How are writers of "Ruined maid" and "Gatsby"'s attitudes similar?
Hardy isn't disgusted by Melia, but sympathetic. He is critical of the hierarchy of wealth and how it is achieved. Same could possibly be said for Fitzgerald.
What themes in "at an inn" relate to "The Great Gatsby"?
The speaker explores social convention themes by suggesting their love has been shaped by society's conventions and standards, love is a sport as women were reliant on men financially and socially so needed to 'hunt' for them. This idea of love being a sport is present in Gatsby as both Tom and Daisy, Wilson and Myrtle hint that their marriage wasn't purely based on love. Also Gatsby coined the term 'Old Sport' from his old boss Cody, who was very rich and would've usually be referencing it towards other wealthy aristocratic people which would be familiar with the 'marry for financial security' lifestyle.
How does "At an Inn" relate to "The Great Gatsby"?
The poem is retrospective and the speaker is contemplating events from his past. The speaker also wishes himself and the addressee were as what others saw them: a couple. Nick Caraway also writes retrospectively, and could be said to regret how things ended with Jordan because there was no definitive exploration surrounding her.
What relationship in particular does "At an Inn represent"?
In particular relates to the party in which everyone attends together and Daisy and Gatsby clearly are more then friends but try and hide it. "Veiled smiles bespoke their thought of what we were".
How does the poet's exploration of women in "La Belle Damme sans Merci (A ballad)" relate to "The Great Gatsby".
Keats explores women in this poem as beautiful, erotically attractive, fascinating and deadly. Fitzgerald also explores the women in his novel in a similar way: the character of Daisy is presented as extremely desirable, but complex and causes the men in her life to go to extremes to please her or keep her. Myrtle is presented as seductive and at first mysterious, which is what pulls in Tom Buchannan, and even Nick Caraway when his narrative focuses on her prior to meeting her
How is the woman in "La Belle Damme sans Merci (A ballad)" similar to the character of Daisy?
In the poem, the beautiful woman attracts her lovers only to destroy them with supernatural powers, she destroys because it's in her nature to destroy. Daisy also taunts the people that love her e.g. Gatsby and Nick. "they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money" "she lulled me asleep".
How does the poet use seasonal settings in "La Belle Damme sans Merci (A ballad)" similarly to Fitzgerald?
Both Keats and Fitzgerald use seasonal settings to convey changes in mood. For example, in the poem the autumn setting to transition between euphoria and despair, progressively becoming more supernatural and tragic. In The Great Gatsby uses the transition from Summer to Autumn to shift the tone in the book from light hearted to a darker more intense story.
How is "love" used in both "The GG" and "La Belle Damme sans Merci (a Ballad)"?
Saying 'I love You' is a pinacol point in both the poem and the novel, as in the poem when the speaker says "I love thee true", the story becomes darker and the truth is revealed. In the novel, Daisy fails to say that she never loved Tom, which also turns the story's tone.
How can love be likened to drugs? ("La Belle Damme sans mercy (a ballad)"?
Under the influence of drugs and how the after the extreme highs it can be difficult to deal with normal life. Love might be the main explored: having experienced extreme love, it might be difficult to return to normal life.
How can "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae" be likened to Gatsby's yearning for Daisy?
The title in the poem translates to "I am not that which I used to be under the control of Cynare", which means the speaker longs for the addressee as it has affected his mental state and compares her love to pain relief drugs. Gatsby also yearns for Daisy on such an extreme level, which shows he is so fixated with his past life, the one with Daisy in, that he only feels a certain numbness in his current life. He cannot let her go and spends his life stuck in a state between the present and the past which leads to him loosing his entire existence.
How can the speaker in "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae" be likened to Tom Buchanan?
The speaker says his love for the addressee is spiritual "in my fashion" which means that although he sleeps with prostitutes, he is still only faithful to her in spirit. This is similar to Tom Buchannan's 'love' for Daisy as he says "Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time", which shows that both the speaker and Tom have a distorted idea of spiritual love.