How Does Fitzgerald Present The Women In The Great Gatsby

Women throughout history are clever and conniving. Cleopatra who risked her life for a country she loved put her heart in the hands of men to get what she wanted. That tale does not have a happy end, and the story plays itself out again for the women of The Great Gatsby, who played the same cards and lost what they were playing for. Myrtle and Daisy place everything in men; baker did not but still suffers loss at the hands of men. Fitzgerald shows how far women will go for men through Baker's cheating, Daisy’s lying, and Myrtles fatal deceit.

In "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he shows women, treated and presented as worse than men, and are rather disregarded and neglected by the male characters. Even Fitzgerald describes and creates the traits of the women in the book in a negative manner.

Throughout Pages 7 and 8 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, many key elements that are prevalent throughout the novel are established. Through his diction, irony and the underlying content of the two pages, Fitzgerald demonstrates the gender characterizations seen throughout the novel, Nick’s overall nature as a narrator and creates a theme of deception. Fitzgerald’s diction helps portray a gender identity that men are primarily only motivated for their own self interests. With diction describing men such as “wild” and “unknown men” and describing men’s behaviour (in comparison to one another) as “plagiaristic” it is clear Fitzgerald is trying to paint a narrative that men are all similar in their “wild” behaviour. This “wild behaviour” is illustrated later in the novel with some of the actions of Tom and Gatsby.

In the 1920’s, women were a big problem and social belief. Women gained rights, but not all of them. The number of divorces doubled because women could not stand their husbands. Also,the number of working women increased by 25% (“The Changing Role of American Women in the 1920s”). In the novel, when Mrs Wilson says, “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy,I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai-”.“Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand”(Fitzgerald 37).  This shows that men could use women, and treat them however they wanted too, and not get punished for it.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, follows Nick Caraway, as he navigates the complex relationships in West Egg during the roaring ’20s in Long Island, New York. Through the women in the novel, Fitzgerald explores the idea of ‘the new woman’ in American society and how it affects character relationships. By employing symbolism, metaphors, characterization, and repetition, Fitzgerald effectively juxtaposes traditional expectations with the emerging archetype of the new woman.

Through characters such as Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan, Fitzgerald shows a variety of women that exemplify how misunderstood women of that time and even women of today

Emphasised in the nineteen twenties beauty was a topic prominently conveyed by Fitzgerald through his descriptions of women such as Daisy, Jordan and Myrtle. To substantiate his argument

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the different realities of how men and women lived during the 1920’s. During this time period, women were expected to be beautiful and rich, but at the same time they were expected to be dumb. This is because they could get what they want if they were seen as “pretty and foolish”. On the other hand, men were expected to be very rich and ignorant. The main protagonist, Nick Carraway, has to observe and learn about the complexities of the men.

The role of gender can be found in various perspectives. If we consider the role of Daisy as a mother, she becomes very unhappy giving birth to a daughter as females are inferior in the society. Women like her and Myrtle Wilson live to fulfill their husband’s needs and desires instead of leading a life of their own. Daisy’s comment “… I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” (Fitzgerald 14), is a reflection of the way of the world for the women in the American society.

Since society has existed, women have been known as different from men. For the longest time, women have been known as the “weaker sex” when compared to the male. There purpose, especially in the older days is to obey and please the men. However nowdays there seems to be a more equality between the two genders. But even today discrimination between male and female takes place all over the world. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, you can see a lot of discrimination between the two sexes. The story takes place in the 1930’s and it have a primitive view of women, they just got the right to vote for presidents, mayors, and senators. However most men thought that the women should only stay home and raise children, that they should not be involved in politics, and their ideas were not valuable.

Through the characters of Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson, Fitzgerald navigates the different ways feminist love is exposed to these women by society’s expectations and the pursuit of romantic fulfillment in a male-dominated society. The Great Gatsby shows the differences between the women of the 1920s through the

The society that exist in today’s day and age greatly differs from the era of the past. The epitome of today’s time include the internet, legal gay marriages, smart phones and the existence of feminists. Clearly, people have evolved quite a significant amount since the dawn of time, especially when compared to the roaring twenties. From that point and further back in time, women were seen as inferior to men and were treated second to them. However, historically speaking, women of the 1920’s were beginning to slowly even out the playing field when they were given suffrage. Despite that fact, many women were still viewed as a pawn for men, which was seen the book, the Great Gatsby. Even though the narrative focused greatly on male characters,

Fitzgerald uses women as a foundation of the American dream by showing their beauty, status, personality,and power, Beauty in the novel was an important component which was flaunted by women in the 1920’s which was being shown through Daisy, Jordan,and Myrtle. Daisy is a symbol of beauty and sophistication. She is described as a captivating young woman that leads on others with her personality. Daisy builds the American dream by showing the beauty and happiness that the dream is intended to have. Daisy is the male fantasy of woman, which shows why she was shown to act the way she does, she uses her beauty to her advantages, to get away with things and to live the glamorous life that she intends to live. “ her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes,bright passionate mouth” (Fitzgerald,14). This quote from the novel represents how Daisy is a part of the American dream as beauty,how she catches men’s attention with her attitude. She portrays, personality and Beauty. She portrays the American dream as a happy ending. For jordan her beauty is different from Daisy’s, Jordan beauty is her mysterious features that causes others to be intrigued by it, and her ability to fit in with her neutral attitude. She seems

Since society has existed, women have been known as different from men. For the longest time, women have been known as the “weaker sex” when compared to the male. There purpose, especially in the olden days is to obey and please the men. However nowadays there seems to be a more equality between the two genders. But even today discrimination between male and female takes place all over the world. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, you can see a lot of discrimination between the two sexes. The story takes place in the 1930’s and it has a bad view on women, they just got the right to vote for presidents, mayors, and senators. However most men thought that the women should only stay home and raise children, that they should not be involved in politics, and their ideas were not valuable. Women were treated as “house slaves” at times when all what they did all day, every day, was work around the house trying to improve the living for their husband and kids.

The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 to depict the American Dream. During this time, there was an ideal lifestyle for men and women. Ideally, women were meant to be housewives and men were meant to be the providers. Characters such as Daisy, Myrtle , and Jordan all represent different lifestyles and ways of obtaining the American dream. Daisy Buchanan, who uses her beauty to get what she wants. Myrtle Wilson is the mistress of Tom Buchanan, who is at rich man and she is poor ,but she was still able to use his money. Jordan Baker represents the “new woman” who does not live dependent upon a man and begins to dress in a different style.