Theme Of Women In The Great Gatsby

In the F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, set in 1920’s in the US where men were the dominant sex, the women are portrayed as shallow, insincere and fake. The women of the 1920s are portrayed through Daisy and Jordan who are presented as fake and shallow characters. As a novel written in the 1920’s, portrays the lifestyle of the roaring twenties and the values of people. The two main female characters, in the novel are different and have different attitudes towards life, however, Fitzgerald portrays all of them as shallow and immoral characters which is seen through many descriptions and actions.

Women empowerment is one of the biggest standing issues in society today. Women being mistreated or viewed differently from men has been a problem for as long as anyone can remember. In both The Great Gatsby and My Antonia the women were viewed differently in both social classes. Being rich and poor both had its advantages and its disadvantages. Due to women's social classes, different actions were viewed differently, and the outcomes were exceedingly different. Women in social classes were both viewed, treated and ended up dissimilar from each other. Both Antonia and Daisy faced different challenges throughout the book, clearly seeing the contrasting outcomes.

The Jazz age or the Roaring 20’s was a vital time for women in America. One reason this was a vital time was because on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. This was also a vital time because America was changing from a more conservative country to a liberal one. The female characters in Fitz Gerald’s’ The Great Gatsby embodies the way women were back in the 1920s. Women before the 1920s were only seen as caregivers. In this story, the women were the total opposite of that. They changed from things such as clothing, smoking, and dancing. Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle were all portrayed as the “New Woman”. There was Daisy who married into money but had a secret lover. There was Jordan who was this independent woman

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.

Women were not equal to men during the era of the 1920’s. In “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald represents a negative, misogynistic, stereotypical view of the various types of women during the era of the 1920’s. During the that time, women were not portrayed in a positive light., By writing a book centered around that time period, it causes one to wonder the message Fitzgerald was trying to illustrate about women and what he was saying about society as a whole. Fitzgerald represents the view of women within the 20’s by depicting each character as a representation of the many stereotypes occurring within that era. The main characters Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan each display pertinent roles within the story representing how women’s roles were

Throughout history, women have been able to influence and the world around us. Whether it’s from a political view or at home taking care of children, women have influenced and affected the world in many ways. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan’s social positions and interactions help them to influence and, sometimes, overpower the world around them, displaying the greater effect of women.

Flawed characters make up most of the characters in The Great Gatsby. They are plagued by their traits, their goals, and their decisions throughout the novel. Readers view them as awful people and may reach the conclusion that there is not a good person in the novel, and this is completely understandable. I will analyze this novel using the Feminist literary criticism type. Fitzgerald is clearly not a feminist, and from that Nick is not exactly a shining example of one either.

Although the 1920’s were a time of female liberation, men still played large role in womens’ statuses. Women were defined by the social status of their men. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, womens’ statuses were defined by their male counterparts such as with Daisy, a wealthy woman with a wealthy husband; Jordan, an unwed middle class golfer; and Myrtle, a lower class woman in the valley of ashes. Daisy was a wealthy woman with a wealthy husband. Daisy had been born into a wealthy family.

Women in the 1920’s are known as being revolutionary and modern, but in their time, society judged them as promiscuous and “unholy”. The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald, was written in the 1925, so were they presented as more independent or as promiscuous and self centred? The Great Gatsby has three main women characters and all of them are described as having low morals. Myrtle, Daisy and Jordan are all very different women, and yet, they are equally judged on.

Fitzgerald uses his novel to captures ‘society’s discomfort with the new woman’ after World War I. One female character within The Great Gatsby who can be classified as a “New Woman” and analyzed through the feminist lens is Myrtle

“She wanted her life shaped now, immediately- and the decision must be made by some force- of love, money, of unquestionable practicality- that was close at hand. (Fitzgerald) The 1920s was the age that women changed their basic role as just a housewife. Yes, some still played the role, mostly the rich ones that do not need to work. But others that were single, or driven, or sick of the idea that all they’re worth is staying at home, took advantage of this age.

The Great Gatsby was published during the Roaring Twenties; a time regarded as “a boisterous era full of jazz and wild youth” (dictionary.com). The wild youth likely refers to the modern women of the time, known as flappers. These women discarded the patriarchal norms of their parents and chose to blaze a new trail; one where women were free to take charge of their lives, and not be constrained by the men of their time. The most notable female characters in The Great Gatsby are women whom one would consider to live the flapper lifestyle; however because of their lifestyle choices this women are made a mockery of through the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald. “I’m glad it’s a girl.

Throughout the years, women have tried to break free from the stereotype of being less than a man. It is understandable that it has been incredibly hard to break this stigma since this standard was established centuries ago. Throughout history, the common role of a woman was to sit at home, cook, clean take care of the kids. In 1925, during the time that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, that standard was not any different. Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson were portrayed as oblivious women who would do anything for a man. It was perceived as outrageous when Jordan Baker did the complete opposite. She is considered a modern woman who does what she wants to get what she wants. Even though Jordan separated herself from what was

The Female Images and Senses In the Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is the representative work of Fitzgerald, which published in 1925. This novel profoundly demonstrates the spirit and the state of mind of the United States in the 1920’s. In this novel, the author not only depicts the typical male characters in American society at that age successfully, but also portrays the typical female images in American society through Daisy, Jordan, Myrtle three female characters. After referring some literature, I found most critics comment on the protagonist Gatsby's American dream and its symbolic significance, it is rare that the analysis of the similarity and significance of the three women in the novel.

In the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald represents a stereotypical view of various types of women during the era of the 1920’s with many Characters representing the independent and dependent woman, how each character are treated by men and what they expect from women by their social statues.