The Willing Mistress Essay

one afternoon, he learns from Jordan Baker, Daisy’s friend, that Tom has a mistress. “‘Why-’ she said hesitantly, ‘Tom’s got some woman in New York.’ ” (Fitzgerald 15) This gives Nick reason to not like Tom and give him reason to tell Daisy, but he doesn’t. The next morning, Tom invites Nick to go to lunch with him in the city and Tom takes him to see his mistress-Nick does not want to, but he humors Tom. Tom’s mistress’ name is Myrtle Wilson. Nick does not agree with this, although he does keep

and being mocked by Myrtle drove the nail into the coffin of his dignity. Due to his own self-esteem issues, he invites Nick, who is symbolic of purity, as the only one who rejects selfish and immoral behaviors consistently, along to flaunt his mistress, as well as his materialistic money. Yearning for his approval, he pompously boasts of his achievement of Myrtle, to impress Nick, and justify his actions in his own mind. Daisy, in return, is dissatisfied with Tom’s lack of sympathy for her, and

car who killed Myrtle in the road, Tom portrays that he is willing to put all the blame on Gatsby for the murder of his mistress. Tom told Daisy to head back home with Gatsby because he knew that she wouldn’t leave him and she would soon realize that she needed him more than he needed her. When he saw Myrtle dead, he already had his mind made up that he was going to have no remorse with his actions towards the killer of his beloved mistress. “He ran over Myrtle just like you'd run over a dog and never

“modern” take on romantic poetry during his time. Unlike the Petrarchan love sonnets that were previously the standard form of romantic poetry for over 300 years, Shakespeare strove to challenge the status quo. "However, many Neoclassical critics were willing to attribute Shakespeare’s violation of classical rules to ignorance" (Lauder). Shakespeare’s work is a product of the cultural shifts during the Renaissance movement. Enlightened by society’s drift from restrictive views on religion, artists like

floor where I could continue reading…”(X 284). Malcolm X describes the methods he used to continue reading even after he should sleep. This description demonstrates the effort Malcolm put in to enhance his learning. Douglass and Malcolm were both willing to go against the rules or laws of the people around them to continue their learning, however if they caught them; the consequences for Douglass could be fatal for he was a slave, while Malcolm could probably receive a beating or be put into solidary

issues with a female that he claims has done him wrong so to punish her which Meursault agrees writes a letter for Raymond in order to lure her back. With that being said it took a matter of time until a confrontation with the Arabs who are Raymond’s mistress brothers. Raymond wanted to kill one of them but Meursault advised him not to then what makes no sense is Meursault goes to cool off for only to have a confrontation with one of the Arabs and ends up shooting the man to death not once but 4 times

The two men have different intentions with their horrible behavior but the impact remains the same, enforcing a similar amount of despicability granted to the both of them. Tom Buchannan is an outwardly aggressive character who is obviously willing to display his horrible characteristics. Buchannan 's more unholy traits lie within his personality but his physical presentation lends a hand to the unearthing of his horrendousness; "Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his

deep in love that one is willing to endure pain if it's coming from them. This is shown it the text when it states, “It was a coupe de grâce. ‘Suddenly when Mama began to hit me, I began to remember him’, she told me. The blow hurt less because she knew they were for him.” (Gabriel García Márquez, pg.91). When it says ‘the blows hurt less because she knew they were for him.’ It reinforces the idea that in pursuit of love, it can become a burden because you are also willing to endure physical pain

actions of romance begin to appear, and more and the tension in their relationship begins to create themselves. Their reunion after the event cannot be avoided anymore. Nick witnesses moral decay among rich, as if Tom could ruin the marriage with his mistress, same goes to Daisy and

Lowery 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell (Pre 1900) 'Rapunzstiltskin' by Liz Lochhead 'i wanna be yours' by John Cooper Clarke 'One Flesh' by Elizabeth Jennings As the title suggests, hearts and partners deals with love and relationships. In your exam you will be expected to make comparisons between the different poems and this lesson will help you to make the connections you need to do this. Poetic techniques The