The Great Gatsby By William Shakespeare - 1055 Words

Arranged marriages have been instituted for centuries in order to link families together for wealth, dominion, and peace. In the late 1500’s, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet became famous for its writing style and storyline. A true romance story consisting of defying the family s wishes of an arranged marriage to be accompanied by the true love of their life. In Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet love was a dynamic force that eventually brought about the death of both Romeo and Juliet. Nearly 300 years later F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the similar dominance of love in his novel The Great Gatsby. Comparable to Romeo and Juliet many characters in The Great Gatsby exploit their marriage in order to be with another lover. In The Great Gatsby the desire for love of an outside companion to one s marriage inevitably generates misery in the lives of those who partake. Throughout The Great Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby and all experience agony from c ommitting or contributing to affairs. These characters have such a desire for love that it proposes they would die for it. Confined by heartache and jealousy, Myrtle Wilson guiltily experiences anguish from her passionate love for Tom Buchanan. It is evident that her marriage with George Wilson is undesirable from her conversation with Mrs. Mckee, â€Å"‘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’†¦Show MoreRelatedThe Great Gatsby By William Shakespeare Essay1635 Words   |  7 Pagesthat always keep the reader anticipating and attempting to predict the next big surprise. 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