CHAPTER 7 Flashcards
“his career as Trimalchio was over”
a former slave- enslaved by love, who now holds sumptuous and decadent banquets
“the next day was broiling”
link to Romeo and Juliet
idea of mad blood stirring, violence and anger looming
“he raised his hand and pointed across the bay”
Motif of Gatsby’s hand, reaching out for desires, idea of wanting to return to his life of mystery
“her voice if full of money”
anagnorisis
demonisation
“but she moved out from the circle of his arm”
Daisy now playing with T and G
“His wife and his mistress… were slipping precipitately from his control”
masculine pride damaged
“They were out in the open at last, and Gatsby felt content”
element of wanting a show
“Oh you want too much”
Daisys anagnorisis
“So we drove on towards death through the cooling twilight”
Light fading, death settling
“He was his wifes man, not his own”
George, role reversal
“her breast was swinging loose like a flap… choked a little in”
element of her exposed heart and its fate, lived in passion, loss of voice
“One goin each way”
final destination, cant go either way, bound to valley and couldn’t escape due to powers of others
“Jordan put her hand on my arm”
constant reassurance in the background, stable presecence
“I’d had enough with all of them for one day”
growth, liberated from the shackles of learning
“They weren’t happy… but they weren’t unhappy either”
consequences of ruling class
