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Question 1

Selfish/egocentric love topic sentences

Answer 1

Gatsby+scrunity
-through self service
-objectification of women
-male arrogance

Question 2

self service- selfish love

Answer 2

POETRY:
-religion of the first person-cares only of himself
-rhetorical question- undermines females desire for monogamous relationship
Patriarchal society
GATSBY
-toms empty promises: promises myrtle a happy married life and daisy too
tom’s constant depiction of the first person reflects lovelaces speaking
-‘sprees’ excusing infidelities doesn’t believe it’s wrong

Question 3

objectification of love-selfish love

Answer 3

POETRY
-Lovelace speaks of doing the subject a favour to manipulate her into what he wants
-conquest portrayal of love
-too egotistical to have true love
-silenced women voice
-hunting sport association fo love- men havw the duty to hunt women
GATSBY
-tom is the only character to objectify women
-has affairs despite his marriage
-tom is the only one in his marriage allowed to indulge in his sprees and egocentric pursuits of love
-however Gatsby hunts daisy?
-seeks her out for years-egocentric purist of daisy for materialistic love and riches he wants to obtain

Question 4

male arrogance- selfish love

Answer 4

POERTY
-love is a competition- doesn’t involve feelings or emotions
-women are conquests and prizes of this
-he thinks all women would want him
-17th century female virtue dictates a monogamous marriage and life
-nothing different about any of these women-all the same to him- collecting virginities
GASTBY
-tom is arrogant - talks of Gatsby as a ‘common swindler ‘- contrast between old and new money
-arrogance in violence- tom beating myrtle
-toxic masculinity
-tom expects dausy to alwyas wait around for him