Love Through The Ages 📜🥀 + The Great Gatsby 🗽

Question 1

How is memory portrayed in Ae fond kiss 💋 and the great Gatsby?

Answer 1

Memory – Longing, Emotional Loss, Inescapable Past

Question 2

What are the three quotes used from Ae fond kiss and the Great Gatsby?

Answer 2

“Ae fond kiss, and then we sever.”

“Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee.”

“Wae is me that I should sever / Such a heart as thine.”

Gatsby Quotes (📘 The Great Gatsby):

1. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”
2. “He talked a lot about the past… I gathered he wanted to recover something.”
3. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Question 3

What does the Ae fond kiss and then we Sever mean ?
What does the juxtaposition highlight? What does it emphasise?

Answer 3

employs a tender, affectionate tone,

juxtaposed with the abruptness of “sever,” highlighting the sudden and painful nature of parting.

The use of juxtaposition emphasizes the contrast between intimacy and separation, setting a melancholic tone for the poem.

Zoom Out: This line encapsulates the theme of transient love and the enduring pain of memory, as the speaker reflects on a cherished moment now lost.

Question 4

What is the AO’s 345 with “Ae fond kiss, and then we sever.” - memory of love?

Answer 4

AO3: Reflects 18th-century Romantic ideals, where personal emotion and the pain of unfulfilled love were central themes.

AO4: Similar to Gatsby’s longing for the past, both texts explore the human tendency to cling to memories of love, despite their impermanence.

AO5: Critics might view this as an exploration of the bittersweet nature of memory, where moments of joy are inextricably linked to sorrow.