Power dynamics in relationships

Question 1

Paragraph 1
(TGG + TS)

Answer 1

Affairs are used by patriarchal men as an excuse to have power over women in the dynamics of their relationship.
TGG-
1) “I want you to meet my girl”
2) “Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchannan broke her nose with his open hand”
3) “He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world, and the shock had made him physically sick.”
TS-
1) “For treasure in un-plowed-up ground”
2) “I must all other Beauties wrong”
3) “Could I still dote upon thee face” (Modal verb)

Question 2

Paragraph 2
(TGG + S(AFK))

Answer 2

The women is presented as having power over men in their relationships which is highlighted through the effects that the men experience as a result of their parting.
TGG-
1) “She vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby - nothing”.
2) “‘Jay Gatsby’ had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice”
3) “a thin red circle in the water”
S(AFK)
1) “Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee”
2) “While the star of hope she leaves him”
3) “Dark despair around benights me”.
(CYCLICAL STRUCTURE)

Question 3

Paragraph 3
(TGG + TS)

Answer 3

In both texts,