Unrequited Love

Question 1

Unrequited Love — Whoso List to Hunt, The Flea, The Great Gatsby

Answer 1

“The vain travail hath wearied me so sore”
— Whoso List to Hunt
Theme: Unrequited Love
Explanation: The speaker is exhausted by the fruitless pursuit of a woman who is unattainable.

“How little that which thou deny’st me is”
— The Flea
Theme: Unrequited Love
Explanation: The speaker complains that her refusal is insignificant, showing one-sided desire.

“He stretched out his arms toward the dark water”
— The Great Gatsby
Theme: Unrequited Love
Explanation: Gatsby’s yearning for Daisy symbolises his longing for a love that remains out of reach.

Question 2

Unrequited love - main points

Answer 2

Whoso- the woman’s perspective of love is fulfilling societal expectations similarly in Gatsby, Daisy believes her love is fulfilled by marrying Tom to fulfil her societal expectations had a child for this reason to. Both men suffer unrequited love causing pain , death of Gatsby Wyatt’s exhaustion.

The flea - both Gatsby and the flea have men who define love as lust and women who hold their love to a role, emotional and caring level. ,dads to distraught for the women with the flea woman angrily heartbroken, and myrtle dying just to see her lover Tom.

Both poems - both men obsess to fulfil their definition of love but this is hindered by the woman’s rejection to it causing heartbreak.