Love drives the heart of the story. Nicks love for his cousin and his new found friends. Gatsby’s love for Daisy, Toms love for Daisy as well as his woman on the side, Myrtle and of course Myrtle’s husbands love for her, which leads him to the tragic ending of the film. The Classism is clearly shown that Gatsby’s soul reason for desiring and acquiring wealth is solely to capture the woman of his dreams heart by means of showing he can continue the rich and lavish lifestyle she has grown used to while married to her rich polo player of a husband. Also shown by the poor car mechanic husband of Myrtle being happily married and in love with his woman while the rich Tom comes around to woo his wife away secretly on her desire for a more financially stable and available man in her life.
In Willa Cather’s “Coming, Aphrodite,” there’s a theme of dependency and clouded judgement. Theres dependency and clouded judgment in both of the main characters. Eden Bower has this view of having whatever she wants in a perfect reality where her biggest motivation is wealth. Don Hedger becomes infatuated with Eden after she moves in across from him, making her his primary thought. They both have clouded judgement in where Eden thinks Don wants to be a very successful painter and make lots of money and Don has this idea of Eden being the perfect woman.
The great author, Fitzgerald, whom wrote the Great Gatsby, wrote about 2 women whom hold men’s hearts. Mrs. Daisy Buchannan was born into money and was wanted by men everywhere from her charm and beauty. Daisy fell in love with Jay Gatsby, yet loves her cheating husband, Thomas Buchannan. She is a bright woman with a wonderful charm. She loved Jay even after she was married yet she loves Thomas who has cheated on her everywhere they go.
Margaret Macomber’s love for her husband is debatable at best. She seems much more interested in flirting with their guide, Robert Wilson, than in encouraging her husband. In fact, she is brazen and unabashed about her sexual dalliance with Wilson and taunts her husband with it. Hemingway writes that she is “an extremely handsome and well-kept woman.” The phrase “well-kept” is particularly revealing in its multiple meanings. On one hand, Margot is fashionable and presents herself well.
In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Edna Pontellier, is a handsome young mother who is married to Leonce Pontellier. To society her marriage and family are seen to be perfect, Mrs. Pontellier seems to have the ideal husband and family and is envied by many women. Edna Pontellier develops many changes throughout the novel, which ultimately lead to her awakening and death. In the first chapter of the novel Edna is first introduced by her husband, he is angered because he thinks it is “folly” that she would take a bath at “such hour in such heat” (Chapter one, pg two). Leonce describes her to be “burnt beyond recognition”; Chopin states that he looked at her like “a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage” (Chapter
From the first time met from their obsessed lovers Gatsby as well as Fitzgerald fell in love right away from the get go knowing this was the one girl to not let go. During Fitzgerald’s path to achieve Zelda there were many struggles and hardships that only made him work harder to attempt to satisfy the needs of Zelda’s high living and her high expectations leading to her happiness. In the same case for Gatsby but only after losing the girl first to aim and try and win her over one more time’ “Can’t repeat the past why of coarse you can”(pg101). Gatsby said while it all attempted beginning with his illegal business to gain wealth to try ad impress the loving Daisy to fulfill his master plan. Both of these girls played huge roles and were the motivation for Gatsby and Fitzgerald to have gained the wealth they have received.
Albert’s case appears unusually hopeless: he is in love with Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), a celebrity millionairess who employs his company to advise her on investments. Allegra is totally unaware of Albert’s existence – until Hitch provides the push. Alongside the slow, and less than smooth, progression of his client’s relationship, Hitch has a series of disastrous dates with Sara Melas (Eva Mendes), a tough-nosed gossip columnist who gives him further chances as, although he failed, he ‘did it with flair’. However, Sara wants to discover and expose the legendary ‘date doctor’, so when she realises it’s Hitch, she has choose between continuing a relationship with him or breaking the
The quotes ‘If he ain’t, I better look someplace else, she said playfully’ and ‘Hi, Good-lookin’.’ These show all the workers think Curley’s wife is attractive and she knows this, so she’s being confident with them. It was unusual of women in the time of the great depression to be bubbly and playful as times were hard and money was tight. Another way in which Steinbeck presents women is as objects that are wanted but should not be obtained. The word "jail bait" is used to describe Curley's wife many times through the book, this word describes his wife in a way that presents her as a very attractive young girl, but the term jail bait can also be used to show that she is a danger to toy with. Despite the fact that she is constantly flaunting herself, if she is approached in any way it will cause conflict with Curley which could result in an altercation that could cause a prison sentence.
In The Importance of Being Earnest, the character Gwendolen Fairfax is one of the two female leads. Being a member of high society, Gwendolen is shown to be very sophisticated and confident, but still manages to look a little foolish. She is also the love interest of one of the protagonists of the play, Jack Worthing. Throughout the play, Gwendolen is used as a tool to discuss Victorian values and marriage and her over-confident personality also helps provide humor for the audience, since her values make her look foolish especially because of her large ego and pride. In the play, Gwendolen sets the image for a typical Victorian woman, along with her mother, Lady Bracknell.
In response to those events, their actions caused them further grief, resulting in a life of turmoil and death. Mathilde Loisel “was one of those pretty and charming girls” (Maupassant 38) born into a family of clerks. She wasn’t an extravagant dresser but her beauty was enough to catch even the richest mans attention. She was very discontent with her position in life and felt as if she deserved the finer things. She would daydream of fancy dinners, shinning silverware and delicate furniture.