Myrtle Wilson
- Created by: tiegansmith
- Created on: 09-10-18 20:41
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- Myrtle Wilson
- Not a typical 20th century woman
- 'get somebody a chair"
- demanding to her husband which is ironic as women were often expected to be delicate and vulnerable
- 'holds her flesh sensuously'
- alludes to sexual relationship with Tom as she may fulfil his desires that Daisy do not provide
- intoxicating
- 'footsteps down the stairs'
- lack of delicacy, her appearance is somewhat voluptuous as she is not 'slender' which is somewhat against the fashion of the time- e.g. Daisy is ethereal
- 'get somebody a chair"
- materialistic
- 'i want to get one of those dogs'
- Myrtle does not want the dog sincerely but as a symbol for her materialism and how she wants to domesticate her relationship with Tom, giving it a purpose
- 'i want to get one of those dogs'
- somewhat vulgar
- 'copy of town tattle'
- interested in the gossip and rumours shows her unsophisticati-on as she struggles to keep up the facade
- 'copy of town tattle'
- myrtle is a type of flower that typically symbolises - good luck in marriage, chastity and prosperity
- ironic as she has an affair on george, is not chaste and lives in an 'unprosperous' house.
- chastity- not having sex before marriage
- Not a typical 20th century woman
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