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- To Gatsby, Daisy represents the paragon
of perfection—she has the aura of charm, wealth, sophistication, grace, and
aristocracy that he longed for as a child in North Dakota and that first
attracted him to her. In reality, however, Daisy falls far short of
Gatsby's ideals.
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- Fay is also an old English word for
‘fairy’ conveying her bewitching enchantment of Gatsby.
- Maiden name ‘Faye’ is of Irish
descent. Fitzgerald’s mother was the daughter of an
Irish-American immigrant who became wealthy after fleeing Ireland during a
famine in 1854-1852.
- Innocence, purity and physical delicacy –
Daisy is held up as the ideal of femininity
- Hope and renewal, the ability to see the
world without its flaws.
- White = pure, gold/yellow = wealth, green = money
- Pretty but insignificant as daisies are so common, because so common the name could suggest Gatsby can't stop loving her/forget her because he has constant reminders all around him of what he's lost
- Childish flower, suits her infantilised character
- Easy to trample on, emphases her subjectification.
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