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- Shallow, materialistic, naive, ignorant, selfish, self-obsessed, proud, beautiful, composed, mad, immature, childish, deceiving, mainpulative, indecisive, fragile, vulnerable, weak, passive, cruel
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- Daisy is the cousin of Nick,, the wife of Tom and the love interest of Gatsby. She, along with her husband, can be seen as the Antagonist of the story and also the catalyst. It is her actions with Gatsby that develop the violent conclusion to the story. Although she is presented as beautiful and fragile, she is the image of the "old money" society. It is self-obsessed and proud yet cruel and deceiving.
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- Throughout the novel Daisys character is not given any significant changes, she remains in exactly the same position and mind-set at the end as she did in the beginning. The only slight journey in her character is portrayed through her short relationship with Gatsby where she is presented as sympathetic and charming (e.g the shirt scene). However, deep down she doesn't really change at all.
- It is revealed that Daisy left Gatsby when they were young because of his lack of wealth and social standing. At the end of the novel she leaves Gatsby again becasue he is the wrong type of wealth and his criminal past is not a suitable trait for her. This shows that despite everything Daisy could have never been with Gatsby as he belongs below her standards.
- At the end of the novel her violence yet lack of conscisence sums her up. She is too childish and selfish to accept and understand the things she has done. Her priviledged background has stunted her emotional growth and twisted her into a fragile yet cruel creature.
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- Daisy is often presented as wearing "white", a colour usually associated with innocence. Although Daisy is innocent in her fragile, childish emotional state, the white she wears empathises her corruption and therefore the hypocrisy of the upper class.
- The fact that Fitzgerald named her "Daisy" "Fay" reflects her character. As a "Fay" also meaning fairy Daisy is a beautiful and delicate creature but on the flipside can be mischevious and deceving, often a creature which can fool the hearts of men. The Daisy flower is symbolic of innocence & new beginnings and often grows fast, commonly compared to a weed. This is significant as the "new beginnings" reflects Gatsbys dream inside of her but the contrasting comparison to a "weed" highlights a sense of invasion and being unwanted. This reflects how she has encroached into Gatsbys life and destroyed his vitality. Much like a weed may do with a flowerbed.
- It is mentioned several times that Daisy has a daughter yet she is given barely any specific details. She seems only in Daisys life when in the presence of an audience. This reflects how Daisy sees her daughter as another one of her "pretty objects"that she can show off. She is almost always accompanied by a nanny and is never the focus of the novel or even the characters attentions.
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