Quote to support Nick's first description of Myrtle.
'faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can' - page 28
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Comments on this quote.
The sibilance shows Nick thinks harshly of Myrtle, which is hidden in the compliment.
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How does Nick's definition of Myrtle reflect on himself.
Nick writes in retrospect as he knows that Myrtle gets killed but describes her in a derogatory way which suggests a lot about his character. 'Hard-bioled' language as if he knows the world and nothing can surprise him.
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Quotes to support Nick's opinion on Myrtle.
'Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment' - page 33
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Comments on this quote.
Tri colon suggests that now she is away from her working class life that she is ashamed of, she feels freer and acts with hauteur in this case as sheis indulging herself in upper class life.
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Another quote to support Nick's opinion on Myrtle.
"These people! You have to keep after them all the time." - page 34
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Comments on this quote.
Unlike Gatsby, who is a tragic hero who is in love with Daisy, Myrtle is with Tom out of greed, and this quote illustrates the irony as once she is in the apartment she acts as a snob.
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How is Myrtle defined by Tom Buchanan?
Her death is caused by her love for Tom/her need to climb up the social classes. She gets hit by the car because she runs to who she believes is Tom.
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How is Myrtle defined when Tom breaks her nose?
This defines her character as weak and forgiving at the hands of love and money. The punch is a reminder of her place in society.
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A quote to support Tom's definition of Myrtle.
'Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.' - page 39
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Comments on this quote.
The lexical choice of deft suggests Myrtle is not worthy of his passion/anger, its an abrupt stopping of attempted crossing of the class divide.
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How does Essential Beauty define the real world versus the advertising world?
The real world seems bleak and overcast, unilluminated in contrast with the bright ideal world presented through advertising.
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Quote to support real world versus advertising world - context point
'perpetually these sharply-pictured groves'
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Coments on this quote.
Irony of the word 'groves' - groves were cmmonly planted by heathen people in places of worship in honous of dieties - honouring the advertising world.
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Another quote to support real world versus advertising world
'owe their smiles...stretched toward'
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Comment on this quote.
The visions offered are improbable yet effective.
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How does Essential Beauty define beauty?
At the end Larkin presents an image of a yearning for beauty which is not an object to possess. Advertisements present an image of how life should be (objects to own life styles to adopt)
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Quotes to support beauty in Essential Beauty.
'that focused she...and going dark'
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Larkin context for Essential Beauty
Larkin's writing was not constrained by the expectations of society at the time because he was a member of 'The Movement' who wrote modernist poetry, e.g. T.S Eliot - realism
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Gatsby context for Myrtle
Myrtle was constrained by her wealth, but she is proof that you can cross docial divides and ahieve the American Dream without achieving your own wealth.
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Card 2
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Quote to support Nick's first description of Myrtle.
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'faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can' - page 28
Card 3
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Comments on this quote.
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Card 4
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How does Nick's definition of Myrtle reflect on himself.
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