Oct 30 2008
Love Triangles, Period 1
Define ONE or TWO love relationships from The Great Gatsby using Sternberg’s terms and textual evidence.
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The relationship between Myrtle and her husband could be classified as empty love. Myrtle was involved in an affair, yet remained married and committed to him. Her husband was also aware of her affairs and still stays with her.
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In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the protagonist, Gatsby, is filled with infatuation towards Daisy. It is apparent that all of his life, Gatsby had been working up to become rich just for the main purpose of Daisy loving him. His infatuation is apparent when he asks Nick to invite Daisy over his house for some tea. Nick states, “He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way,” expressing Gatsby’s excitement to think that he is bringing his passion for Daisy back (Fitzgerald 101). Nick also explains. “No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart,” illustrating Gatsby’s love drought that finally rejuvenates with his intimate encounter with Daisy (Fitzgerald 101). The whole reason behind Gatsby throwing parties in his mansion was to impress Daisy. Daisy had been bewildered with is wealth, and this fueled Gatsby’s infatuation. Once Daisy decided to have a small affair with Gatsby, it became a fatuous love, but it did not last long. Their love ended when Daisy ran over Myrtle, and Gatsby’s illusion of his passionate dreams diminished. Surprisingly, Daisy did not attend Gatsby’s funeral, which displayed no love at all. It could be that their love was an illusion all along.
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F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, tells the story of numerous different relationships between the characters. The relationship between Myrtle and Tom is an example of Romantic Love; they were very passionate towards each other, knew each other well, and spent a lot of time together. What their relationship lacked was commitment, as each was unwilling to leave their significant other, who they remained commited to despite the lack of passion and intimacy. Therefore, the relationships between Myrtle and her husband Wilson and Tom and his wife Daisy were both examples of empty love.
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In the Great Gatsby, by F Scott Fitzgerald, there many examples of the types of love. An example of one is that Gatsby has fatuous love for Daisy. This is seen when Gatsby tries to meet Daisy. “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be right across the bay… he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night.” (Fitzgerald 83-84) This shows he has commitment and passion, but lacks intimacy. Another type of love is that Myrtle has companionate love for Wilson. She knows him very well and still remains married to him but she no longer has passion for him. This can be seen when Myrtle says, “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman … I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe.” This implies she now knows him much better, but she lacks any passion for him.
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The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy in their first days can be described as romantic love. They have the passion and some intimacy but lack the commitment. Although Daisy says she will wait for him, she marries Tom instead. However, Gatsby still remains committed to her which can be described as fatuous love. Also, the marriage of Daisy and Tom represents empty love because Daisy ignores Tom’s affairs to keep her marriage alive.
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Gatsby’s love for Daisy through the five years that they were separated could be described as fatuous love. Daisy moved on to Tom, but Gatsby kept loving Daisy with passion and commitment. There was no intimacy between them in that time span. Myrtle’s relationship with Wilson could be described as empty love. She secretly has a relationship with Tom, but she does not divorce Wilson. This takes everything out of her relationship except the commitment she keeps to him as his wife. Therefore, it is an empty love.
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Jay Gatsby of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, changed almost every aspect of his life and aura but remained in love with Daisy. Their love from Gatsby’s actions could be interpreted as Fatuous Love. Although he was strongly committed and very passionate, Gatsby did not have the chance to really bond with Daisy on more than a superficial level. They did not know the specifics about each other and had lost touch for five years. Those five years were momentous in Gatsby’s life. He had formed a whole new personality. Gatsby’s compassion was laudable. He waited all those years for her. His passion grew to a level that resembled worship. Carraway mentioned at Gatsby’s and Daisy’s reunion, “It had gone beyond her, beyond everything.” (Fitzgerald 94). The two reunited lovers were wrapped in each others presence. Daisy on the other hand was not as committed and had married Tom shortly after Gatsby’s departure so her love falls under infatuation.
Another love evident in the novel was Gatsby’s acquired love for money and luxury. This affection was in a way tied to his love for Daisy. Much of his splendor and opulence was to earn Daisy’s appreciation. This love, loosely interpreted, is consummate love. Gatsby knows, loves, and is committed to the money he worked to earn. He even sees money within Daisy. Carraway’s analysis of Gatsby’s statement was, “It was full of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it…” (Fitzgerald 120).
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In Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, several examples of love are prominite throughout this novel. Romantic love is represented through Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship. Both characters know each other well because of their past relationship five years ago. Their love for eachother is full of passion and excitement. This passion has not extinguished because of the five years that they spent apart, but is now revived. Moreover, Gatsby’s and Daisy’s love supports that Daisy’s and Tom’s relationship can be considered empty love. Both Daisy and Tom, did love each other once, but have grown apart and drifted to other people. Tom has affairs with another married woman, Mrytile, while Daisy is occupied with Gatsby’s return into her life. Daisy and Tom stay together just because of the commitment they promised each other when they married.
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In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby has fatuous love for Daisy. Because of his commitment and passion for Daisy, he waits for her for five years. When Daisy seems to not approve of his parties, he stops having them. He also feels the need to protect her, even going so far as to take the blame for killing Myrtle. Towards the end of the novel, Tom and Daisy’s marriage turns towards empty love. While they say they love each other, it really seems as though they are only staying together for convenience.
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In The Great Gatsby, the favorable character, Gatsby begins to feel a romantic love toward Daisy. Gatsby was so passionate and crazed about her that he waited for her. He listens to the things she says, for example she didn’t like Gatsby’s parties, Gatsby’s reaction put forth an abrupt halt to his parties. The intimacy in their love shows the romance to their relationship. There were many portrayals of love in The Great Gatsby, the most obvious being the romantic love between Gatsby and Daisy. However, empty love was shown in two couples relationships. Tom and Daisy’s original relationship was empty love, and this led to Daisy moving onto Gatsby. Also Myrtle and Wilson’s relationship was also an empty love due to the couple of Myrtle and Tom. Adultery had much to do with the love’s that were distinguished throughout the book, but there were multiple ways to present them.
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Throughout The Great Gatsby, several relationships between the characters exemplified various types of love. First, once Daisy and Gatsby realize they love eachother, they begin to have a romantic relationship, filled with passion and attraction in its beginnings. But, because they lacked commitment, their relationship could not last. Meanwhile, Daisy’s other relationship, with Tom, is best described as empty love, because although they are committed to eachother, they lack any true connection or intimacy.
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I would say that the relationship between Gatsby and Nick in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald would be considered companionate. Nick and Gatsby were just good friends and nick was one of his closest friends. Both are attracted to women not each other, but they still have this type of relationship in a friendly way. They get to know each other well being neighbors. Each think greatly of one another. For example, starting at the beginning of the story, Nick talks about how wonderful he thinks Gatsby is. Throughout the book they spend a lot of time together. This proves their intimacy. An example of the commitment is when Nick unlike just about all of Gatsby’s other friends goes to his funeral at the end of the story. He stuck with him to the end. Not only that but tried to get other people to do the same. However, Nick didn’t succeed at that. Also, even after all of the fighting and tension that went on between everyone the night Myrtle died didn’t bring them apart either. They were close committed friends which brings them to the relationship companionate.
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The relationships in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, display many different kinds of love. Myrtle and George’s marriage is an example of empty love because even though Myrtle is having an affair with Tom, Myrtle remains committed to George as they have been married for eleven years. Tom and Daisy’s marriage could also be considered an example of empty love when Tom begins cheating on Daisy with Myrtle, but remains married to Daisy perhaps out of convenience. Tom and Myrtle’s relationship is an example of romantic love because even though they share the passion and intimacy with one another they fail to commit with each other because they do not leave their spouses.
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Above all, it is safe to say that Myrtle and her husband have empty love, seeing as Myrtle is cheating on him. However, it is empty love because they are still married despite the fact she “strays from the path.” The second is the romantic love between Gatsby and Daisy. Though there is obvious passion and chemistry between them, there is no sign of actual commitment.
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In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates many different relationships where various types of love are obvious. An example of one type of love is between Tom and Daisy, this is “liking” love. The quote “They weren’t happy together, and their of them had touched the chicken or the ale- and yet they weren’t unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said they were conspiring together” This states the obvious about the level of Tom and Daisy’s relationship simply being based on intimacy. Another example is the fatuous love that Gatsby owns for Daisy. Evidence of this is shown where Gatsby tries everything he can to come face to face with Daisy. “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be right across the bay… he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night.” This shows he is very committed and passionate in seeing her, but there is no intimacy.
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In The Great Gatsby, there are many examples of different types of love. One example of empty love is Daisy and Tom. They are married and have kids together, but neither really have the passion or intimacy for one another. That is why Tom has an affair with Myrtle. That relationship is a romantic love. They definitely have the passion and intimacy for each other, but are unwilling to make the commitment. That is why they both stay with their significant others even though there is no intimacy or passion in those relationships.
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, “The Great Gatsby” numerous types of relationships are examined and analyzed. Through the analysis of the various relationships it becomes evident that not all of the relationships are based on the same foundations. For example Daisy and Tom were once infatuated with each other, yet after the wear and tear of everyday life the romance has faded away into an empty shell or better stated, empty love. This is evident because Tom maintains a mistress and also because Daisy is so willing to give Gatsby another chance. The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy was very much one sided. It was definitly fatuous becuase Gatsby loved her and stayed commited to her despite the fact that he knew she had left him for another man. This was very much a futile effort on Gatsby’s part. For Daisy had not really loved him, he was just her welcomed escape from Tom.
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The relationship between Myrtle and Wilson was empty love. They were committed to each other enough to hold up their marriage, but they had no passion, and no intimacy. They did not respect each other or ever understand what it was that the other wanted in life, nonetheless in their marriage.
Gatsby’s infatuation with Daisy was fatuous love, as he had the passion for the girl, as well as the commitment to stay by his love for so many years. He lacked the intimacy, however, as he did not even see her those many years, and when he did, he could not even get her to leave Tom. It was one sided and borderline stalker.
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The relationship between Gatsby and his many acquaintances is revealed to be a manifestation of Sternberg’s “infatuation” upon Gatsby’s funeral. Their passion is evident: admiration of his opulent wealth and swinging shindigs. Their lack of intimacy and commitment is equally evident: he is an enigma to most of them, and they have no reason to mourn his death or even gather to remember the things that he brought them. This could be called the worst kind of love, especially in the period of pre-liberation in which the novel takes place, as it is rushed, forgettable, and leaves behind nothing of importance. Infatuation becomes a learning experience for Nick, as he comes to realize that not all that glitters is gold, and is left with a broken remnant of a picture of a man he once admired.
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In the Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main relationship is between Gatsby and Daisy. Their relationship, according to the triangle of love, is infatuation. Gatsby may be more infatuated with Daisy, however. An example of empty love would probably be between Myrtle and George Wilson. The excitement of their marriage has died long ago but they have stayed with each other. When Myrtle is killed George even exacts out revenge on who he thinks killed Myrtle.
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Several of Sternberg’s “Seven Types of Love” are described in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One of them is “companionate love” and is shared between Daisy and Nick. They seem to enjoy eachother’s company, and certainly have a commitment to continue their friendship as they continue to spend time together. They are intimate in that Daisy confides in Nick how she is “cynical about everything” (16) and other feelings about her child and her life that she cannot share with Tom (with whom, incidentally, she shares “empty love”). This continued confidence Daisy and Nick share has the elements of “companionate love” as outlined by Sternberg.
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In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s love for Daisy could be described as fatuous love. There is little intimacy involved, given that they have been separated for years, and that even after they come together Gatsby mostly admires her from afar instead of actually involving himself directly in her life. However, he obviously has commitment to her, given that he has remained focused on her for years, ever since meeting her when he fought in the war. Additionally, there is obvious passion, such that his life has become focused around her in many ways.
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In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are many different types of love. One example is the infatuation that Gatsby has with Daisy, after he returns from the war. He tries so hard to impress her, by gathering money, and becoming the man she wants to marry. Gatsby does everything he does based on what he thinks Daisy will judge as right. After Daisy and Gatsby begin their relationship again, they have a fatuous love in the beginning. But, that ends when Gatsby realizes that his passionate love he once held for Daisy is not returned in as strong a way as he would like. Therefore, their relationship takes a downturn.
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