...Gatsby tried extremely hard to get Daisy back that he did everything possible. When both Gatsby and Daisy first fell in love, Gatsby had nothing more than the clothes on his back. Gatsby became rich in order to afford all the articles he thought Daisy would find attractive. “Gatsby bought [a] house so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (Fitzgerald 85), changed his name, and changed his personality to have a greater chance for Daisy to fall in love with him. In the end, Gatsby made friends with Nick, Daisy’s cousin; conversely, it still did nothing to change her mind. Gatsby’s dream was to reunite with Daisy and live a married life, as it turned out it was the exact opposite. Gatsby brings everything that Daisy wants and even changed many aspects of his lifestyle to accommodate Daisy, but the fact is that Daisy decides who to love. All the fantasizing and trying to achieve the dream made Gatsby lose sense of what is true unconditional love. Gatsby naïvely believed that Daisy will love him because he has everything that Tom has and even extra.Considering Gatsby’s trouble finding love, Frank did not fare better. Frank loved many people, but this was his downfall. Frank wanted to change Harlem from the bottom-up. He respected and loved “[his] business, [his] wife, [his] mother, [his] family…[and his]...
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...verse | Personal, cultural, historical and social context | * Written during the reign of Elizabeth I and ironically, both Rosalind and Celia would have been played by men * Appealing nature to both lower and higher classes * Used as a model of social critique | * Set in Houston, Texas during the 1990s * Occurred during the Gulf War * Follows the sexual awakening of Jasira (an American-Lebanese girl) | * Set in Australia | Identity One’s sense of belonging is built upon their exploration of self and the confidence they establish through their own identity. | Identity is explored most obviously with Rosalind’s disguise as Ganymede. This concealment of her true identity allows Rosalind to discover whether Orlando truly loves her. It also allows Rosalind to gain a deeper understanding of herself. This is seen through the use of dramatic irony, this enhances the audience’s connection with the characters and adds to the humour of the play. “Nay, you must call me Rosalind”. Ultimately, it is when her actual identity is exposed that she is capable of loving and being loved by Orlando. | Jasira is essentially undergoing an identity crisis. Her parents are divorced and Jasira struggles to understand the changes that occurring in her body. Jasira struggles to comprehend what is wrong and what is right, and what her role as a daughter and as a woman is. Throughout the film, she is...
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