The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year The Great Gatsby is set
Year The Great Gatsby is set
1922
Era The Great Gatsby depicts
Era The Great Gatsby depicts
Jazz Age / Roaring Twenties
What East Egg symbolises
What East Egg symbolises
Old money - established wealth passed down through generations
What West Egg symbolises
What West Egg symbolises
New money - recently acquired wealth, viewed as vulgar
First-person narrator of The Great Gatsby
First-person narrator of The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway
What the green light symbolises
What the green light symbolises
Gatsby's longing for Daisy & the unattainable American Dream
What the Valley of Ashes symbolises
What the Valley of Ashes symbolises
Moral decay, spiritual emptiness & the human cost of wealth
What the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg symbolise
What the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg symbolise
Judgement/moral oversight over a corrupt society
Modernist technique creating multiple interpretations
Modernist technique creating multiple interpretations
Ambiguity
Difference: motifs vs symbols
Difference: motifs vs symbols
Motifs repeat as patterns; symbols are specific objects w/ meaning