Theme: Class & Wealth (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Role of wealth in The Great Gatsby
Role of wealth in The Great Gatsby
Driving force influencing all characters' actions & motivations
Three class tiers in the novel
Three class tiers in the novel
Old Money, New Money, No Money
Old Money characteristics
Old Money characteristics
Inherited wealth, no need for ostentatious displays
Old Money example characters
Old Money example characters
Tom and Daisy Buchanan
New Money epitome character
New Money epitome character
Jay Gatsby - self-made wealth from 1920s boom
Gatsby's 'old sport' phrase shows
Gatsby's 'old sport' phrase shows
Misguided attempt to appear upper-class
No Money class examples
No Money class examples
The Wilsons, workers, servants, unemployed
Epigraph author name
Epigraph author name
Thomas Parke D'Invilliers (Fitzgerald's pen name)
Epigraph 'gold hat' theme
Epigraph 'gold hat' theme
Using material wealth to win love & desire
White colour symbolism
White colour symbolism
Purity, elegance, aristocratic wealth, East Egg lifestyle
Gold colour symbolism
Gold colour symbolism
Glamour, wealth, false perfection, superficiality
Daisy's symbolic title
Daisy's symbolic title
The golden girl
Tom's dismissive insult to Gatsby
Tom's dismissive insult to Gatsby
Mr Nobody from Nowhere
Bay between mansions symbolises
Bay between mansions symbolises
Unbridgeable class barrier between old & new money
American Dream outcome in novel
American Dream outcome in novel
Illusory - class barriers prevent genuine advancement