语论文 杰伊·盖茨比的悲惨命运的必然性

1、论文写作指导、各类文案代写 QQ625880526杰伊杰伊盖茨比的悲惨命运的必然性盖茨比的悲惨命运的必然性摘摘 要：要：了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比是是 20 世纪美国著名作家菲茨杰拉德的世纪美国著名作家菲茨杰拉德的一部反映美国梦破灭的浪漫主义悲剧小说。追寻浪漫爱情的盖茨比一部反映美国梦破灭的浪漫主义悲剧小说。追寻浪漫爱情的盖茨比与初恋情人黛西分别多年后终于得以重逢与初恋情人黛西分别多年后终于得以重逢, 梦想着再续前缘。然而梦想着再续前缘。然而,冰冷的现实容不下缥缈的梦冰冷的现实容不下缥缈的梦,盖茨比心中的女神已蜕变成庸俗的物质盖茨比心中的女神已蜕变成庸俗的物质女郎。浪漫的爱情掺杂了拜金主义的

2、气息女郎。浪漫的爱情掺杂了拜金主义的气息,追梦的灵魂就逃脱不了注追梦的灵魂就逃脱不了注定的悲剧情缘。最终定的悲剧情缘。最终, 一厢情愿的浪漫归为幻灭一厢情愿的浪漫归为幻灭,富于想象的爱情也富于想象的爱情也化为尘埃。盖茨比爱情梦的破灭标志着化为尘埃。盖茨比爱情梦的破灭标志着“美国梦美国梦”的破灭。盖茨比的破灭。盖茨比一方面如此天真，相信过去的日子能够复返；另一方面却已屈服于一方面如此天真，相信过去的日子能够复返；另一方面却已屈服于金钱脚下，走向堕落的深渊。希望落空，失望和厄运相继开始。盖金钱脚下，走向堕落的深渊。希望落空，失望和厄运相继开始。盖茨比悲剧的必然性主要是由其性格中的不足因素，他对黛西

3、的错误茨比悲剧的必然性主要是由其性格中的不足因素，他对黛西的错误想象以及社会历史原因等多方面因素造成的。本文通过对这些因素想象以及社会历史原因等多方面因素造成的。本文通过对这些因素的分析揭示盖茨比悲惨命运的必然性。的分析揭示盖茨比悲惨命运的必然性。关键词关键词: 盖茨比；美国梦；悲剧盖茨比；美国梦；悲剧论文写作指导、各类文案代写 QQ625880526The Inevitability of Jay Gatsbys Tragic FateAbstract：The Great Gatsby was a romantic tragedy novel written by the famous Am

4、erican writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 20th century, which is about the disillusion of the American Dream. Gatsby who pursue romantic love has finally been reunited whit his first love Daisy after many years ,dreaming again later. However, the cold reality can not tolerate a misty dream,the goddes

5、s in Gatsbys heart has been transformed into a vulgar material girl. Romantic love was mixed with the aura of mammonism,the soul which quest for dream hasnt escaped from the destined tragedy affinity.In the end,the wishful romantic classified into disillusionment, the imaginative love classified int

6、o dust.The burst of Gatsbys love Dream marks the disillusion of the American dream. On the one hand, Gatsby was charmingly innocent enough to believe that the past could be recovered and resurrected . On the other hand, he was both corrupted and corrupting, tragically convinced of the power of money

7、. The hope is gone; despair and doom have set in. The inevitability of Gatsbys tragedy was caused by the destructive potentials in Gatsbys character, his false image of Daisy, the social historical backgrounds and so on. The analysis of these factors reveals the inevitability of the of Gatsbys tragi

8、c fate.Key Words: The Great Gatsby; the American Dream; tragedy论文写作指导、各类文案代写 QQ625880526TABLE OF CONTENTS.Introduction.1.The nature of Gatsbys dream.2A. The origin of Gatsbys dream .2B. The nature of Gatsbys dream.3 .Factors contributing to Gatsbys tragedy.4A. Gatsbys false image of Daisy .4B. The t

9、ragic factors in Gatsbys character .6C. The dark and cold reality.8IV .Conclusion.111.IntroductionF. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most enduring American novelists of the 20th century. And he was the most famous chronicler of 1920s America, an area that he called “the Jazz Age”. The Great Gatsby w

10、as Fitzgeralds masterpiece, not only from its concept, but also from its creative feature. When it was published in 1925, it received much approval and praise of critics. It was said that The Great Gatsby was one of the most excellent American literary works of the 20th century. T. S Eliot read The

11、Great Gatsby three times and concluded that it was “the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James”(Chang 2003:225). Fitzgeralds greatness lay in the fact that he found intuitively, in his personal experience, the embodiment of that of the nation and created a myth out of American

12、life. The story of The Great Gatsby was a good illustration. Gatsby was a poor youth from the Midwest. He fell in love with Daisy, a wealthy girl, but he was too poor to marry her. The girl was then married to a rich young man, Tom Buchanan. Determined to win his lost love back, Gatsby engaged himse

13、lf in bootlegging and other “shady” activities, thus earning enough money to buy a magnificent imitation French villa. There he spent dazzling parties every weekend in the hope of alluring the Buchanans to come. Finally, they came and Gatsby met Daisy again, only to find that the woman before was no

14、t quite the ideal love of his dreams. A sense of loss and disillusionment came over him. Then Daisy killed a woman in an accident, and plotted with Tom to shift the blame on Gatsby. At last Gatsby was shot and the Buchanans escaped.In this novel, the author described a tragedy caused by American Dre

15、am, and successfully figured the victimJay Gatsby. Gatsby was Fitzgeralds favorite character, for in some aspects they had the similar experiences and spirit. Also similar to Fitzgerald was Jay Gatsby, a sensitive young man who worshiped wealth and luxury and who fell in love with a beautiful young

16、woman while stationed at a military camp in the south. After Daisy married Tom Buchanan, Gatsby tried all his best to win her back. Fitzgerald indicated that at that time it was useless and dangerous to pursue the American Dream. Because of this kind of pursuit, it led Gatsby to his tragedy radicall

17、y. This paper is aimed at analyzing the major reasons that caused Gatsbys inevitable tragedy in the following aspects: the nature of Gatsbys dream, Gatsbys character, his false image of Daisy, social history and so on.2.The nature of Gatsbys dreamA. The origin of Gatsbys dreamThe American dream is t

18、he faith held by many in the United States that through hard work, courage and determination one can achieve a better life for oneself, usually through financial property. These were values held by many early European settlers and have been passed on to the subsequent generations (Zhao 2006:5).Gatsb

19、ys American dream was originated in his childhood. Gatsby was born on a North Dakota farm, and his real name was James Gatz. He spent his impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota, but his lofty goal was becoming fabulously wealth. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and longed for weal

20、th and sophistication. Though he studied at St. Olaf in Minnesota, he disgusted the humiliating janitorial work by means of which he paid his tuition, and he dropped out two weeks later. The next summer he worked on Lake Superior fishing for salmon and digging for clams. One day, he saw a yacht owne

21、d by Dan Cody, a wealthy copper mogul, and rowed out to warn him that a storm was coming. Cody felt very grateful to Gatz, so that he took young Gatz with him as his personal assistant, and gave him a new name as Jay Gatsby. Traveling with Cody to Barbary Coast and the West Indies, Gatsby fell in lo

22、ve with wealth and luxury. Cody was a heavy drinker, and one of Gatsbys jobs was to look after him when he was drunk. This gave Gatsby a healthy respect for the dangers of alcohol and convinced him not to become a drinker himself. When Cody died, he left Gatsby 25,000 dollars, but Codys girlfriend p

23、revented him from getting this inheritance. Therefore, Gatsby dedicated himself to becoming a wealthy and successful man. The description of Gatsbys early life revealed the sensitivity to status that spurred Gatsby on. Acutely awared of his poverty, the young Gatsby developed a powerful obsession wi

24、th collecting wealth and status. Gatsbys act of changing name symbolized his desire to abandon his lower-class identity and recast himself as the 3wealthy man he imagined.It is not hard to see how a man who has gone to such great lengths to achieve wealth and luxury would find Daisy so attractive: f

25、or her, the aura of wealth and luxury came effortlessly. She was able to take her position for granted, and she became, for Gatsby, the epitome of everything that he invented “Jay Gatsby” to achieve. Determined to win his lost love back, Gatsby engaged himself in bootlegging and other “shady” activi

26、ties. Just as the American dreamthe pursuit of happinesshas corrupted into a quest for mere wealth, Gatsbys powerful dream of being happy with Daisy has become the motivation for lavish excesses and criminal activities.B. The nature of Gatsbys dream Gatsbys American dream has experienced an evolutio

27、nary process that accompanied his growing. When he was young, he wanted to be rich one day as the protagonist of Franklins works who achieved a better life through hard work, courage and determination. When he was a young military officer in Louisville, he met Daisy and immediately fell in love with

28、 her. Daisy became the embodiment of his ideal. To Gatsby, Daisy represented the paragon of perfectionshe had the aura of charm, wealth, sophistication, grace, and aristocracy that he longed for as a child in North Dakota. It was also because of this that he fell in love with her at the first time.

29、However, the fact is that Gatsby had no money to marry her. The difference between their social statuses prevented them from being together. He knew that he even had no real right to touch her hand. Gatsby “was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the

30、 freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and pround above the hot struggles of the poor”(Fitzgerald 2007:308). Therefore, when he lost Daisy, he tried his best to earn money to win Daisy back. Later, Gatsby really became rich. He really had a lot of money, and he owned a l

31、uxurious mansion which was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in 4Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. There he spent dazzling parties every weekend in the hope of alluring Dai

32、sy to come. Unlike other people in the Jazz Age who tried their best to pursue wealth and upper social status, Gatsby thought that money was not the most important thing, as it can be earned after it was spent. What Gatsby thought and wanted was being together again with Daisy and winning his lost l

33、ove back. His acquisition of millions of dollars, his purchase of the gaudy mansion on West Egg, and his lavish weekly parties were all merely meant to that. He never stopped missing Daisy during those past five years. He flung into the reveries that he weaved for Daisy with a creative enthusiasm an

34、d kept adding to the pattern of his fancies. As a result, the revery became more and more perfect, but at the same time became far away from the fact. .Factors contributing to Gatsbys tragedy A. Gatsbys false image of Daisy However, in reality, Daisy fell far short of Gatsbys ideals. She was beautif

35、ul and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored and sardonic. For her, the aura of wealth and luxury came effortlessly. As a young debutante, Daisy was extremely popular among the military officers stationed near her home, including Jay Gatsby. In order to convince her that he was worthy of her, Ga

36、tsby lied about his background to Daisy that he was from a wealthy family. At last, he won Daisys heart and they made love before Gatsby left to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby, but in 1919 she changed and married Tom Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who co

37、uld promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents. At that time, Gatsby was studying at Oxford after the war in an attempt to gain an education. From that moment on, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back.5 Gatsby had made Daisy a symbol of everything he valued. For

38、him, losing Daisy was like, he tried his best to acquire millions of dollars. Then he bought a gaudy mansion on West Egg and spent lavish weekly parties there in order to allure Daisy to come. At l losing his entire world. He longed to recreate his past with her. In order to win Daisy back ast, Gats

39、by met Daisy again. Gatsby wanted Nick to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy, but he was afraid that Daisy would refuse to see him if she knew that he still loved her. Nick invited Daisy to have tea at his house, without telling her that Gatsby would also be there. At first, Gatsbys reunion

40、 with Daisy was terribly awkward. After a short while, they reestablished their connection, and their love rekindled. Gatsby seemed to have idealized Daisy in his mind. The real Daisy, charming as she was, would almost fail to live up to his expectations. Daisy didnt have the romantic affection as G

41、atsby did, let alone the courage of devoting to the ideals. Although she loved Gatsby, she married Tom Buchanan, a young man from solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle. When she found that Gatsby was richer than Tom, she reestablished their connection, and their love r

42、ekindled. Daisy was in love with money, ease, and material luxury. She was capable of affection (she seemed genuinely fond of Nick and occasionally seemed to love Gatsby sincerely), but her loyalty or care couldnt sustain for a long time. Daisy is the symbol of all that Gatsby strives for; her voice

43、 is full of money, as Gatsby describes it. Her voice was “full of moneythat was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals song in it” (Fitzgerald 127). She can be interpreted as a twentieth-century siren because she ensnares men with her husky, mysterious voice.

44、 Gatsby became so enamored by her voice that he based all of his actions on winning Daisy over. Her voice contains the promise of vast riches. However, Gatsby is too late to realize that money is the only thing her voice promises. There is no compassion in Daisy, just as there is none in cold, hard

45、cash. The climax of the novel was in a hotel. Tom asked Gatsby about his intention for Daisy, and Gatsby replied that Daisy loved him, not Tom. Tom claimed that he 6and Daisy had a love history that Gatsby could not possibly understand. He then accused Gatsby of running a bootlegging operation. When

46、 Daisy knew that Gatsbys wealth was from crime, she shrinked. She felt herself moving closer and closer to Tom as she observed the quarrel. What we cant bear was that Daisy killed a woman in an accident, but she plotted with her husband to shift the blame on Gatsby, and run away with Tom. Gatsbys de

47、cision to take the blame for Daisy indicated that he still loved Daisy deeply. Although Daisy concerned little about Gatsby, he sacrificed himself for her. Gatsbys tragedy was mainly caused by his obsession with a weak woman who had lost the personality and sincerity, and Gatsby had pursued the woma

48、n as his lifelong dream. For this reason, Gatsby sacrificed everything that he owned. Gatsby invested Daisy with beauty and meaning by making her the object of his dream. But in fact, Daisy was just an idle, bored, rich young woman with no particular moral strength or loyalty. The death of Gatsby wa

49、s the result of Daisys betrayal. Gatsbys tragedy can be definited as a person who was deserted by the symbol of his dream after it had cost him too much. B. The tragic factors in Gatsbys characterThe tragic factors rooted in Gatsbys character were contributing elements to Gatsbys tragedy. At first,

50、Gatsby was an adherent of the American Dream. He thought that through hard work, courage and determination, he could achieve a better life and a higher social status for himself. He has never admitted that he was the descendants of the poor peasants. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and

51、 longed for wealth and sophistication. He hoped that one day he would be a person with a higher status in society as Daisy did. However, Gatsby would never be accepted as one member of the old aristocracy by Daisys husbandTom and Toms fellows. Born in a socially solid old family, Tom was an arrogant

52、, hypocritical bully, and he enjoyed his privilege since he was born and rejected any outsider to share his profit. 7But Gatsby didnt realize that. He thought that as long as he had enough money, he could be accepted as one member of them. In 1920s, a large group of industrialists, speculators and b

53、usiness with brand-new fortunes joined the old, aristocratic families at the top of the economic ladder. The “new rich” lack the refinement, manners, and taste of the “old rich” but long to break into the polite society of the East Eggers (Phillips 2003:63).Although Gatsby seemed to have as much mon

54、ey as the “old rich” did, he lacked their sense of social nuance and easy, aristocratic grace. For example, in chapter six, when the Sloanes invited Gatsby to dine with them, he accepted without realizing the insincerity of the invitation. As a result, they mocked and despised him for being “new mon

55、ey”. A huge gap was haunting between Toms class and Gatsbys, which would never be narrowed by any person. So Gatsby was still thought of as a stranger in Toms group though he had acquired illegally a great deal of wealth. No matter how rich Gatsby was, and how noble Gatsbys name was, he was always a

56、 little man from lower class. So he was crashed and despised by the old aristocracy. Therefore, the overturn of Gatsbys American dream was a sure result.Second, what Gatsby had fantasized about was one kind of pure love, and he treated Daisy as a perfect ideal incarnation. After 1919, the year that

57、Daisy married Tom, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, making her the single goal of his dreams and the main motivation behind his acquisition of immense wealth through criminal activity. To Gatsby, Daisy represented the paragon of perfectionshe had the aura of charm, wealth, sophisticat

58、ion, grace and aristocracy that he longed for as a child. Gatsby instilled Daisy with a kind of idealized perfection that she neither deserved nor possessed. She was beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored and sardonic. However, Gatsby didnt realize that. For him, losing Daisy was li

59、ke losing his entire world. He had longed to recreate his past with her. Gatsby believed that he would be a decent man with his love and continue his romantic life with Daisy in condition that he was a wealthy man.Being different from the people who lived in Jazz Age, Gatsby was a 8completely romant

60、ic man. Although Daisy came back to him at one time or another, he wasnt satisfied. Gatsbys obession with recovering a blissful past compelled him to order Daisy to tell Tom that she had never loved him. Gatsby needed to know that Daisy had always loved him and been emotionally loyal to him. Gatsby