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Essay / Compare and contrast the effect of society on relationships...
In the majority of "Othello", "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "The Great Gatsby", Shakespeare, Lawrence and Fitzgerald seem to have this common focus on changes in society in terms of relationships. It seems that every text has a major event in which the dynamics of the relationships change due to some aspect of the society in which they are set. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover is imbued with the idea that relationships between classes are strongly negatively influenced by society. . Connie has a very sexual and passionate relationship with her gamekeeper Oliver Mellors, who is of lower status than her. To the surprise of many readers, Mellors is a man who, as one critic quotes, "remains impervious to pettiness and conventional society", suggesting that this is one reason why Connie and Mellor's relationship is so strong compared to that of, for example, Othello. and the relationships of Desdemona and Daisy, Tom and Gatsby. In Shakespeare's “Othello,” the relationship between Desdemona and Othello is heavily influenced by others and the people around them. This influence ultimately leads to death while society remains intact. In “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald uses the strong symbolic imagery of money and American society to show how people can get carried away and lose touch with the reality of relationships. Daisy is surrounded by a society she doesn't like living with and is unable to escape, while Tom has another wife he is hiding. The idea of hiding also suggests that society does not view this as a correct thing to do, but Fitzgerald seems to object to this. Another theme of "The Great Gatsby" is the idea of new and old money and how that affects who society thinks you should be with. Society as a whole...... middle of paper ...... y for love however in this novel it seems that the independence and lifestyles created from this society mean that l Love is not wanted, people don't want to be in a secure and fixed relationship. Fitzgerald showed this with the differences between Gatsby and Tom. Tom is on a mission to represent the old money and inherit his fortune alongside the old dynamics of American society, while Gatsby represents the new money and new change in society. Tom is in a relationship with Daisy but he has a mistress and he and Daisy are not particularly happy whereas with the new changes in society, Gatsby is not in a relationship, his feelings for Daisy do not become physical, but he is happy with his party lifestyle and the lifestyle where they don't particularly need a relationship with just one person because people are around you all the time.