'America is a land of lost dreams and dashed hopes.' Comparing and contrasting A Streetcar Named Desire and The Great Gatsby, to what extent can this be said to be true?F. Scott Fitzgerald's: The Great Gatsby, an American novel from the 20th century Jazz Age. First published in 1925, set in Long Island and New York, presents a true American dream come to life. Tennessee Williams': A Streetcar Named Desire, a play written in the late 1940s, set in New Orleans, Louisiana, a tragic work of a woman who comes to seek help from her infatuated sister, but only to find misery and madness at the hands of a “typical” man. “The American Dream” is a key theme of The Great Gatsby. “Almost any demonstration of complete self-sufficiency brings astonishing tribute to me,” “He clung to one last hope.” These quotes, although brief, give a general idea of ​​the importance of the "American Dream" and how it was idealized in the novel. However, there was a decline in the "American Dream" during the 1920s. On the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of thwarted love between a man and a woman (Gatsby and Daisy). The main theme of the novel, however, depicts a less romantic scene. Although the novel takes place during the summer of 1922 and takes place around Long Island, New York, The Great Gatsby is a great depiction of American history as a whole during this period, particularly the decline of the American dream in a modern world. era of wealth and prosperity. A key image of The Great Gatsby are the extravagant parties held in his materialistic mansion, Gatsby creates this world of glamor and celebration to display his wealth and power to Daisy, but in this world the uses of color foreshadow the end of 'The American Dre...... middle of paper ...... her to make life appear as it should be rather than as it is. Stanley, a practical man firmly grounded in the physical world, disdains Blanche's inventions and does everything he can to unravel them. The antagonistic relationship between Blanche and Stanley is a struggle between appearances and reality. This propels the plot of the play and creates overall tension. Ultimately, Blanche's attempts to remake her own and Stella's existence—to rejuvenate her life and save Stella from a life with Stanley—fail. In A Streetcar Named Desire and The Great Gatsby, we witness the disappearance of an “American dream” within Blanche. and Gatsby. However, we see that the dream continues within the different characters in the play and the novel. But the dream has already been destroyed by American society, which we could say represented by each character in the two writings..