Daisy's love in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"

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…reliance on men, and overbearing emphasis on money, all lead to her own destruction. Though unlike George and Gatsby's physical destruction, Daisy's is one of a mental and spiritual kind. She is seen as someone who has forsaken her true love with Gatsby for Tom and the stability that he stands for, thus creating her own demise. She stands as a symbol of what one can do to destroy oneself with ignorance and innocence together.