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gatsby as a tragic hero
Title: gatsby as a tragic hero
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 268 | Pages: 1.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
gatsby as a tragic hero
A Tragic hero can best be defined as a significant person who has a tragic flaw that eventually leads to his downfall, which he faces with dignity and courage. Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is a great example of a tragic hero. He is a romantic dreamer who wishes to fulfill his ideal by amassing wealth in hopes of impressing and eventually winning the heart of the love of …showed first 75 words of 268 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 268 total…fortune to impress his great love, Daisy, who is only in love with his material success. Gatsby’s downfall is brought upon him by his own inability to realize he cannot buy a perfect love or life.
Gatsby is a very capable man but he fails to see the inevitable downfall of his ideal world. Up until his death he never realizes the actual world and his ”universe of ineffable gaudiness (p.105)” cannot coexist.
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