MYRTLE WILSON
There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind." |
Authors:
Gentry Hudson Rich Ritter Macey Shambery Jessica Wiley |
"He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in, and never told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out...I gave it to him and then I lay down and cried...all afternoon." - Myrtle
RR "All I kept thinking about, over and over was "You can't live forever, you can't live forever!""
-Myrtle Wilson JW |
Myrtle is a wannabe. She's attracted to Tom because of his wealth and connections. Notice that she did not like her husband after she found out that his suit for their wedding was borrowed which suggested that he wasn't well off.
MS |
Then I heard footsteps on a stairs, and in a moment the
thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light
from the office door. She was in her middle thirties,
and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously
as some women can.-GH (Pg. 25)
thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light
from the office door. She was in her middle thirties,
and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously
as some women can.-GH (Pg. 25)
The "death car" as newspapers called it, didn't stop: it came out of the gathering darkness,
wavered tragically for a moment, then disappeared around the next bend.
The other car, the one going towards New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled thick her dark blood with the dust
-GH (Pg. 137)
wavered tragically for a moment, then disappeared around the next bend.
The other car, the one going towards New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled thick her dark blood with the dust
-GH (Pg. 137)
Characterization
"With the influence of her dress her personality had also undergone a change. The intensive vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur. Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment, and as she expanded the room grew smaller around her, until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy, creaking pivot through the smoky air. "
page 30-31 MS
page 30-31 MS
Myrtle Wilson's Death Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xQqqokknMo -JW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xQqqokknMo -JW
"I want to see you," said Tom intently. "Get on the next train" - Tom to Myrtle
RR
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Beauty:
Myrtle is often described as a beautiful fool. Nick describes her almost as if she isn't.
He says, "Her face contained no facet of gleam or beauty." -JW
Myrtle is often described as a beautiful fool. Nick describes her almost as if she isn't.
He says, "Her face contained no facet of gleam or beauty." -JW