Daisy's Treatment Of Women In The Great Gatsby

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Daisy’s constant submission of negative treatment has led her into accepting her careless life and her position as a woman in society. Daisy’s life has been far from ideal considering she loses contact with her lover Gatsby in her earlier years and since then has been a part of a loveless marriage with Tom. The source of their absent love comes in the form of Tom’s continual unfaithfulness to her. Though Daisy is completely aware of her husband’s affair, she has done little to resolve Tom’s misconduct towards her. Daisy carelessly gives in to her life and accepts her representation as a feeble woman. When talking to Nick about her baby girl, she delivers a demoralising analysis of woman’s position in society saying “that’s the best thing a …show more content…

Daisy acts as if she is oblivious to Tom’s disloyalty and ultimately capitulates to her position as a woman. Her poor treatment leads Daisy into becoming self-absorbed in order to compensate with her life. Daisy confesses that she is “‘pretty cynical about everything’” (18) which is reflected throughout the rest of the novel, most notably during her affair with Gatsby and her flirtatious character. Daisy possess a seductive air in the way she speaks and is not reluctant to flirt frivolously with Gatsby around her own husband. This is apparent when “she had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw” (125). She attempts to assert her individualism by engaging herself in an affair with Gatsby which ultimately leads to an argument between Tom and Gatsby at the Plaza Hotel. Both men are arguing about which one of them Daisy loves. Gatsby’s idealisation of Daisy, Tom’s unfaithfulness and the struggle between the two men over Daisy results in her being represented as a possession. Prior to Gatsby’s death, Daisy submits to her cynical attitude once more by snubbing his funeral and leaving with

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