Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And The Crucible

It is a given that every piece of work that people read will contain all sorts of characters. Those characters can range from villains, victims, or venerables. Two pieces of work that easily portray those types of characters is in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, and in Arthur Miller’s tragedy, The Crucible. It is revealed to the readers that Mr. Wilson in The Great Gatsby takes the role of the victim because of the how he was lied too and deceived throughout the entirety of the novel, and in the end died from it. Also, in The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is almost an undercover villain. It is not revealed to most, but by speculating on her actions she does some things that prove her to be a villain. Lastly, in The Crucible Giles Corey comes off as a venerable,

otherwise known as a honorable character.
First, a victim is defined as “a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident” or “a person who is tricked or duped”.

Mr. Wilson easily falls under both of those definitions. In the beginning of the novel it is explained that his wife, Myrtle, is cheating on him with a man named Tom Buchanan. Myrtle is having an affair and he is completely unaware of it, therefore being lied too by her who he thinks love him. On top of that, after his wife is brutally hit by a car he is completely ignorant of who it was that hit her. As the readers know that it was Daisy Buchanan, Wilson does not. Later on in the novel, Tom Buchanan, his wife’s lover tries to cover up for Daisy so that it would not be known that she is ultimately the murderer of his wife. As a result, Wilson goes after the man that was falsely accused of killing Myrtle. On page 162 it says, “It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete.” This emphasises on the fact that the consequence of all the lies thrown at Wilson resulted in the death of another man, and also himself. Therefore, proving him to be a

victim.
Next, as Daisy Buchanan can fall under the villain category, not many people are able to recognize that. The villainous actions she undertakes is often overlooked. To start off, she is a married women, with a child, but that does not stop her from being in love with another man. Her reasoning for marrying Tom was not for the right reasons, it was strictly due to the fact that he was a wealthy man. Later in the novel, that comes back to haunt her, causing a great amount of drama. Page 143 says, “Well, first Daisy turned away from the women toward the other car, and then she lost her nerve and turned back. The second my hand reached the wheel I felt the shock-- it must have killed her instantly.” As the readers know that Daisy did not purposely kill Myrtle with her car, this situation still causes an immense problem in the lives of others. Since Daisy was so in love with Gatsby, and Tom disapproved of it he decided to throw Gatsby into the blame, even though he is presented as blameless. The death of Myrtle Wilson is now on Gatsby’s shoulders because Tom told Mr. Wilson false information. Later in the novel, Mr. Wilson shoots Gatsby, and takes his life in that instant. All of this revolves directly back to Daisy, if she had not married Tom in the first place, or fell in love with Gatsby, or if she would of fessed up and taken the blame then two wonderful people would not be dead.