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Reading The Great Gatsby in the context of romance

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Romance has been thought as archetype literary form. However,it is not suitable to think so because many texts employ the elements and names of romance. F. Scott Fitzgerald’ The Great Gatsby also has many romance elements and meaning. It has circular structure,magnificent mansions and supernatural elements. Besides, the hero,Gatsby sets off in quest of grail as if the medieval knight sets forth to seek adventure. The grail is to obtain the love of Daisy. Gatsby tried to obtain wealth because he thought the reason of their parting was money. He got money by dishonest means. And that was attacked by Tom. However, his effort to fulfill dream achieved recognition from Nick. The people in 1920s were blind in money but Gatsby had the reason to get money. After his death, Nick praises him because he did his best to fulfill his dream.

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Romance has been thought as archetype literary form. However,it is not suitable to think so because many texts employ the elements and names of romance. F. Scott Fitzgerald’ The Great Gatsby also has many romance elements and meaning. It has circular structure,magnificent mansions and supernatural elements. Besides, the hero,Gatsby sets off in quest of grail as if the medieval knight sets forth to seek adventure. The grail is to obtain the love of Daisy. Gatsby tried to obtain wealth because he thought the reason of their parting was money. He got money by dishonest means. And that was attacked by Tom. However, his effort to fulfill dream achieved recognition from Nick. The people in 1920s were blind in money but Gatsby had the reason to get money. After his death, Nick praises him because he did his best to fulfill his dream.

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