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Romantic tragedy-

   Personal flaw 

     Gatsby-     

         Obsession with Daisy 

          Unwillingness to change (Daisy LOVED Tom) 

     Tom-

        Flexing his status-showing control 

   Noble birth 

   Absolute-  completely destroyed 

     Myrtle- 

        dies - VIOLENT 

   Modern Tragedy- 

   Systemic flaw 

   Can be common person 

      Myrtle- dying because she is a common person 

    Grey area- part of life is destroyed 

       Tom: loses his mistress, but keep Daisy, and his MONEY 

How they are the same(romantic and modern tragedy)- 

    Drop in status faster=more 

East egg- 

    Gatsby low- when Daisy does not tell Tom that he loves her, Daisy freaks out and wants to go to New York. 

Plaza hotel-

   Tom low- he is self-conscious and insecure, tries to poke holes in Gatsby story. 

To and from New York- 

    Tom’s low-drives away with Gatsby(she choose Gatsby over him). 

    Myrtle downfall- gets hit by a car and dies 

    Gatsby downfall- takes blame for the death of Myrtle even though it was Dais

The ones that are blank or don't have anything written on them, we did not have time to go over in class. We just worked in groups discussing chapter 7.