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《了不起的盖茨比》分析
《了不起的盖茨比》分析《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德于1925年出版的一部小说。
这部小说以20世纪20年代的美国为背景，描绘了一个充满欲望、财富和爱情的故事。
本文将对《了不起的盖茨比》进行分析，探讨其主题、人物形象以及文学价值。
一、主题分析1. 社会阶层与财富《了不起的盖茨比》通过描绘上层社会与下层社会之间的巨大差距，探讨了社会阶层与财富对人们命运的影响。
小说中，盖茨比是一个出身贫寒的人，通过努力工作积累了巨大的财富，但他始终无法被上层社会所接受。
这一主题反映了20世纪20年代美国社会的阶级固化现象，以及财富对于社会地位的重要性。
2. 爱情与欲望《了不起的盖茨比》中的爱情故事充满了欲望和追求。
盖茨比对于黛西的爱情是他生命中最重要的事情，他为了追求黛西不惜一切代价。
然而，黛西却选择了社会地位更高的汤姆。
这一主题揭示了人性中的欲望和追求，以及爱情与社会地位之间的矛盾。
二、人物形象分析1. 盖茨比盖茨比是小说的主人公，也是一个充满神秘感的人物。
他通过努力工作积累了巨大的财富，但他的财富并不能让他获得社会地位和幸福。
盖茨比对于黛西的爱情是他生命中最重要的事情，他为了追求黛西不惜一切代价。
盖茨比的形象反映了20世纪20年代美国社会中的追求和失落。
2. 黛西黛西是盖茨比的爱人，也是一个充满欲望和追求的人物。
她对于社会地位和财富有着极大的追求，最终选择了社会地位更高的汤姆。
黛西的形象揭示了20世纪20年代美国社会中女性的地位和追求。
3. 汤姆汤姆是黛西的丈夫，也是一个典型的上层社会人物。
他对于财富和社会地位有着强烈的追求，对于盖茨比的出现感到威胁。
汤姆的形象反映了20世纪20年代美国社会中上层社会人物的特点和价值观。
三、文学价值分析1. 描写细腻《了不起的盖茨比》通过细腻的描写，展现了20世纪20年代美国社会的繁荣与虚伪。
小说中的场景描写、人物描写以及情感描写都非常细腻，使读者能够深入感受到那个时代的氛围和人物的内心世界。
浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中的主要人物性格
作为美国著名作家菲茨杰拉德最成功的小说，《了不起的盖茨比》已成为美国现代文学史上的一部经典佳作。
这部小说反映了美国梦的衰败，深刻地揭示了美国梦的实质。
在小说中，菲茨杰拉德精心挑选了不同的人物，例如杰伊·盖茨比，尼克·卡罗威和黛西·布坎南，来代表其在社会中的不同地位，通过他们的生活来反映美国社会的矛盾。
本文通过详尽分析这三个主要角色，比较讨论他们的命运，并且探讨他们性格内部的矛盾，从而来揭示第一次世界大战后美国社会的衰败以及人物不同性格的形成原因，特别是盖茨比的不幸命运的根源。
关键词 《了不起的盖茨比》主要人物 性格分析Title Analysis of the Personality of the Major Characters in The Great GatsbyAbstractThe Great Gatsby is the finest novel written by the famous American writer, Fitzgerald. It is considered by many to be one of the classics of modern American literature. The novel mirrors the decline of the American dream and deeply reveals the essence of it. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald selects skillfully different people such as Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway and Daisy Buchanan to represent their different statuses in society and eventually to reflect the contradictions of the American world by their lives. This essay will focus on the discussion of the three major characters, by analyzing the three major characters in detail, discussing their fate by comparison and talking about the internal conflict of their personality, to have a further understanding of the corruption of the American society after the First World War and the cause of their different personality especially the misery fate of Gatsby.Keywords The Great Gatsby major characters analysis of personality2006届英语专业毕业论文第 1 页共 1 页Contents1A Brief Introduction to The Great Gatsby (1)2Tragic Jay Gatsby (2)3 Vanity and Selfish Daisy Buchanan (4)4 Neutral Nick Carraway (6)Conclusion (8)Acknowledgements (9)References (10)1 A Brief Introduction to The Great GatsbyFrancis Scott Fitzgerald was considered as one of the most well known writers in America at an era that he named “the Jazz Age”. During the twenty years of his writing, he published about one hundred short stories and four long novels including This side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night and The Great Gatsby. In addition, before he died, he left an uncompleted novel, The Last Tycoon. “His books have been considered by as many a symbol for the ‘Jazz Age,’ a time of extraordinary wealth and promise, but Fitzgerald’s novels are much more than that, presenting the truth behind the twenties and creating an atmosphere, which has earned a permanent place in American literature. Fitzgerald’s novels work on many different levels, giving us unforgettable characters and events on one, as well as referring to the problems of American wealth and spirituality on another.”(Millett, 2005) Written in 1925, The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest literary works of this period and one of the classics in American literature, which reveals the moral emptiness and hypocrisy under the prosperity of the Jazz Age. When the book was published, it became famous among the public, because the author criticizes the thought of extreme individualism in the contemporary American society. “This thought is like drugs in the society; poisonous and irresistible. It urges the growth of selfishness of human being.”(Wu Jianguo, 2002:188) Fitzgerald uses his pen to reveal the life and the ideas of people after the First World War and introduces one kind of valuable spirit. The American dream of happiness and individualism has fallen into the mere pursuit of wealth. Many experiences in Fitzgerald’s early life appear in this famous novel. It is proved to be the most successful and mature one of Fitzgerald's novels. In it, Fitzgerald presents the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby, skillfully choosing a first-person narrator, Nick Carraway’s perspective. The famous poet, T.S.Eliot points out that The Great Gatsby has been the first progress made in the American novel since Henry James.2 Tragic Jay GatsbyJay Gatsby, a typical upstart after the First World War, is a sensitive young man who idolizes wealth and luxury. He falls in love with Daisy, a beautiful and charming woman, when he stations at a military camp near her home, but later she marries another man. The protagonist orders his life around for the desire to be reunited with Daisy. His search for the American dream leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved and eventually, to his death. He is attracted by Daisy’s grace and charm, but blinds her shortcomings. Gatsby reveals himself to be an innocent hopeful young man who stakes everything on his dreams, without the realization that his dreams are unworthy. “He gives Daisy an idealistic perfection that she cannot possess in reality.”(Rubinstein, 1998:305) He takes it for granted that he would win Daisy back if he becomes rich. Therefore he “became rich through bootlegging and other criminal activities.”(Hu Yintong, 1995:369)) He holds his opulent parties weekly to draw Daisy’s attention. He tries his best to gain the favor of her by arranging such fabulous entertainment.To some extent, Gatsby is naive and stupid for he never sees Daisy in her true colors just as he never sees the green light clearly. Though he never stops loving and has taken the house in West Egg to be near her, he never realizes that he can’t come back to the old warm world. It is easy to find that throughout his courtship of Daisy, Gatsby is always in a position of less power and lower social status. Because Gatsby has idolized her, Daisy will necessarily not live up to his expectation. The reader may find out the contradiction in Gatsby’s personality after reading the novel. On one hand, Gatsby is innocent and naive in his heart for he sticks to his goal and dedicates himself to achieve his destination, but he never realizes that it is actually unreal. He shows his loyalty to his beloved and dares no effort to make his dream come into true. However, on the other hand, he owns money by all means including illegal ones and he is indifferent to the death of Myrtle Wilson, the superficial wife of a garage man called George Wilson. Just as the novel mentions, “he spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” (Fitzgerald, 2001: 192) Gatsby is nimble and ambitious in making money, which shows the “sagacity” of modern people, but towards love he gives us the impression of “a naive young man.”The reader may wonder what makes Gatsby great? Gatsby is great because of his loyalty to love. He has the desire to repeat the past, and the desire for money. For Gatsby, Daisy is the soul of his dreams. He believes he can regain Daisy. Although he has the wealth that can match with the leisured class, he does not have their manners. His tragedy lies in his possession of a naive sense. Nick, the novel’s narrator, considers that his greatness lies in the talent for self-invention, the ability to transform his dreams into reality, and his persistent love. His life is dedicated to the recovery and renewal of an early love with Daisy, whose “voice is full of money.”(Fitzgerald, 2001: 11) He believes in Daisy and manages to protect her. But he does not know Daisy has betrayed him when he wants to ensure the safety of her. Daisy has already forgotten him when he lies in the tomb lonely.To some degree, George Wilson is comparable to Gatsby for both of them are dreamers and both are ruined by their pure love for women. He commits suicide after shooting Gatsby dead, just as Marcus Cunliffe comments “ Gatsby is dead-killed by a demented creature that does not realize that the Buchanan’s are to blame for misfortunes”.(Cunliffe, 1998:29) To some degree, Gatsby is doomed to die. Tang Jianqing, the famous translator of The Great Gatsby, points out that “Gatsby’s heart will be broken even if the bewildered garage man does not murder him. He knows Daisy will not give him a call though he takes the risk to wait for Daisy’s phone.”(Tang Jianqing, 1998:4) It is true that Tom and Daisy not only destroy Gatsby but also spoil his belief and soul.Therefore, Gatsby’s tragedy does not lie in his death, but in the death of his dream of utopia. It is his lack of reason and judgment that leads him to death. When introducing the origination of Gatsby’s name, Fitzgerald writes: “The true was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his platonic conception of himself. He was a Son of God–a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty”. (Fitzgerald, 2001:131) This sets the tone of Gatsby’s tragic life. He has not been aware of the different social statuses between his and Tom’s. In general, Jay Gatsby is one of the best among characters in the novel. Even though he is a bootlegger and all his money is illegally made he still has more conscience than many others. Gatsby wants people to be happy, and if they are happy he will be happy, too. He holds luxury parties for people to attend and enjoy themselves. He also does hisbest to make Nick feel easy in his garden. Gatsby shows a certain amount of kindness to almost everyone he meets. His parties are open to anyone who wants to attend no matter what his social class is. He does his best to be kind to almost everyone. From this aspect, he is a very decent person indeed.All in all, Gatsby is only a dreamiest in his whole life. His loyalty to his love and ideal and the contradictions of his dreams lead to the disillusionment of his American dream. His death, in a sense, serves as a warning, but it also ennobles him.3Vanity and Selfish Daisy BuchananAs a beautiful and charming girl in the upper class, Daisy is quiet active in all kinds of social activities and she once had her true love. In any way, Daisy is undeniably beautiful. In her first appearance, her face is depicted to be sad and lovely. It is safe to say Daisy once really loved Gatsby since she even “packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say good-by to a soldier who was gong overseas.”(Fitzgerald, 2001:101) Her mother prevents her in time and after that she keeps quiet until the next autumn. To some extent, her mother not only prevents Daisy’s stupid idea but also changes her opinions about the real meaning of life. After that, Daisy becomes a representative of the upper class. At that time, the most important thing for a lady was to find a rich husband with decent status, so Daisy makes good use of her beauty to deal with a lot of young men. Her vanity is completely disclosed when she contacts with those men. She has bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth and her best feature seems to be her voice. It’s charming. Daisy knows how to use it, too. She always murmurs in low, fantastic way to get people to come closer and pay more attention to her. Proving her charm to men is everything in her life. Then she quickly gets rid of another man to marry Tom just because Tom is richer.After the marriage, Daisy is sardonic and somewhat cynical and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity. Tom has a shady affair with Myrtle Wilson, so she is not happy although she lives a comfortable life. However, she has to endure and pretend to know nothing about it because she knows that having a husband of high status is much more important than having a man’s love.Fitzgerald attempts to describe Daisy as being a little naive or foolish. Daisy even hopes that her daughter becomes a beautiful fool. She says, “I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world.”(Fitzgerald: 2001, 23) Daisy’s remark is somewhat sardonic: It seems that she criticizes the social values of her era, but she does not seem to challenge them. Instead, she describes her own satisfaction with life and seems to imply that a girl can have more fun if she is beautiful and simplistic. Daisy herself often acts in that way. She conforms to the social standard of American feminity in the 1920s, so she is the product of a social environment .To a great extent, women’s intelligence is not important at all. At Gatsby’s party, she focuses on the actress and the director, who are totally unaffiliated with reality. Daisy’s blind eye on reality is disclosed here.Compared with Gatsby, Daisy, Nick’s cousin and Gatsby’s lover, is superficial, shallow, and self-centered for she sees everything from the perspective of her own happiness. For Fitzgerald, women like Daisy represent the deepest seductive power of the American dream as well as its greatest dangers. Daisy’s lack of responsibility is revealed at the end of the story. When she drives over Myrtle and she doesn't even stop, which shows what Fitzgerald wants to reveal in the whole book—the rich have no concept of responsibility in reality. She is a little bit too careless. In fact, her carelessness leads to the death of Myrtle Wilson. She proves her real nature when she chooses Tom over Gatsby, and allows Gatsby to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson even though she herself is the murderer.Finally, Daisy and Tom move away rather than attend Gatsby’s funeral, leaving no address. Daisy is indifferent to the death of Gatsby. As a matter of fact, she is the real murderer of Myrtle Wilson. After the accident, she and Tom conspire together and follows her husband’s suggestion to let Gatsby take the responsibility.Why Daisy is unwilling to leave Tom and come together with Gatsby after he becomes rich? In fact, there are also some contradictions in her personality. On one hand, she is moved by Gatsby’s loyalty and stubbornness, which is fully embodied in the reunion between Gatsby and her. In addition, she is also attracted by Gatsby’s wealth and disappointed at Tom’s infidelity. On the Other hand, she dose not have the power to leave her husband and her family when Tom confronts Gatsby. She can’t lose the comfortable and luxury life with Tom. “This life is boring but gives her a feeling of safety.”(QianQing,1994:303) During the First World War, Gatsby is only an inferior officer. Therefore, though Daisy loves him, she is unwilling to marry him. After Gatsby leaves to fight in the war, she marries Buchanan, a young man from an aristocratic family who promises her a wealthy lifestyle. Gatsby gathers great fortune and becomes the new rich, but Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan who is the “the very rich” and the traditional aristocrat. Though Daisy is unsatisfied with Tom’s behavior and never forgets Gatsby, the wealth makes Daisy and him invulnerable. So in the end, Mr. Gatsby’s dream still has not come true and Daisy does not break up with Tom to go with Gatsby.As a representative lady of the upper class at the particular time, Daisy enjoys vanity, selfishness and sophistication that a young woman often has at her time. It’s her vanity and selfishness that cause the death of Gatsby.4 Neutral Nick CarrawayThere is a sharp contrast between Gatsby and Nick. Critics point out that the former is passionate and active, while the latter is sober and reflective. They seem to represent two sides of Fitzgerald’s personality. At the very beginning of the story, Nick is introduced directly, but Gatsby remains a distant and unknown character for a good while.Generally speaking, Nick is a conservative dreamer with independent character. He comes to the East from the Midwest to pursue a happier life like Gatsby but he is greatly affected by the traditional morals, so he has his own rules rather than lose himself among the dishonest people. “They are judged by how well they stand up to his own virtues.”(Opticalcrane, 2005) Just as he says at the beginning of the book, “I’m inclined to reserve all judgments.” (Fitzgerald, 2001:1) Nick represents the lower classes of the society who also strives for the American dream. In fact, he is not very sober at the beginning. He admires his wealthy neighbor and the opulent parties without the realization of the emptiness of the values beneath such luxury life. However, unlike Gatsby, he gradually becomes reflective and objective especially after he is adversely affected by the events of that summer-- the death of a woman he meets briefly and indirectly, who is having an affair with his cousin’s husband and whose death leads to the death of his next-door neighbor.After witnessing the tragedy of Gatsby, he wakes from his unreal dream in time and ends his romantic relationship with Jordan Baker peacefully. This is a turning point of his mind.Nick is the best narrator of the novel; Firstly, he is Daisy’s cousin and Gatsby’s neighbor, and secondly he is tolerant and open-minded so he can give objective comments on events and people. Even so, there is also a powerful conflict existing in his personality that he does not resolve until the end of the book. On one hand, Nick is attracted to the wealthy New York where life pace is fast. On the other hand, he finds that lifestyle grotesque and damaging. Such inner conflict is symbolized throughout the book by Nick’s romantic affair with Jordan Baker. He is attracted by her vivacity and sophistication just as he is repelled by her dishonesty and her lack of consideration for other people. Nick realizes that life in New York is a “quality of distortion”(Fitzgerald, 2001: 236) especially after he stages a small funeral for Gatsby. This life covers horrible moral emptiness that makes him lose his equilibrium, so he returns to Minnesota to look for a quieter life with more traditional moral values. This decision shows that Nick is more mature and sensible than Gatsby for he recognizes that such life does not belong to him. Nick is unlike the other characters of the book and he is not one of the careless people. He has a conscience, he is not selfish, and he has managed to stage a small funeral for Gatsby. His down to earth character shows how superficial Daisy and Tom are. Fitzgerald describes Nick Caraway to be an independent character with his own belief, not a narrator who represents the author’s voice.ConclusionTo sum up, The Great Gatsby is an elegy of the corruption of the American Dream .The novel clearly shows that there is no way from money to love, from material to spirit. The author criticizes the American society in 1920s. Fitzgerald uses the characters to show the destruction of morals in society. The characters in this novel, many of them lose their morals in order to find their ideal place in the society. They hold their beliefs for the hope of being acceptable. Myrtle believes she can change her true social class to be accepted by Tom’s; Jay Gatsby bases his whole life on buying love of Daisy with wealth. However, they all become the victims of their dreams. Fitzgerald also shows how many people in America during this time were confused and lived meaningless life. Nick, Gatsby and Daisy are all westerners. “The East is associated with the fast-paced lifestyle, decadent parties, crumbling moral values, and the pursuit of wealth, while the West and the Midwest are associated with more traditional moral values. In this moment, nick realizes for the first time that though his story is set on the East Coast, the western character of his acquaintances-‘some deficiency in common’ is the source of the story’s tensions and attitudes.”(Brian Phillips, 2003:120) To some extent, their different personalities are caused by their attitudes towards money. Nick keeps his own judgments and he neither attaches so much importance to love as Gatsby nor money as Daisy. That is why he can deal with the relationship properly with Jordan Baker. Gatsby puts love in the first position and making money is just a means to get Daisy’s love. While Daisy loves money and the luxury life more than Gatsby so she marries money. What she wants is the comfortable life so she has to forebear Tom’s fault. In fact, Gatsby and Daisy are destroyed by the decayed social and moral values of the society. Therefore, it is not only the tragedy of love between Daisy and Gatsby but also the tragedy of the American dream.AcknowledgementsThanks everyone for giving me the help to complete my essay, especially my tutor Wu Lianghong, who has given many valuable suggestions and shows great patience to revise my essay. I highly appreciate her seriousness towards my work.Moreover, I am grateful to my classmates who provide me some necessary information. It is their help that encourages me to overcome any difficulties I met in the passed three months.References[1]Cunliffe, Marcus. 美国的文学[M]. 北京:中国对外翻译出版公司, 1998.[2] Fitzgerald, Scott Francis. The Great Gatsby[M]. 青岛:青岛出版社, 2001.[3] Millett, Frederick.C. Analysis: theGreatGatsby[M/CD]. Millettf [June2005]March.2006.</~millettf/gatsby.html>[4] Opticalcrane. 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《了不起的盖茨比》中三位主要女性形象的对比
《了不起的盖茨比》中三位主要女性形象的对比周琳琳【摘要】美国现代作家菲茨杰拉德在其代表作《了不起的盖茨比》中刻画了三位令人印象深刻的女性形象:黛西·布坎南、乔丹·贝克和梅特尔·威尔逊.出身于上层社会的黛西是父权制社会的传统女性代表,来自于中产阶级家庭的乔丹是战后逐步走向独立的新女性形象,而急欲从社会底层脱身的梅特尔则是工业社会消费文化的牺牲品.菲茨杰拉德从男性立场出发,把她们丑化为金钱和物欲的化身.这一方面源于菲茨杰拉德自身的婚恋经历,另一方面也折射出深受男权文化影响的他在新女性不断涌现的时代背景下所感受到的焦虑恐慌和不知所措.【期刊名称】《三明学院学报》【年(卷),期】2015(032)003【总页数】5页(P38-42)【关键词】菲茨杰拉德;《了不起的盖茨比》;女性形象;消费文化【作者】周琳琳【作者单位】三亚学院人文与传播学院,海南三亚572000【正文语种】中文【中图分类】I712.074F·S·菲茨杰拉德（Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald，1896－1940）的代表作《了不起的盖茨比》描写了出身社会底层的盖茨比追逐“美国梦”并幻灭的过程。
文本不仅成功地塑造了具有神秘色彩的男性形象盖茨比，还刻画了一系列令人印象深刻的女性形象。
以往很多研究者受第一人称叙述者尼克的男性主义立场影响，认为文本中的三位主要女性——黛西·布坎南、乔丹·贝克和梅特尔·威尔逊沉醉于爵士时代纸醉金迷的生活，是金钱和物欲的化身。
但如果我们从女性主义视角研读作品，会发现这三位女性具有不同的形象和文化意义：黛西是父权制社会的传统女性代表，乔丹是战后逐步走向独立的新女性形象，梅特尔则是工业社会消费文化的牺牲品。
黛西是出身于上层社会的名门闺秀。
少女时期的黛西家，拥有漂亮豪华的住宅，令盖茨比惊奇不已，她“在路易斯维尔的姑娘中风头最足，尽人皆知......”[1]（P65）也令乔丹暗自倾慕。
人性的扭曲梦想的破灭_了不起的盖茨比_人物性格及艺术特色评析 (1)
齐齐哈尔大学学报 (哲学社会科学版)2007年9月Journal of Q iqi har U n i v ers it y (Ph&i Soc Sc i )Sep te mber 2007[收稿日期]2007-05-13[作者简介]王晓慧(1974-),女,哈尔滨师范大学阿城学院外语系讲师,黑龙江大学英语语言文学在读硕士,研究方向:语言学。
人性的扭曲梦想的破灭!!! 了不起的盖茨比 人物性格及艺术特色评析王晓慧(哈尔滨师范大学阿城学院外语系,黑龙江哈尔滨150301)[关键词]美国梦;人物性格;艺术特色[摘 要]作为美国∀爵士时代的歌手#,弗∃菲茨杰拉德以他的代表作 了不起的盖茨比 一举奠定了他在美国文学史上的地位。
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《了不起的盖茨比》中的人物形象解读
了不起的盖茨比中的人物形象解读引言《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德于1925年创作的一部文学名著。
故事以20世纪20年代为背景，通过主人公盖茨比及其周围人物的生活描写，展现了美国大萧条时期社会阶层分化和追逐梦想的主题。
本文将对《了不起的盖茨比》中几个关键人物进行形象解读。
1. 盖茨比 (Jay Gatsby)盖茨比是小说中最重要的角色之一，他是一个神秘而富有的百万富翁。
尽管他在社交场合表现得自信且风度翩翩，但内心深处却隐藏着孤独和渴望。
盖茨比追求着属于过去时光中的美好回忆，他希望能够重建与前女友黛西（Daisy）之间破碎的感情。
然而，在他看似浮华的生活背后，其实也暗藏着着虚荣、孤寂和无尽苦恼。
2. 尼克·卡拉威 (Nick Carraway)尼克是小说的叙述者和主角之一，他是一个理性和善良的年轻人。
作为盖茨比的邻居和好友，尼克在故事中担任着观察者和解释者的角色。
通过他对盖茨比及其他人物行为和动机的描写，读者可以更好地理解并体会到小说所传达的主题和情感。
3. 黛西·布坎南 (Daisy Buchanan)黛西是小说中另一个核心角色，她是一个充满魅力却也深受虚荣心驱使的女人。
黛西与盖茨比曾有过一段恋情，然而出于社会地位和家庭压力选择了与当时的丈夫汤姆·布坎南（Tom Buchanan）结婚。
尽管如此，她内心深处仍然对盖茨比抱有情感，并最终造成了故事悲剧性的结局。
4. 汤姆·布坎南 (Tom Buchanan)汤姆是黛西的丈夫，一个富有且强势的男人。
他代表着那个时期上流社会男性所拥有的阶级优越感和保守观念。
汤姆对黛西不忠，同时也经常表现出种族主义和傲慢的态度。
汤姆的形象暴露了社会阶层之间的差距以及那个时期男性主导社会中存在的性别问题。
结论《了不起的盖茨比》通过对盖茨比及其他关键角色形象的描写，展示了奢华与虚荣、爱与背叛、社会光鲜背后的冷漠和空虚等主题。
了不起的盖茨比中的人物性格与命运反思
《了不起的盖茨比》是一部由美国作家F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德所写的短篇小说，讲述了一段发生在20世纪20年代的美国故事。
故事中的人物性格各异，命运各不相同，但都深刻地反映了当时美国社会的现实和人们的内心世界。
首先，让我们来了解一下故事中的主要人物——盖茨比。
盖茨比是一个出身贫寒的年轻人，但他通过不懈的努力和毅力，最终成为了一位富有的商人。
他的成功让他成为了许多人的偶像，也让他成为了许多人的嫉妒对象。
然而，在追求自己的梦想的过程中，盖茨比忽略了自己的内心世界，他不断地追求金钱和权力，而忽略了身边的人和自己的情感。
最终，他失去了自己的爱情和生命，成为了一个悲剧性的人物。
与此相反，黛西是一个出身名门的富家女，她拥有着美丽的外表和聪明的头脑。
然而，在金钱和权力的诱惑下，黛西放弃了自己的爱情和信仰，选择了与盖茨比相反的道路。
她开始追求金钱和权力，而忽略了身边的人和自己的内心世界。
最终，她失去了自己的爱情和幸福，成为了一个悲剧性的人物。
除此之外，故事中还有许多其他的人物，他们有着不同的性格和命运。
例如，汤姆是一个出身平凡的年轻人，他通过自己的努力和智慧，最终成为了一位成功的商人。
然而，在追求自己的梦想的过程中，汤姆也忽略了自己的内心世界，他不断地追求金钱和权力，而忽略了身边的人和自己的情感。
最终，他失去了自己的爱情和幸福，成为了一个悲剧性的人物。
通过这些人物的故事，我们可以看到当时美国社会的现实和人们的内心世界。
在金钱和权力的诱惑下，人们往往会忽略自己的内心世界和身边的人，而只追求自己的利益。
这种心态不仅会导致人们的内心空虚和孤独，也会导致社会的动荡和不和谐。
此外，我们还可以从这些人物的故事中反思自己的生活和价值观。
我们应该如何看待金钱和权力？我们应该如何追求自己的梦想？这些问题值得我们深思。
在追求自己的梦想的过程中，我们不应该忽略自己的内心世界和身边的人，而应该保持平衡和理性。
我们应该学会珍惜身边的人和事物，不要被金钱和权力所迷惑。
请阐释《了不起的盖茨比》的主要内容和人物塑造的特点
请阐释《了不起的盖茨比》的主要内容和人物塑造的
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《了不起的盖茨比》主要讲述了主人公詹姆斯·卡兹本是一个贫穷的农家子弟，经过一番努力，他终于步步高升，并更名为杰伊·盖茨比。
他爱上了黛茜·费，可是当他归来时，黛茜已嫁作人妇。
盖茨买下了一幢豪华别墅，与他们隔海湾相望。
后来黛茜开车碾死了丈夫的情妇，汤姆嫁祸于盖茨比，盖茨比被害，黛茜居然没来送葬。
叙述者尼克由此看透了上层社会有钱人的冷酷残忍和居心险恶，离开纽约，回到了故乡。
黛西作为当时新潮女性的典型代表，也成为菲茨杰拉德在整部小说中重点描写的对象之一。
作者在小说中通过不同的方式生动地把黛西刻画为自私、情感冷漠、金钱至上的新潮女郎。
一方面，她希望能从中寻找庇护，另一方面却被婚姻和感情禁锢了自由。
这一点也正反映了新潮女郎所处的时代背景———从传统到现代过渡的20世纪20年代，对于在新旧夹缝中求生存的新派女郎来说，自由和独立是那样遥不可及。
盖茨比有什么了不起评《了不起的盖茨比》的人物形象
盖茨比有什么了不起评《了不起的盖茨比》的人物形象一、本文概述《了不起的盖茨比》是美国著名作家F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的代表作之一，该小说以20世纪20年代的纽约和长岛为背景，通过描绘主人公杰伊·盖茨比的人生轨迹和他与旧情人黛茜的关系，展现了“美国梦”的破灭和一代人的迷惘与幻灭。
本文旨在探讨小说中的主要人物形象，特别是盖茨比的性格特点、价值观以及他在小说中的意义，从而揭示这部经典作品所蕴含的深刻社会寓意和人性探索。
通过对盖茨比的了不起之处的分析，我们将更好地理解这部小说所反映的时代背景和社会现实，以及它如何影响我们对生活和价值的认知。
二、盖茨比的形象塑造在F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的传世之作《了不起的盖茨比》中，主人公杰伊·盖茨比的形象塑造无疑是作品最为引人注目的焦点之一。
盖茨比并非一个简单的角色，而是一个充满矛盾与深度的复合体，他的每一个细节都透露着那个时代的复杂性和人性的多面性。
盖茨比以其显赫的财富和盛大的派对而闻名，但这些都是他试图抓住过去美好回忆和心中理想的幻象所构筑的。
他的人生仿佛是一场盛大的幻觉，金碧辉煌的派对、豪华的住宅和无数宾客的欢声笑语，都是他试图重温旧梦的舞台。
然而，在这些华丽的外表下，隐藏的是盖茨比对黛西的深深眷恋和对过去时光的无法释怀。
盖茨比的形象塑造中，最为引人注目的是他对于“美国梦”的执着追求。
他相信通过个人的努力和不懈的奋斗，就能够实现自己的梦想，获得真正的幸福。
然而，在小说中，这个梦想最终证明是虚幻的，盖茨比的悲剧命运揭示了“美国梦”的脆弱和破灭。
他最终为了追求这个梦想而付出了生命的代价，成为了这个时代的牺牲品。
盖茨比的形象还体现在他对于人际关系的处理方式上。
他对朋友忠诚，对爱情执着，甚至愿意为了他人而牺牲自己。
然而，他的这种过度的付出和牺牲最终却导致了他的悲剧命运。
他对于黛西的爱恋让他陷入了无法自拔的境地，而他对于朋友尼克的无私帮助也让他卷入了一场本可以避免的灾难。
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流社会极端卑劣、 自私的本质， ” （吴 174） 结果玩火自焚。 “黛 西这一人物具有典型的双重意义。 她有自己的生存法则和个 性特征， 但同时她又生活在盖茨比的幻觉当中。 ” （吴 179） 因 此她和盖茨比也都是自私的， 他们之间的 “爱情” 是一种相互 利用的关系。由于盖茨比的暴富， 黛西愿意再次的回到他的 身边享受最大的物质上面的满足； 而盖茨比也只是为了完成 旧梦， 实现自己理想的爱情， 才想尽各种办法得到黛西。 汤姆——欲望和野心的盖茨比， 汤姆， 黛西的丈夫墨特 2、 尔的情人， “巨富子弟， 社会名流” ， “他 30 多岁年纪， 却给人一 种永远盛气凌人的印象” ， “他行事果断、 判断准确且手段凶 狠。一旦有危害他利益的人物出现， 他会不择手段的加以打 击， 毫不留情。 ” （张 96) 他凭借着自己优越的家境， 将两个甚 至会更多的女人统统接管， 实现了自己永远的统治霸主地位。 他毫无人性， 仅仅出于自己的一种野心， 想要霸占任何能够勾 起他欲望的东西， 无论是在物质层面面还是在精神层面。他 牢牢地控制了自己家族的财富， 他和不同的女人都有着暧昧 关系， 都是受他的欲望和野心的驱使所致。而小说中的主人 公盖茨比也是一个年少时就野心勃勃的浪子， 虽不像汤姆出 身巨商家庭， 但也会对于一些能够勾起他的物质欲望和生理 黛西。为此， 十七岁的盖茨比更名改姓， “一直追逐着某种冥 冥想象之中的成功的圣光， 一种像出现在明天的地平线上的 一个海市蜃楼般熠熠生辉的身份” 。 （Cooperman 106） 他每天 奔波于苏必利尔湖寻找任何可能成功的机遇直到遇到他的大 贵人——丹・科迪。 盖茨比和汤姆都是为了满足自己的欲望 而去做了性质上面相类似的事情， 但结果相差甚远， 一个是自 则” ， 有着明显的阶级对立， 绝不允许有野心的下层社会的人 加入到他们的 “游戏” 行列当中。
盖茨比却选择了一味的 奴隶 （她在火车上面一遇到汤姆便觉得难舍难分） ,精力旺盛， 的是迷上一个道德品质极坏的女人，
追求的只是自己心目中的金色女郎， 自己五年前的金色梦想。 他的一生。
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墨特尔——虚无和梦幻的盖茨比， 墨特尔， 汤姆的情人 3、 威尔逊的妻子， 与盖茨比有着相似的出生背景， “她是冲动的 身材丰满,爱出风头且多愁善感” ， （Cooperman 118） 她一直渴 望嫁给一个有钱的上层人过上体贴舒适的生活。 从这个意义 上讲， 她和盖茨比一样， 也是一个梦的追随者。 仅从他和汤姆 的相识， 我们就可以看出其实她是早有准备， 只要她觉得是那 一种上层社会的有钱人， 穿着考究， 打扮入时， 她就会忍不住 的多看几眼。据墨特尔自己讲， 当她第一次看到汤姆时， 他 (雷 69), “穿着一身礼服， 一双漆皮鞋” ， 她就 “忍不住老是看他” 让对方知道她是喜欢他的， 而这个人可以是汤姆也可以是其 他的有钱人， 她看重的只是那些美丽的外表以及因此而带来 的上流社会的生活， 而绝不是那些华丽外壳下的躯体。小说 中的伟大的盖茨比先生同样也是被黛西那艳丽的外表而吸 引， 他喜欢她的风月柔情， 喜欢她的娇艳欲滴， 他把她视为心 中的女神每晚膜拜， 把得到这个女神视为毕生为之奋斗的梦 想。 不管怎么说， 盖茨比想要的也都不是黛西这个人， 他想要 威尔逊——浪漫和执著的盖茨比， 威尔逊， 墨特尔的丈 4、 夫， 每天守着他的破修车库和从未看起过他的妻子， 兢兢业 业， 忘我劳作， 想要留住自己深爱的妻子， 可是在他还没来的 及去积累够他们 “爱情的资本” 时， 他的妻子已经背弃他而投 入到汤姆的怀抱， 他无能为力， 甚至都不敢站出来与其正面斗 争， 只能哀求墨特尔离开纽约。 “他那昔日的俊美英姿也在每 天辛苦劳作和她的妻子给他的精神折磨中消失殆尽， 如今只 剩下一个不幸的影子， 因坚持崇尚名誉观并真爱自己的妻子 而走向了毁灭。在这道德的垃圾场上， 他成为了浪漫和坚持 理想的牺牲品” 。 （Cooperman 118） 恰恰就象过去的盖茨比一 样， 因为贫穷他也失去了自己的爱人， 而且夺走他和威尔逊妻 子的都是汤姆， 盖茨比面对即将失去自己心爱的女人也是束 手无策， 只能苦苦哀求黛西回到自己身边。他用自己短暂勤 奋的一生去追求黛西， 他深知只有金钱和地位才能使他重新 获得黛西的爱， 为了黛西他牺牲和付出的太多， 可悲的是自己 最终被黛西和汤姆害死， 无人哀悼。 对此， 作者有一个讽刺的 妙笔： “最终正是乔治威尔逊开枪打死了盖茨比而后饮弹自 尽” 。 （Cooperman 118） 这正说明了像盖茨比和威尔逊这样的 人——那种有感情式理想的浪漫的人在现代美国这片垃圾场 上只能是死路一条。 尼克——理性和聪明的盖茨比， 尼克， 盖茨比的邻居黛 5、 西的表哥， “从中西部到纽约搞股票投机” ， “他虽然跻身于豪 华的住宅区， 但他既不是汤姆所代表的 ‘荒原时代’ 的精神世 界的公民， 也不是盖茨比所代表的盲目崇拜黛西的脱离现实 的梦幻时代的同路人，他代表着美国传统道德规范” 。 （宋 他 “尽管漂浮在惊涛骇浪的东部， 却仍然表现出中西部人 101） 沉着冷静、 善于思考的特点。 ” （张、 龙 217） 他迷上了汤姆圈子
里面的人——乔丹?贝克， 但最终因为看透了这些人虚伪、 自 私、 贪婪、 冷漠的本质， 选择了放弃并离开那个地方。可同样 追求， 最终落的个性命不保的下场。这里说的盖茨比的理性 聪明体现在他追求黛西的手段上面。为了得到这位金色女 郎， 实现自己心目中的梦想， 他想出各种各样的方法来吸引住 在对岸的黛西过来而又不主动直接上门拜访。因为他了解 她， 如果唐突出现， 只能遭到拒绝， 他留给她的印象还停留在 贫穷或者是不可能会比汤姆更加富有， 因此盖茨比想到的第 一点就是他必须要 “显富” ， 要让黛西知道他真的发财了而且 富比汤姆， 于是每晚疯狂的派对应运而生。这是他聪明的第 一点。第二点是他善于利用尼克， 因为他打听到了他的邻居 尼克和黛西之间的关系， 而通过抓住尼克——这个黛西的远 房亲戚就可以在不触动汤姆的情况下， 和黛西旧情复燃， 减少 阻力， 等到汤姆知道这件事情以后， 他已经无能为力了， 因为 他已经成功的让黛西知道了他已经不再是原来的那个穷小子 了。只可惜他的聪明却追逐的是一场虚无飘渺的梦， 葬送了 三、 结语 我们知道盖茨比是美国那个特殊年代下的特殊的产物， 他身上具有很多能够反映那个年代的时代特征的性格特点， 但并不是所有的性格特点都能够代表社会各个阶层的人， 这 个正是本篇论文把其他人物与之相比较的意义之所在。 通过 以上的对比分析， 我们不难看出美国社会在那个特殊的年代 的人们大多是自私， 浅薄， 有欲望有野心的， 处于下层的人们 受到 “美国梦” 的蛊惑， 生活在一种追逐梦幻的状态当中， 付出 一生， 乐此不疲。而只有极少数的人们良知残存， 善于思考， 看穿本质， 就像作者菲茨杰拉德本身一样， 虽身处 “喧嚣的二 十年代” ， 依然能够静下心来， 思考一些社会问题并勇于揭露 出来。 文章对于小说中各人物分析的顺序也是按照性格特点 的普遍与否来安排的， 而并非按照人物在小说中的重要性来 安排的。 希望本篇文章能够给其他的研究二十年代美国文学 的人员提供一些帮助， 同时感谢前人所做的努力。
一、 引言 《了不起的盖茨比》 是美国二十世纪二十年代最伟大的 小说家之—菲茨杰拉德的最著名的一部小说。 小说主要叙述 了一个发生在美国一战结束到经济大萧条这段特殊历史时期 的事情， 一个非常富有而又神秘莫测的纽约人， 也就是小说的 主人公盖茨比和一个上流社会的富家小姐黛西之间的一段曲 折的 “爱情” 悲剧故事。仔细阅读这篇小说， 细心的读者不难 发现小说中的主角盖茨比是一个有着多重性格的人物， 而其 他的人物也有着和他在某一方面很相似的性格， 因此本篇文 章将抓住他们在这些性格上面的相似性， 归纳并总结出美国 社会在二十世纪二十年代各阶层人们普遍的社会风气， 帮助 我们更好的了解美国这段特殊的历史时期。 二、 主要人物性格对比分析 这篇小说中出现了很多的人物角色， 但作者花费大量笔 墨描写的是几个典型的与故事发展情节息息相关的人物， 本 章节将重点对比分析这些人物和盖茨比相似的性格特征。 黛西——浅薄和自私的盖茨比， 黛西， 盖茨比的梦中情 1、 人， “大家闺秀， 生的美丽娇柔， 因为追逐金钱门第， 她抛弃了 原来的恋人盖茨比， 和汤姆结了婚， 她的不幸婚姻使她遭受了 是现实世界的一个微不足道的小人物” 。 （吴 179） 她所崇拜 的偶像——那个出现在派对上的电影明星， 也是和她一样， 徒 有美丽的外表而已， 精神上面极大的空虚。就是这样一个庸 俗浅薄的女人让盖茨比为之神魂颠倒， “他耗尽了自己的感 情、 才智和金钱， 甚至不惜自己的生命。 ” （吴 174） 他为了这样 一个在生活上面完全没有理想， 道德和良心完全泯灭只把享 一方面说明了他对于感情的忠贞， 另一方面也说明了他看待 问题缺乏深度， 缺乏应有的判断力和洞察力， “没有认识到上