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1、TheMirroroftheSocialMorality——TheFemalesinTheGreatGatsbyAsanunreplaceablepartofthesociety,femalesareoftenconsideredtobeinanunequalstatusandactadifferentrolefrommales.Bynow,theyaregainingmoreandmoreattention.It’sinterestingtoanalyzetheirwords,theirbehaviorsand
2、theirthoughts,becausetheyareusuallymoresensitivetothechangeablesocietyandmorelikelytoreacttothechange.Therefore,tosomeextent,theyareamirrorofthesocialmoralityintheirtimes.InF.ScottFitzgerald’snovelTheGreatGatsby,therearemanyfemalecharacters.Theyareofvariouspe
3、rsonalities:someofthemlookpurewhilesomeofthemseemtobehypocritic.However,allofthemplayavitalroleindevelopingthefascinatingplotandfittinginthelargepictureofthetheme.Fromthesefemales,wecanlearnhowtheyreflectthegeneralcorruptionofthemoralityatJazzAge,especiallyth
4、evalueofmoneyandthehypocrisy.OneofthemostdistinctivesubjectinthenovelistheAmericanvalues,indicatedbyMyrtleandDaisyespeciallywhentheychoosebetweenloveandmoney.Tobeginwith,Myrtle,namelyMrs.Wilson,isthewifeofagarageownerGeorgeB.Wilson.Wilsonloveshersomuchthathee
5、venbecomesinsaneafterherdeath.Accordingtothis,sheshouldhavecherishedtheirmarriage.However,shemarrieshimjust“becauseIthoughtheisagentleman”(P41),andshehasanaffairwithTom,amanwhoevenbrokehernose.Herchoiceofhusbandorloverisnotdependedonhowmuchhelovesher,butmerel
6、ytheirstatus.Itisstrange,isn’tit?WhethershereallylovesTommorethanWilsonornotisuncertain,butitisclearthatTomisricher.AlthoughMyrtlelivesinlowerclassofthesociety,sheisalwaysstrugglingtogoup.Unlikeherhusband,whois“ablond,spiritlessman”(P31)withoutthedesire,sheis
7、with“immediatelyperceptiblevitality”(P31).Soshetriestoimproveherstatusbutinawrongwayofhavingrelationshipwitha“realgentleman”whodoesn’tloveher.ComparedtoMyrtle,Daisyismoregod-favored.Borninarelevantlyrichfamily,shemarriestoaequallyrichman,Tomasamatterofcourse.
8、ShelovesGatsby,butcouldnotmarryhimbecausehewasamanofnothing.ShedoesnotaccepthimlaterbecauseshehasnointentiontoleavetheratherdistinguishedsocietytowhichsheandTombelong.WhenDaisyandGatsbyre
