I'm not sure Daisy has the capacity for happiness. If she did, would she have married Tom? Her emblematic remark, "I'm p-paralyzed with happiness!" then becomes not just conventionally hyperbolic, but laden with irony. read more
Her emblematic remark,"I'm p-paralyzed with happiness!"; then becomes not just conventionally hyperbolic, but laden with irony. read more
Daisy is The Great Gatsby's most enigmatic, and perhaps most disappointing, character.Although Fitzgerald does much to make her a character worthy of Gatsby's unlimited devotion, in the end she reveals herself for what she really is. read more