Examples Of Jealousy In The Great Gatsby

As Myrtle discusses her relationship with Mr. Wilson, she went “crazy when [she] married [Mr. Wilson]. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in” (35). Myrtle’s serious tone reveal how “crazy” she values status and wealth. Myrtle’s serious tone demonstrates how disappointed she was when she found out Mr. Wilson was part of the lower class. Fitzgerald shows how one’s American dream of becoming the wealthy class cannot be achieved due to greed.

Gatsby is Obsessed AF When humans fall in love, sometimes the extent to which it occurs may lead to an obsession. Obsession can come in different forms, but most of the time it leads to a devastation of the individual. While being deeply in love with another is most of the time a good thing, once the obsession kicks in, certain conflicts may arise.

The second weakness of the great Odysseus was that he had a bad anger management problem. His temper truly showed when he almost cut off the head of Eurylochos when he said he would not go back to Circe’s house. Odysseus would have lost a good comrade if his crew did not stop him to make Odysseus realize his temper had sent in and took over him. The last weakness of Odysseus was a characteristic of lust in which he showed against Circe his lover. They were lovers for seven years.

Jealous, Lydecker interferes with Laura’s potential love interest by steering her away from them. As he explains these incidents, his possessive character is revealed. The audience’s suspicions are raised. The close-up of McPherson as Lydecker walks away after their dinner expresses his doubt. The audience and the detective wonder if he is capable of murdering

Their first conflict happened during one of these hates, where he had already been suspicious of her because he felt he saw her too often, and feared she was part of the thought police, where he glanced at her, and all his anger and hatred transferred to her face, where he fantasized about attacking her, raping her, and then cutting her throat. Later on in the novel it becomes obvious that she is only being around him because she considers herself in love with him. A sexual relationship soon after the fact follows. Following that conflict, Winston also has conflict with a character by the name of O?Brien.

People feel guilt after they have eaten more than they should have. Others are obsessed with celebrities and hope to become as beautiful or as rich as them, one day. Now take this further. The “next level” some would say. Edgar Allan Poe does this in his stories, “The Black Cat” and “The Tell Tale Heart.”

As stated by Pinterest and shown by Fitzgerald, people getting overwhelmed by their emotions is bad. The characters throughout the story act on their emotions before thinking. In The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, to get Daisy's attention Gatsby uses his money to satisfy his desire for her. These emotions can often lead to harmful actions or violent. The way people react to certain things is all based on emotions.

Marital status was one because when the women were married it was more likely there were younger girls who wanted their husbands. They accused them of being a witch, but the husbands went along because they wanted younger wifes. Lying girls was one because two girls accused a women of being a witch, when they were in court they mimicked her which caused the town to spiral out of control with paranoia. Economic differences was one because of the town division, west side poor, east side rich. This made the west side angry so they accused the eastern half so they could get money from the trial.

It is a key element in the knight’s story but how he had lust for this women and he used his power to take advantage of her. In the pardoner’s tale, lust shows up when three friends sacrifice their relationship with each other over their lust for riches. Geoffrey Chaucer says in the pardoner’s tale “Divided equally of course, dear friend. Then we can ratify our lusts and full the day with dicing at our own sweet will.” This means that all the friends care about is money, which in the end they betray eachother for, so the lust caused the friends to kill one another.

Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker” shows how one's morals may be blinded by greed, temptations, and hypocrisy. Greed blinded Tom’s morals because he wanted money and power and would do anything for it. This is shown in the story when it says Tom leaped with joy because Tom found his wife’s apron and thought it had valuables in it. This shows that Tom cared more about money than he cared about his own wife’s safety and life.

Tracing back to the 16th century witch hunting has been around causing the lives of many innocent people destruction. Witch hunting has never died off, it is still here today. In my opinion witch hunting will always exist and occur as long as we have fear, ignorance and jealousy. Many people were accused of being a witch or committing witch activity mainly throughout the 16th and 19th century. Primarily because people fear for what they don't know or can't understand.

Jealousy is an attitude or disposition in which one is apprehensive of losing a position or affection, and becoming resentful or bitter in rivalry. In Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier explores the issue of jealousy through numerous characters and their relationships Three of the main characters who are affected by jealousy are Maxim de Winter, The narrator (The Second Mrs. de Winter), and Mrs. Danvers. Through these characters, Daphne du Maurier creates a study of jealousy and its destructive power in Rebecca. Jealousy has two consequences in Rebecca, it is a destructive force that threatens to destroy both Maxim and the narrator as well as it also blinds characters to the true natures of others. Maxim de Winter, as husband to Rebecca and owner

Many people in today’s society equate money with power, but does the amount of money one has demonstrate a real perception of who they truly are? People go out and live fancy, lavish lives for show but struggle to pay their bills behind closed doors. In more instances than not, the people who value relationships more than wealth and power are the ones who live loving, peaceful lives. Of course they would love to be wealthy and prosper financially, but their reality is that their loved ones are worth more than a couple of zeros in their bank account. There are rare cases where someone can love all the wealth and power and still be a genuinely good natured human being.

Throughout the course of a person's life, he or she may experience bouts of jealousy. Jealousy can cause one to act irrationally, displaying negative behaviors. Examples of these behaviors are found throughout Shakespeare’s, Othello. Jealousy was first exemplified by Iago. He believed he was deserving of the lieutenant position but was overlooked by Othello who gave the position to Cassio.

Jealousy is inevitable. No doubt about it. Writer Elizabeth Bowen once said, “Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.” Most people agree with that because you can't control jealousy, especially in situations where it is the first instinct to make. It takes over your other emotions and covers them up, causing paranoia.