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- Tom and Myrtle meet on a train, with Myrtle attracted to Tom's wealth, while he sees her as an object. Tom's attraction to Myrtle stems from the power he exerts over her due to her lower social status.
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Myrtle seems to believe Tom genuinely loves her, and would marry her if only Daisy would divorce him. Nick knows that Tom would never marry Myrtle, and the lopsidedness of the relationship makes Myrtle a more sympathetic character than she would be otherwise.
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Myrtle looks downstairs and concludes two things: first, that Jordan is Tom's wife, and second, that Tom owns the yellow car. Later that evening, Myrtle fights with George about being locked up. We don't see much of this fight.
Oct 3, 2024 · How do Tom and Myrtle meet in The Great Gatsby? Myrtle, a few drinks of whiskey inside of her, confides to Nick how she met Tom. She was heading to New York City to see her sister.
Tom’s lover Myrtle is Wilson’s wife. Wilson is a lifeless yet handsome man, colored gray by the ashes in the air. In contrast, Myrtle has a kind of desperate vitality; she strikes Nick as sensuous despite her stocky figure. Tom taunts Wilson and then orders Myrtle to follow him to the train.
Oct 3, 2024 · Does Myrtle's lifestyle contribute to her affair with Tom in The Great Gatsby? Fitzgerald's first description of Myrtle makes us realize that Myrtle is very opposite from Tom's wife,...
Before her party, Tom has sex with her while Nick (a man who is a stranger to Myrtle) waits in the next room, and then Tom ends the night by punching her in the face. Finally, she is restrained by her husband inside her house and then run over.
Myrtle is attracted to the handsome, powerful (physically and socially) Tom, and is immensely dissatisfied with her husband. She enjoys playing the 'lady of the manor' in the flat Tom rents...