| re: Gatsby Always Fails: My Explanation |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 12:04 pm EDT 05/01/24 |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 12:03 pm EDT 05/01/24 |
| In reply to: Gatsby Always Fails: My Explanation - Musicals54 11:45 am EDT 05/01/24 |
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| Good thoughts. I would argue that Daisy is the one who, literally, kills Myrtle. But your larger point, that the title and the treatment of romance are ironic is true. I would suggest that it’s also not ironic as well. Great romance is always folly, and also the miracle we all pine for. I think there might be a writer who could translate it to the stage. Stoppard comes to mind because he understood the illusory nature of romance. |
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