So Blinded By Thine Love

Analytical Essay # 8708

English > Analysis
Literature > American

A paper which analyzes the theme of destructive love in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby".

1,130 words () | 0 sources | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper describes the destructive love theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". It shows how the love mirage is perfectly exemplified in the story of Gatsby and Daisy: Love lost, love missed, love found, love dismissed. The paper shows how love gives the character Gatsby the ambition to succeed in life, and eventually how it destroys him and kills him.

From the Paper:

"No force or emotion is more powerful than idealized love. Only love can blind a man until he has no conscious level of life, logic, or sorrow. Love is an irresistible, mindless emotion that warms the heart into a pulp of sentiment. This force precipitates an everlasting high that erases time, making its victim feel bubbly and nauseous with gaiety, feeding off of a precious memory. Submerged in fascination, one can bask in admiration of another for years at a time, laughing at those he has wasted. Any man would comfortably invest all his money in sweet nothings, merely for the sake of impressing his beloved. Such an innocent, cute candor, love can be. How delectable it must feel to be considered a lady's knight in shining armor! Do it all, till she cry "My brave warrior, I must have you!" And you will indeed get the girl and carry her away, as Gatsby did in Fitzgerald's novel. She will be instantly yours' or until she discovers your double-edged sword."