Bizarre Take #6: Rerun of Romeo + Juliet?! (+ My Crazy Takes!)

Bizarre Take #6: A Rerun of Romeo + Juliet?!

(+ My Crazy Takes!)

    The Great Gatsby, a book filled to the brim with 1920s fashion and culture, and rich with consumerism! Here, we analyzed the character dynamic of Great Gatsby, and how he gained such massive success, a mystery that the readers are left to uncover. We also see Gatsby’s and Daisy’s relationship grow throughout the story, and how they slowly reunite through a dark, broken past. The motif of a clock also comes up, showing how time defines human relationships. When Gatsby is trying to win back daisy, he attempts to save the clock, which is described as defunct. As he’s trying to save a broken clock, he’s also trying to desperately save a shattered relationship, with no awareness of the damage already done. However, the clock ends up falling on its own, showing that their fate is inevitable. He’s attempting to control something that’s uncontrollable, which he doesn’t seem to understand. 

    This dynamic is similar to one I’ve read before, the infamous Romeo and Juliet! This momentous tale is filled with loads of drama and tragedy. You may know that their love is forbidden, and although the two fall in love in hopes of getting married, their families’ feud overpowers, eventually leading to their ultimate death. Personally, both of them are incredibly stupid. If Romeo had taken literally TWO seconds and seen Juliet wake up, they would have lived happily ever.

    But no, he had to let emotion take over and take his life. I mean, to each their own, right? I feel like Gatsby and Daisy are very similar, since they both loved each other, but their love was somewhat forbidden. Daisy’s threat was Tom, who first of all, has no right being mad when he’s literally cheating on her with Myrtle… (still makes me so mad) Anyways, that's a topic for another day. Gatsby didn’t really have a threat, but it was definitely looked down on. Similarly, Romeo was also forbidden from pursuing Juliet because of their weird families.  Additionally, Romeo and Gatsby are very similar characters, since they are both hopelessly in love, and try to attain unrealistic ideals, which is usually the case. Romeo is a simple guy, and will do whatever it takes to win over Juliet, even if that means sacrificing other things. Gatsby, however, indulges in wealth and uses his extravagance to lure Daisy in, although he fails a lot of the times. He uses his wealth to impress Daisy, but once he finally gets to the “green light”, there’s nothing there. He chases an unachievable future, which is honestly quite depresssing.

    NOW, for my hot (and sort of dark) takes! I suspect that Daisy and Gatsby will also both die at the end of the novel, similar to R&J. It’ll probably happen in a dumb way, like Daisy might slip and fall, and Gatsby, being the lovesick weirdo he is, would probably commit suicide. They'll die in love, or whatever that sappy love trope is. Quite a dark prediction I know, but it’s probably what’s going to end up happening, mark my words. Nick will probably also go on to become a world famous author, and maybe find someone instead of lounging around all day. Also, Tom might go crazy and do drugs, since he lost both Daisy and Myrtle, so he’s left to be lonely.

Anyways, those are some of my hot takes! I hope you enjoyed reading my blog ‼️

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