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Daisy’s Dual Image in The Great Gatsby Daisy is the heroine in the great The Great Gatsby .She is the narrator Nick’s cousin ,Tom Buchanan’s wife, Gatsby’s lover .She is always in white , enchanting and moving as a holy angel lands to the world . Many men fall in love with her .especially Gatsby. However, she is also frivolous, money first, callosity. Just like an evil. She gives Gatsby a sweet dream which is never realized. She is the symbol of American Dream and the typical delegate of Jazz Age and Gold-plated Girl. Daisy’s dual image let Gatsby lost himself. He mistook Daisy as his fairy princess, until destroyed. Now let’s analyze Daisy’s dual image.

Outside angel, inside dissolute

Daisy is young and beautiful. In the novel she always appears as a angel in white image. In the first chapter, when Nick first saw Daisy , dressed in a white skirt, laying on the sofa. She use low voice talk with Nick. Nick learn from others that she in low voice, the purpose is to let other men close to her. In the fifth chapter, Nick invite Daisy to his home, the real purpose is to let her meet Gatsby. But she said: “don’t you love me?” In chapter six Daisy and Nick attend a party in the Gatsby’s. Daisy said to Nick: “I was so excited. Nick, if you want to kiss me tonight, seek me at any time. I’d like to help you. Just give me a signal.” Her every word, every look and every action is to tease all others. When Daisy mete

Gatsby again, after a long time. She told him that she still love him. It let Gatsby crazy about her once again. But he will never know that she just a dream that he can never realize.

Surface enthusiasm, cold hearted

In Nick’s eyes, Daisy is a passion and full of energy. She has a pair of charming eyes and a passionate mouth. When she try to set Nick and Jordan, she is so warm-heart. She give people the feeling of sweet and lovely, romantic and warm. But, the appearance of hot just disguises her empty inside, boring and cold. Her life in addition to drink and play and endless gossip, no other outside things to do, she only concern is "What is doing this afternoon?" "What will we do the day after tomorrow?" "After 30 years?" Even in her own flesh and blood,she also showed deserts don’t care.When Nick and she accidentally talked about children; she doesn't like the other mother said to the children of invigorating, she shows is a passive, just use the tone of that said:

"If guessed wrong, she should have will speak, and what all can eat. I hope she is a fool-this is a girl in the world, the best way out when a beautiful fool."

She even his daughter of the most basic situation is not accurate mutually tell, can only push to measure, she hopes his daughter was a fool, as if her daughter is not a true real life the same. She hopes her