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The Great Gatsby/ Dante’s Inferno. Interactive Notebook Notes. Dante’s Seven Deadly Sins. Lust = Page 43. Dictionary definition: “intense or unbridled sexual desire” ( Merriam-Webster ) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Great Gatsby/The Great Gatsby/Dante’s InfernoDante’s Inferno
The Great Gatsby/The Great Gatsby/Dante’s InfernoDante’s Inferno
Interactive Notebook NotesInteractive Notebook Notes
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Dante’s Seven Deadly Sins
Dante’s Seven Deadly Sins
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Lust = Page 43Lust = Page 43
• Dictionary definition: “intense or unbridled sexual desire” (Merriam-Webster)
• Elements often included in the theological definition: lust as sexual desire; secondarily, lust as desire for other things like money and power
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Gluttony = Page 43Gluttony = Page 43• Dictionary definition: “excess in
eating or drinking” (Merriam-Webster)
• Elements often included in the theological definition: an emphasis on over-indulgence, stress on lacking trust for future provisions, stress on taking from those in need, especially the hungry.
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Greed = Page 43Greed = Page 43• Dictionary definition: “a selfish
and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed” (Merriam-Webster)
• Elements often included in the theological definition: excess, stress on lack of trust for future provisions, stress on taking from those in need, especially the poor.
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Sloth = Page 43Sloth = Page 43• Dictionary definition: “disinclination
to action or labor” (Merriam-Webster)• Elements often included in the
theological definition: laziness, primarily spiritual (i.e. lack of spiritual maturity, growth development); secondarily, physical laziness; spiritual laziness considered a rejection of God's grace
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Wrath = Page 43Wrath = Page 43• Dictionary definition: “strong
vengeful anger” (Merriam-Webster)• Elements often included in the
theological definition: out-of-control anger, inside is fueled by hate, outside is manifested through verbal and/or physical violence
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Envy = Page 43Envy = Page 43• Dictionary definition: “painful or
resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage” (Merriam-Webster)
• Elements often included in the theological definition: excess, jealousy over a range of issue like materialism and sexual desire
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Pride = Page 43Pride = Page 43
• Dictionary definition: “inordinate self-esteem” (Merriam-Webster)
• Elements often included in the theological definition: the chief sin from which others are generated, the sin that occurred in the Garden of Eden, Lucifer's sin
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Sin Review-Page 42Sin Review-Page 42• Choose one sin and connect with a
character that you have read in another piece of literature. Name the literature, character, and analyze how/why it connects. (1/2 page)
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GatsbyGatsbyGatsbyGatsby
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Fitzgerald’s Style, Theme, Motif,Fitzgerald’s Style, Theme, Motif, -Page 45 -Page 45
Fitzgerald is known for his imagistic and poetic prose.
His topics were largely influenced by his surroundings and experiences.
Fitzgerald uses motifs and symbols throughout the novel that are significant to the development of his themes.
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Fitzgerald’s Style, Fitzgerald’s Style, Theme, Motif-Page 45Theme, Motif-Page 45
The motif of geography plays an important role in defining social stratification.
Weather is used to reflect human conditions.
Names are one of the important tools that Fitzgerald uses to enhance character development.
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Fitzgerald’s Style, Fitzgerald’s Style, Theme, Motif-Page 45Theme, Motif-Page 45
The green light and the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg are mentioned several times; the meaning changes or signifies different things to different characters and to the reader.
Dates and ages help to define the beginning and ending of the dreams, and tie Fitzgerald’s life’s happenings into Gatsby’s life and the 1920s.
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Theme/Motif Theme/Motif Difference-Page 44Difference-Page 44
• Define Theme and Motif• Give a literary example of each.
Make sure to be descriptive and detailed.
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Fitzgerald’s Fitzgerald’s Setting/Historical Setting/Historical
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• The setting of the story is in the summer of 1922, near New York City, in the towns of West Egg and East Egg.
• The 1920s was an era of great change. Politically, the 1920s were a time of growth, prosperity, and corruption.
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Fitzgerald’s Fitzgerald’s Setting/Historical Setting/Historical
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Growth for the 1920s included financial and population growth.
Financially, there was rampant materialism.
Post-World-War-I manufacturing flourished, producing cars, radios, telephones. Consumer goods flooded the market, and people bought and bought.
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Fitzgerald’s Fitzgerald’s Setting/Historical Setting/Historical
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popularity as people spent more and more money on entertainment.
Immigration, which had subsided during the war, increased drastically.
The threat of differing political ideas and the loss of American jobs to foreigners created an intense dislike of outsiders.
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Historical Opinion-Page Historical Opinion-Page 4646
• What is one historical fact about this period of time that you agreed with or disagreed with?
• Write oneone thesis sentence and give three pieces of evidence.
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Fitzgerald’s-Allusions-page 49Fitzgerald’s-Allusions-page 49
• On page 9 – An allusion to Theodore Lothrop Stoddard’s The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy.
• On page 32 – An allusion to Kaiser Wilhelm• On page 70 – An allusion to Rosy Rosenthal,
a small time gambler involved with the• underworld.• On page 73 – An allusion to the “Black Sox”
team of 1919 and the fixing of the World Series.
• On page 113 – An allusion to Trimalchio
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Allusions-page 48Allusions-page 48• Choose one of the allusion
references• Analyze how/why this historical
allusion was necessary in Fitzgerald’s novel.
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CharactersCharactersCharactersCharacters
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Nick Carraway- page Nick Carraway- page 5151
• Novel’s narrator• Honest, tolerant, and inclined to
reserve judgment• Daisy Buchanan’s cousin• Friends with Jay Gatsby• Educated at Yale, fought in WWI,
bond business
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Jay Gatsby- page 51Jay Gatsby- page 51• Protagonist• Wealthy young man• Famous for lavish parties• Mysterious background• Loves Daisy• Dishonest, vulgar, flawed• Transformed his “Dream” into a reality
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Daisy Buchanan-Daisy Buchanan-page 51page 51
• Nick’s cousin• Married Tom Buchanan but loves
Gatsby• Sardonic, somewhat cynical, and
behaves superficially to mask her pain
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Tom Buchanan- page Tom Buchanan- page 5151
• Husband of Daisy• Wealthy• Arrogant, hypocritical bully• Social attitudes linked with racism,
sexism, no morals• Affair with Myrtle
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Jordan Baker- page Jordan Baker- page 5151
• Daisy’s friend• Nick is involved with her• Competitive golfer• “new women” of 1920s• Cynical, boyish, self-centered• Beautiful but dishonest
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Myrtle Wilson- page Myrtle Wilson- page 5151
• Tom’s lover• Looks for ways to improve herself• Treated as a mere object of desire
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George Wilson- page George Wilson- page 5151
• Myrtle’s husband• Lifeless, exhausted owner of a run
down shop• Loves and idealizes his wife• A dreamer but ruined by the love
of a women
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Owl Eyes- page 51Owl Eyes- page 51• Drunk• Eccentric• Interest in Gatsby’s books
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Klipspringer- page Klipspringer- page 5151
• Shallow freeloader• Takes advantage of others
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Character- page 50Character- page 50• Choose one character and
compare its background to a famous figure in today's society. (1/2 page)
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Symbols- page 53Symbols- page 53• Gatsby’s uncut books/Nick’s
unread books• Wolfsheim’s cufflinks• Gatsby’s car/Gatsby’s clothes• Tom Buchanan pushing people
around/ Tom Buchanan quoting things “he read”
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Symbols- page 53Symbols- page 53• The faded timetable (showing the names
of Gatsby’s guests• Anti-Semitism, prejudice• Weather• Time, seasons• The ash heap• The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock
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Symbols- page 53Symbols- page 53• East versus West Egg• Gatsby’s career/Nick’s career• Dan Cody• T.J. Eckleberg• Silver and gold (color)• White (color)• Green (color)
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Symbols- page 52Symbols- page 52• List the meaning and function of
fivefive of symbols but keep in mind you should be familiar with each.