Gatsby Essy

Gatsby is not of royal greatness but fulfills alone the other criteria of a tragic mavin. Like everything else, the typical tragic booster has evolved greatly since its get-go solar solar days and Fitzgerald has made a large division to its evolution with his tragedy, The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is considered a upstart day tragic hero because he fulfills all of the expectations a tragic hero in todays day and age has. The first expectation that Gatsby fulfills to be a modern day tragic hero is that he has a Hamartia. His Hamartia is his obsession everywhere having Daisy to himself.He considers her as the last thing in life that he of necessity in order to have perfection. She is the only unrealistic dream that he chases and in the end, dies because of her, which is symbolic of her devastating impact on his life. Everything he does in life is geared towards his goal of having Daisys love. A repeat to show when come off realizes Gatsbys Hamartia is, Then it had merely the s tars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alert to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor (Fitzgerald 79).Nick realizes all of Gatsbys parties and everything Gatsby does is to reach his ideal, Daisy. This defect of Gatsbys is what indirectly leads to his horrific death. Something else that happens to Gatsby which makes him a tragic hero is Hubris. Ever since the beginning of his life, Gatsby has always envisioned himself as better than what he was given. He was born(p) poor, but worked to be rich and successful, all for Daisy. He is overly authoritative though, to realize he will never get Daisy. He thinks himself too powerful and cannot at a lower placestand how Daisy cannot ossibly love him abundant to leave Tom.A quote to come up this is, Was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night. (Fitzgerald 189). He is too conceited to realize t hat his illegal money isnt plenteous for Daisy to fully love him back. His arrogance is what leads to his destruction in the end by the Gods. Pathos is another requirement Gatsby fulfills in being a modern day tragic hero. Although Gatsby makes many mistakes that are indirectly the cause of his death, he Just didnt know better.He cant attendm to get over his obsession of Daisy, as he is blind to the truth. Gatsby is a romantic dreamer who believes he will win the love of his life by attaining wealth. Daisy, however, is carry throughly undeserving of his devotion. This is what causes the reviewer to feel empathy with Gatsby at the end. Its not his fault that he cant seem to plug-in how superficial and materialistic Daisy unfeignedly is. A quote to prove Gatsbys downright love for Daisy is, He stretched his arms to warm water(Fitzgerald 25). This reters to whenGatsby is seen looking at the green light leading to Daisys house. W this, the reader can see the extreme desire Gatsby has for Daisy, but no matter how much he reaches for her, he will never be able to have her. This however, is something Gatsby doesnt realize, make the reader feel compassion for his blindness to the truth. Catharsis is also something else seen in The Great Gatsby that makes Gatsby a tragic hero. Towards the end of the novel, the readers start to realize his complete carelessness and selfishness.He only cares about himself and oes what he feels is best for himself, not really taking into consideration how his decisions will affect anyone else. A example of his precipitancy would be myrtle Wilsons death. Although Daisy was the one who ran her over, Gatsby showed no remorse with killing Myrtle and even after he stepped on the emergency brake and Daisy down into his lap, he drove on without regret of leaving her there. A quote to show this is, So I pulled on the emergency brake. Then she slash over into my lap and I drove on (Fitzgerald 137).Gatsby couldve easily off the car aroun d and went ack to see if Myrtle was okay but he decided to drive on, which shows how he only cares for himself. Even when he became friends with Nick, he only did so to get closer with Daisy. Daisys materialistic outlook influences Jay enough to think that way too. So everything that Gatsby ever does, is all for his personal gain and his dream of getting Daisy. Gatsbys catastrophe death is the one of the things that happens to him which makes him a tragic hero. Gatsby is tragically murdered by Mr.