Comparison between " The Great Gatsby" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Title: Comparison between " The Great Gatsby" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 1000 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Comparison between " The Great Gatsby" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 1000 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
What do you see as the relationship between the two texts you have studied?
How are form, structure and image used in each of the two texts you have studied?
The study of F. Scott Fitzgerald's definitive American novel "The Great Gatsby" and Anthony Minghella's emphatic film, "The Talented Mr. Ripley", portray to me that the prevalent theme relating the two texts is the corruption and disillusionment of The American Dream.
Both texts articulate the …showed first 75 words of 1000 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1000 total…as, "I could live Dickie's life for him". Minghella shows the misleading notion of The American Dream, and the frantically desolate efforts Ripley puts into achieving his dream, of wealth and class.
Both composers have used respective techniques to their contexts to reflect upon the characters' attempts to achieve personal fulfillment of their American Dream. The two comparative texts have utilised form, structure and image to relate to corruption and disillusionment of The American Dream.
