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Gatsby and Othello - Journeys - Coggle Diagram
Gatsby and Othello - Journeys
Othello
All go on journey to Cyprus
Signifies change
Sophistication + culture - warlike masculintity
Gentleness + acceptance - violence + jealousy
Iago arrives safely first foreshadows his plan's success
Othello arrives last foreshadows his downfall
Iago
wronged, everyman - psychotic murderer, machiavellian genius
Othello
long, devoted husband - violent jealous murder
QUOTATIONS:
"I am not what I am" (Iago)
CONTEXT:
Othello and Desdemona's black and white relationship could have caused Iago to go on his journey to become a psychotic murderer, machiavellian genius/villain
The Great gatsby
Myrtle
metaphorical journey of myrtle - Valley of ashes to New York City
"fantasy farm of ashes" - "white slice of wedding cake"
Gatsby
metaphorical journey
"farm boy" - "drifts cooly out of nowhere and buys a mansion"
"nowhere" has connotations that he doesn't really exist
"drifts" suggests light, frail, insubstantial
literal journey with Dan Cody transforms him from James Katz to Jay Gatsby
"platonic conception of himself"
Nick and Tom
move from West Egg - NYC via valley of ashes
chpt. 2
QUOTATIONS:
CONTEXT:
American dream is an illusion