Scott Fitzgerald portrayed women in The Great Gatsby as dependant on men. Women were simple possessions to men. Men owned women and had control of them physically and emotionally. Women could only be considered worthwhile if they were exceptionally beautiful. It was also a common trend in the 1920’s to refer to a couple by the male’s name, thus proving women to be unequal to men. This portrayal of women was not entirely the fault of Fitzgerald – this is the world he grew up in. During the 1920’s gender roles kept women suppressed, despite the transformations the world has already made. In America women did gain the right to vote in 1920, but there was still an explicable need for feminism as there is today. The Great Gatsby portrays women as subordinate possessions to
Scott Fitzgerald portrayed women in The Great Gatsby as dependant on men. Women were simple possessions to men. Men owned women and had control of them physically and emotionally. Women could only be considered worthwhile if they were exceptionally beautiful. It was also a common trend in the 1920’s to refer to a couple by the male’s name, thus proving women to be unequal to men. This portrayal of women was not entirely the fault of Fitzgerald – this is the world he grew up in. During the 1920’s gender roles kept women suppressed, despite the transformations the world has already made. In America women did gain the right to vote in 1920, but there was still an explicable need for feminism as there is today. The Great Gatsby portrays women as subordinate possessions to