That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Patriarchy Women's attractiveness Women

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Great Gatsby

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 1.

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I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am to-night.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Tender is the Night." Scribner's Magazine, Jan. 1934 - Apr. 1934.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. Scribners, 1995, ch. 18.

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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

W.B. Yeats

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Language
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Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

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Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
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William Congreve

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William Congreve
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The Mourning Bride
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Time
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Congreve, William. The Mourning Bride. 1697, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.