『위대한 갯스비』에 있어서 갯스비의 파멸의 본질 = The essence of Gatsby's ruin in the great gatsby

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

F. Scott Fitzgerald found the contradiction of American Dream in reality. His works tell us the reckless profligacy of the "Jazz Age." So he is often called a historian of the "Jazz Age." In the 1920's, the American dream had been changed by decadent trend in capitalism, materialism and mechanism with a industrial development. By the influence of the World War and the Great Depression, American society has changed into alcohol, jazz age in the ruin of the established moral principles.
The Great Gatsby is the most remarkable, refined novel in theme and style of all his novels. The characteristics of American society of 1920's and the reckless profligacy of the jazz age are appear in his works. In the 1920's, the American rich forms a social group. The corruption of their lives is expressed by the images of corruptive East. Gatsby believes in his dream and is innocent to his dream to the end. This is the reason why he is great in spite of his corruptive wealth. His tragedy does not come from the relation with Wolfsheim, but from the corruption of the object of his dream. As a symbolist of sound and order, Nick tries to improve, the relations between Gatsby and Daisy. But because of his moral problems, he serves as an aid to bring Gatsby's ruin. Among Fitzgerald's works, his heroes meet tragic result. Like his other works, he focuses on the description of the frustration of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby.

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