Does Daisy love Tom or Gatsby?

Although Daisy may have loved Gatsby once, she does not love him more than the wealth, status, and freedom that she has with Tom.
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Who loves Daisy More Tom or Gatsby?

Daisy loves Gatsby, but also doesn't want to leave Tom because she loves him too.
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Does Daisy choose Tom or Gatsby?

Eventually, Gatsby won Daisy's heart, and they made love before Gatsby left to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby, but in 1919 she chose instead to marry Tom Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents.
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Is Daisy still in love with Gatsby?

Although Daisy seems to have found love in her reunion with Gatsby, closer examination reveals that is not at all the case. Although she loves the attention, she has considerations other than love on her mind.
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Who loves Daisy in The Great Gatsby?

Relationship 1: Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. The relationship at the very heart of The Great Gatsby is, of course, Gatsby and Daisy, or more specifically, Gatsby's tragic love of (or obsession with) Daisy, a love that drives the novel's plot.
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Why does Daisy choose Tom over Gatsby?

Daisy may not love Tom as much as Gatsby, but she cannot bear the thought of living in the low class world of "new money". So, she chooses the world she knows (Tom) over the world of new money (Gatsby).
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Does Tom truly love Daisy?

They thought they were a perfect combination of the ideal wealthy couple. Daisy has been brought up being a pretty object. She was an object to Tom; however, he did truly love her. When Tom's mistress, Myrtle, called out Daisy's name, Tom became outraged and hit her.
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Does Gatsby love Daisy or is he obsessed with her?

He clearly loves her with all his heart, moreover, he is obsessed with Daisy and unable to imagine his life without her in it. Daisy's real feelings remain confused and unclear. But if we think a bit more about it, we'll see the other side of Gatsby and Daisy relationship. He is obsessed with her, he idolizes her.
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Is Nick in love with Daisy?

Gatsby takes a liking to Nick, and confesses to him that he has been in love with Daisy since before the war and that his extravagant lifestyle is just an attempt to impress her.
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Did Gatsby sleep with Daisy?

He knew that since he was poor, he shouldn't really have been wooing her, but he slept with her anyway, under the false pretenses that he and she were in the same social class. Gatsby realized that he was in love with Daisy and was surprised to see that Daisy fell in love with him too.
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Is Daisy loyal to Tom?

The relationship between Tom and Daisy is built more on money rather than love, however, there is little bits of love. Daisy marries Tom because of his wealth, but throughout their relationship she does, fall in love with Tom at least once.
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Does Daisy choose Tom or Gatsby Chapter 7?

Tom asks Gatsby about his intentions for Daisy, and Gatsby replies that Daisy loves him, not Tom.
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Who did Daisy choose Tom or Gatsby Chapter 7?

The Great Gatsby makes clear that Daisy has chosen Tom over Gatsby and would have done so even had Gatsby lived. In the confrontation in Chapter VII, in which Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy has never loved Tom, that she loves Gatsby, Daisy first tries to stop him from doing so.
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Does Daisy deserve Tom?

Daisy and Tom Buchanan are a perfect match for each other. But it's not due to personal traits of character, shared ambitions, or sincere, romantic feelings. They deserve each other since both spouses are obsessed with wealth and luxury.
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Does Tom cheat Daisy?

At the end of the book, even after it becomes clear that both Tom and Daisy have cheated on each other, Tom stubbornly maintains that they have always loved each other and that they always will, no matter what.
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Who's richer Gatsby or Tom?

Fitzgerald makes it very clear that the wealth that Tom and Daisy has is superior to the wealth that Jay Gatsby has. Tom and Daisy were highly educated and came from money, while Gatsby got his money from selling illegal alcohol and throwing extravagant parties with the alcohol.
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Is Tom in love with Myrtle?

Myrtle seems to believe Tom genuinely loves her, and would marry her if only Daisy would divorce him. Nick knows that Tom would never marry Myrtle, and the lopsidedness of the relationship makes Myrtle a more sympathetic character than she would be otherwise.
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Is Gatsby black?

Fitzgerald litters his novel with signifiers that suggest Gatsby to be black, although he “passes” as white. In The Great Gatsby, he is frequently described as “pale”, as is his car,” Thompson wrote in his analysis in 2000.
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What did Gatsby first attracted to Daisy?

The first thing that attracted Gatsby was Daisy's wealth – her house in particular ('there was a ripe mystery about it'). This removes the idea that he was attracted to Daisy in herself. He was – and still is – attracted to the 'money' in her.
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Why did Gatsby love Daisy so much?

An admiration which brings her back in time to their youth, when they first found each other and fell in love. The fact that Daisy, a woman of wealth and class, has chosen him makes her even more desirable in Gatsby's eyes (Fitzgerald 155).
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What is the true relationship between Daisy and Tom by the end of this chapter?

What is the true relationship between Daisy and Tom? They are birds of a feather. Daisy is a fairly weak person and tom is very domineering but they are both "careless" people. Neither one takes responsbility for his own actions.
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Does Daisy leave Tom for Gatsby?

Daisy cannot say she has never loved Tom. Gatsby says she is leaving Tom for him. Tom then makes more specific allegations about Gatsby – that he sold alcohol in drug stores in New York and Chicago with Meyer Wolfshiem (remember the novel is set during Prohibition ), as well as being involved in gambling.
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Why is Daisy Buchanan the worst character?

She is often considered callous, spoilt and heartless for her pursuit of wealth and her abandonment of Jay Gatsby. However, perhaps this is an unfair judgement, and she is simply a victim of her situation and the materialistic world she lives in.
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Is Daisy the villain in The Great Gatsby?

Daisy "Fay" Buchanan is the villainous tritagonist in The Great Gatsby. She symbolizes the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg and was partially inspired by Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Fitzgerald.
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What does Daisy say about Tom?

Daisy tells Tom he's "revolting" and asks how she could possibly love him now. She has a really hard time saying she never loved him, but she does eventually, after much internal deliberation.
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