How did Daisy react to Gatsby's death?

"She was feeling the pressures form the world outside, and she wanted to see him and feel his presence and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all." (151). Tom had "happened" to take daisy away when Gatsby died. " 'But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.
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Did Daisy find out about Gatsby's death?

When he phones Daisy to tell her of Gatsby's death, he learns she and Tom have left on a trip, leaving no itinerary. Nick, with increasing frustration, feels he must "get somebody" for Gatsby. In his mind, Gatsby did not deserve to be alone.
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What was Daisy reaction to Gatsby?

In The Great Gatsby, Daisy reacts with surprise and then joy upon meeting Gatsby. She does not know he will be at Nick's when she arrives for tea....
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Does Daisy attend Gatsby's funeral?

Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through a funeral alone, Nick tries to hold a large funeral for him, but all of Gatsby's former friends and acquaintances either have disappeared—Tom and Daisy, for instance, move away with no forwarding address—or refuse to come, like Meyer Wolfsheim and Klipspringer.
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What happened to Tom and Daisy After Gatsby's death?

Daisy and Tom have left town for good, with no forwarding address. Henry Gatz, Gatsby's father, hears about Gatsby's death and come to the funeral from Minnesota. He is in awe of his son's accomplishments. No one except the owl-eyed glasses man that Nick had met at one of Gatsby's parties comes to the funeral.
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What happened to Daisy at the end of Gatsby?

Upon hearing this, Daisy chooses to stay with Tom. Tom scornfully tells Gatsby to drive her home, knowing that Daisy will never leave him. While returning to East Egg, Gatsby and Daisy drive by Wilson's garage and their car accidentally strikes Myrtle, killing her instantly.
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Why does Daisy give up on Gatsby?

Daisy gives up on Gatsby because he was out of money. The letter reached Gatsby while he was still at Oxford.
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Did Daisy truly love 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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How does Daisy react to Gatsby's party?

Daisy does not like Gatsby's party. It is too much like an amusement park. When Gatsby figures out what she thinks, it disheartens him.
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How does Daisy react to the meeting with Gatsby?

At first, Gatsby's reunion with Daisy is terribly awkward. Gatsby knocks Nick's clock over and tells Nick sorrowfully that the meeting was a mistake. After he leaves the two alone for half an hour, however, Nick returns to find them radiantly happy—Daisy shedding tears of joy and Gatsby glowing.
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How does Daisy feel when she sees Gatsby?

After excusing himself, allowing Daisy and Gatsby the opportunity to be alone together, Nick returns to find Gatsby glowing; "without a word or gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room." Daisy, too, appears equally moved by the meeting and (not surprisingly) her voice, "full ...
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Why does Daisy suddenly start crying?

Daisy cries because she has never seen such beautiful shirts, and their appearance makes her emotional. The scene solidifies her character and her treatment of Gatsby. She is vain and self-serving, only concerned with material goods.
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How does Daisy react to the meeting with Gatsby does she react the way you would expect her to why or why not?

How does Daisy react to this meeting? She was very fake. When Nick asks Gatsby what business he is in, Gatsby responds, "That's my affair," before he realizes that it is not an appropriate reply.
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Is Daisy to blame for Gatsby's death?

Daisy Buchanan is a little responsible for Gatsby death because she was the one who hit Myrtle Wilson with Gatsby's car because she was so mad that she felt that if she drove the car,she would feel better,but instead she hit Myrtle because of her anger and Gatsby took the blame for her and he was the one who ended ...
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Why Daisy is not responsible for Gatsby's death?

Daisy didn't refuse to let Gatsby take the blame for the death of Myrtle. Gatsby really cared about Daisy, therefore he took the blame. Daisy had him thinking that she was coming to live with him, but really she wasn't ever planning on coming to stay with Gatsby due to the way the lived.
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Does Daisy not care about 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. First, she knows full well Tom has had affairs for years.
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Is Daisy a gold digger in Gatsby?

Yet Daisy isn't just a shallow gold digger. She's more tragic: a loving woman who has been corrupted by greed. She chooses the comfort and security of money over real love, but she does so knowingly.
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What is Daisy's reaction to both men?

Daisy's reaction to both men is the same. She likes that they are fighting over her and loves that they both have money.
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What happens when Gatsby and Daisy kiss?

They are about to kiss and Gatsby realizes that “when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.” ■ In this quote, Gatsby is realizing that once he kisses and subsequently falls in love with Daisy, she is going to be ...
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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 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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Does Daisy love Tom or Gatsby?

Here we finally get a glimpse at Daisy's real feelings—she loved Gatsby, but also Tom, and to her those were equal loves. She hasn't put that initial love with Gatsby on a pedestal the way Gatsby has.
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How is Daisy a victim in The Great Gatsby?

She's actually a victim.

She becomes the unwitting "grail" in Gatsby's adolescent quest to remain ever-faithful to his seventeen-year-old cenception of self, and even Nick admits that Daisy "tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion."
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Who did Daisy really love in The Great 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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What is Daisy's reaction to this news?

What is Daisy's reaction to this news? She stares terrified between Gatsby and her husband and she starts to withdraw into herself. She's never seen this side of Gatsby before and it scares her.
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