The Great Gatsby Movie Analysis

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The Great Gatsby, a story of a hopeful man and his one true love. The Great Gatsby is all about symbolism, how one thing is really representing another and with a different more significant meaning than what it actually appears. The identities of the characters are all a façade. Things that the characters do for their dreams make them all hypocrites. The characters/actors in the 1974 Great Gatsby movie and in the new 2013 version of the movie all have a façade, are hypocrites, and have something that is symbolic to them, but
The Great Gatsby starts will symbolism. In the Redford version of Gatsby, you see a dim green light across the bay. However, when you see the green light in the DiCaprio version its shiny, glowing, bright, and appears to be very close. The emphasis on the green light in the DiCaprio version is stronger than in Redford, it’s more of an importance to the film. Making the viewer wonder what’s over there and how can they find out. The green light symbolizes “GO”, and/or “GOOD”. it’s at the end of Daisy’s dock, which could be the signal for Gatsby to go get the live of his life. It could also representation of a good, positive, …show more content…
Myrtle is a direct character, but portrayed differently between the two versions. She is living a double life, one at home in lower class, and one with tom in upper class. The performance of Myrtle in the Redford version is intense and exciting. She punches through a window, and attacks her husband. Myrtle is aggressive and emotional, which makes her storyline more interesting. However, Myrtle in the DiCaprio version is mellow and unemotional. She shows no emotion for anything which just make her so unpleasant to watch. Her role was to just be there because she was a character in the book. Myrtle in the new 2013 version of Great Gatsby was just uneventful. Both actors portray the façade of Myrtle but just in two different
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