Comparing Marber And Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby

Both Marber and Fitzgerald illustrate how forbidden love was enacted in their respective societies. The fundamental theme, which highlights relationships between individuals, can be connoted as ‘forbidden’ such as Daisy, Gatsby, Tom and Myrtle. Comparably, in ‘Closer’ the relationships of Alice, Dan, Larry and Anna. On the contrary, you could say that there is also an element of underlying homosexuality in both the book and the play as Nick idolises Gatsby because of his ‘sensitivity to the promises of life’ and Dan and Larry’s chatroom scene. ‘The Great Gatsby’ written by Scott Fitzgerald was set in 1922 and published in 1925. This novel could be seen as a reflection of Fitzgerald’s life and how many others lived in early 20th century†¦show more content†¦This era was a time for individuality, Marber illustrates this by showing us how selfish people truly are like Larry this represents how people thought in the late 90s. Marber, shows the development of technology and the new forms of communication by including scenes with chatrooms. This could be an outlook on how the media was influencing modern lives and how much of an impact it made. The city of London illustrates as a place for urban lives as it was developing very fast both socially and technologically. Daniel Rosenthal describes London as ‘a mirror for the characters and their deceptions’. In terms of literary context, in the 1920’s some of the best-selling books were ‘The Sun Also Rises’ by Ernest Hemingway, ‘The Age of Innocence’ by Edith Wharton and ‘The Bridge of San Luis Rey’ by Thornton Wilder. This shows that books linked to historical and social change were very popular and many authors were influenced by this. ‘The Great Gatsby’ was the third novel that Fitzgerald had published but it is said to be his most popular novel. The late 20th century showed great change in the theatre as many forms of it were challenged and new ones began to develop. In addition, ‘Closer’ was Marber’s third play and was a huge success both internationally and the UK. The play was controversial as it contains explicit aspects and language. However, many plays such as ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ‘Arcadia’ illustrate that the