Myrtle confesses in
“I married [George] because I thought he was a gentleman,” she said finally. “I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe.” Once Myrtle, Tom, and Nick are away in the city in Chapter 2, Myrtle feels able to speak freely about her disastrous marriage to George Wilson.
How did Myrtle know she made a "mistake" when she married Wilson? Myrtle realized she made a mistake because he borrowed another man's suit to get married in and didn't tell her about it. He wasn't as rich as she thought he was, and she says "he wasn't fit to lick [her] shoe". Explain how Tom and Myrtle met.
Myrtle married George Wilson because she thought that he had money so she married him, later she discovered that he is not wealthy and married Myrtle with a borrowed suit. She feels better that she cheats on him with Tom Buchanan.
"I married him because I thought he was a gentleman," she said finally. "I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe." "You were crazy about him for a while," said Catherine.
George loves and idealizes Myrtle, and is devastated by her affair with Tom. George is consumed with grief when Myrtle is killed. George is comparable to Gatsby in that both are dreamers and both are ruined by their unrequited love for women who love Tom.
Myrtle and George Wilson were once two passionate lovers, caring for nothing else in the world but each other. However, Myrtle's selfish aura led her to fall in love with not a man but a thing: money.
Myrtle Wilson does not love her husband, George Wilson. She says she cannot bear him and that he is "not fit to lick her shoe." She resents his low social standing and his lack of financial resources.
Tom is having an affair with Myrtle, Myrtle is cheating on her husband with Tom, andDaisy is having an affair with Gatsby. The preponderance of these affairs suggest that everyone is only out for themselves. The characters seem largely detached from the feelings of those around them.
George, who now knows about his wife's affair but doesn't know it's with Tom, reveals that he needs money because he and his wife are going to move out West.
Since George did not have a suit of his own to get married in and had to borrow one from a friend, Myrtle thought that “he wasn't fit to lick [her] shoe.” Tom, on the other hand, is powerful and wealthy and promises the lifestyle Myrtle craves.
Wilson believes that Gatsby killed Myrtle because Tom gave him intentionally misleading information. Earlier in the story, Tom stopped by Wilson's garage while driving Gatsby's yellow car, leading Wilson to believe that the car was Tom's.
Tom then tells George that Gatsby owned the car that had killed Myrtle so George thinks that Myrtle was cheating on him with Gatsby, and that Gatsby killed Myrtle. Tom and Daisy then go on a vacation and leave their problems behind them for others such as Nick to deal with.
How did Mrs. Wilson know she made a mistake when she married George? After the honeymoon, she realized he didn't have any money. His car garage was located in the Valley of Ashes, and she knew that represented the poorest of society.
In The Great Gatsby, George Wilson locks Myrtle in the bedroom because he ''had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world'' and intends to take her away.
Like Tom, George Wilson is violent towards his wife. After he finds out that she has been cheating on him, he locks her in a room and keeps her there against her will. Myrtle says, “Beat me! Throw me down and beat me, you dirty little coward” (Fitzgerald 144)!
The narrative switches back to Nick. Tom realises that it was Gatsby's car that struck and killed Myrtle. Back at Daisy and Tom's home, Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car that killed Myrtle but he will take the blame.
Myrtle (and her husband George) represent the lower classes. They live in the 'valley of ashes', an area literally and symbolically impoverished, a great contrast to the luxury of the mansions of Long Island.
Tom had everything Myrtle really wanted in a man. In Myrtle's quote it said she cried all afternoon. She cried as soon as she found out her husband couldn't even afford a nice suit for their wedding. This is a great example of women who are blinded by materialistic things in life and do not seek true love.
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.
Their love affair makes Gatsby optimistic that Daisy is his true love, but he really only sees and loves an idealized version of her that he has carried for years. In the end, Daisy chooses to stay with her husband even when knowing he had also had an affair.
Answer: Myrtle Wilson dies due to the car accident. Although everyone thought Gatsby had killed Myrtle, as she was hit by his yellow car, Daisy was driving the car that night. Gatsby just took the blame for her.
Tom hits Myrtle because she refused to obey him, but also in defense of Daisy; he feels strongly about both women. Tom's outburst therefore shows that he has difficulty handling complex emotions. He responds with violence to maintain control.
Myrtle had thought she was marrying a rich man but found out that George could not even afford to purchase a tuxedo for their wedding. She cares about her appearance and regrets marrying George Wilson.
Myrtle believes that the only reason Tom will not divorce Daisy is because Daisy is Catholic. But we learn that Tom's feelings for Myrtle are far less intense than he has led her to believe and that social pressure prevents him from ever leaving Daisy, who comes from a similar upper-class background.