Topic > Theme of adultery in The Great Gatsby - 1316

However, instead of alluding to an oppressive society as in the film Anna Karenina, Gatsby's death serves to foreground the elusive nature of his dreams which were disguised as a adulterous essence. It is Wilson who kills Gatsby by virtue of Tom's deception, and by immediately taking Gatsby's life, Wilson takes his as a sign of sympathy for his late wife Myrtle who had just had an affair with Tom. Gatsby's death matches the intensity of Anna's due to the abundance of emotion conveyed through Fitzgerald's use of demanding language through Nick's narration, who declares that "the holocaust was complete" at the end of this chain of events. The term 'holocaust' is used in a sense independent of any historical connotation, referring to a death both figurative and physical, both moral and human. By using such a word, the unfairness of the situations is highlighted and it is implied that Gatsby did not deserve to die. Therefore, her death itself constitutes the highest testimony to the destruction brought by adultery within the world