![]() ![]() I think the quote that best describes Myrtle is when she is telling the story of how she and Tom met and she ends with saying “You can’t live forever you can’t live forever.” (2.38). Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediate perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering.” (2.28). She is initially described as being “in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her flesh sensuously as some woman can. She has lived in the garage where her husband works for the last 11 years. Mrs Wilson, also known as Myrtle, is the wife of George B. ![]() Ominous- giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen Proprietary- Of or relating to an owner or ownership ![]() Smoldering- Burn slowly with smoke but not flame Haughtily- Scornfully or condescendingly proud ![]() Oculist- A person who specializes in the medical treatment of diseases or defects of the eye an ophthalmologist The evening ends with Tom punching Myrtle in the nose for tauntingly saying Daisy’s name and Nick half asleep in the Pennsylvania station where he is drunk and waiting for the 4am train. Catherine describes that neither Tom nor Myrtle can stand the person they are married to. Once in New York, they go to Myrtle’s sister’s apartment, where they spend the rest of the day and evening having a party and where Nick is introduced to her sister Catherine whom knows about the affair. This where we are introduced to Myrtle Wilson, whom is George’s wife and Nick’s mistress and she joins them on their journey to New York. Nick takes a train with Tom to New York and on their way they stop at a dealership where George B. ![]()
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