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The issues that Oscar Wilde ignores in The Ballad of Reading Gaol are significant. They were in 1896 when Charles Wooldridge murdered Nell Glendell, and they remain so now.
These wealthy women must choose: convenience, power and the status quo, or love, risk and self-determination?
These observant outsiders drive the narratives of both The Glory and The Great Gatsby, and readers and viewers are encouraged to agree with their judgements of others.
Two central characters - Jay Gatsby and Jeon Jae-jun - hold positions within society which are at best insecure and at worst illegitimate; their wealth and status are uncertain, tenuous, and shallow. These characters aspire, often desperately, to achieve the security of ‘real’ money and prestige but both texts end with the ultimate and tragic failure of these aspirations.
One significant point of distinction between Tom Buchanan and Ha Do-yeong is that this stratum of society is challenged in The Great Gatsby, while it is privileged in The Glory.
An introduction to my comparative analysis of the novel, The Great Gatsby and the Korean television series 'The Glory'.
