Music
What its like by Everlast
The following is a small excerpt from the song that can be interpreted to relate to The Great Gatsby.
I've seen a rich man beg,
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry,
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin,
I heard an honest man lie
I've seen the good side of bad and the downside of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon, drank from the golden cup
And smoked the finest green
I stroked the fattest dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on where you start
The following is a small excerpt from the song that can be interpreted to relate to The Great Gatsby.
I've seen a rich man beg,
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry,
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin,
I heard an honest man lie
I've seen the good side of bad and the downside of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon, drank from the golden cup
And smoked the finest green
I stroked the fattest dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on where you start
The following is a selection of verses from Yellow by Cold play that are related to Gatsby and the colour symbolism of Daisy.
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah,they were all yellow
So then I took my time
Oh what a thing to've done
And it was all yellow
Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know? You know I love you so
You know I love you so
I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do'
Cause you were all yellow
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah,they were all yellow
So then I took my time
Oh what a thing to've done
And it was all yellow
Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know? You know I love you so
You know I love you so
I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do'
Cause you were all yellow
Literature
In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence says “These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die like fire and powder which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite. So love moderately long love doth so to swift arrives as tardy as too slow" (Romeo and Juliet, II.vi 9-15).