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1
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Contrast to gatsbys death? ‘Well suppose we take…’

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A plunge in the swimming pool - there for display

2
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Weather symbolic of daisy? ‘The day agreed…’

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Upon was pouring rain

3
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Gatsbys wealth? ‘And gatsby, in a flannel suit…’

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Silver shirt and gold coloured tie

4
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Attempt to freeze time?

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Defunct mantelpiece clock

5
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Attempt to catch time/ repeat past? ‘Where upon he turned…’

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And caught it with his trembling fingers

6
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Length of time? ‘Five…’

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Years next November

7
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Relationship at centre of universe? ‘But in the new silence…’

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I felt that silence had fallen within the house too…’

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Daisy as a flower/beauty? ‘feudal silhouette…gardens…’

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Sparkling odour of jonquils…plum blossoms

9
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Reality not matching dream? Antagonist? ‘now in the reaction…’

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He was running down like an overwound clock

10
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reminder of corruption?

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When the phone rang