1/10/17 Bayleigh Takacs

Today in class we began with finding out seats and laptops and logging into our notes. Mr. Rivers then began to review what we did yesterday  in class and then moved into our activity today. We split into our previous groups and were numbered to be split up again. After we met with our new groups we began to discuss our previous groups notes we took on the class document. We shared our ideas and taught each other what we found within our assigned setting. After discussing with our groups we moved into the differences between romantic tragedy and modern tragedy. After finishing discussions up with our groups, we then talked as a class giving examples of the differences between romantic tragedy and modern tragedy that relate back to The Great Gatsby. Notes are below.

Romantic Tragedy	Similar	Modern Tragedy
Personal flaw Gatsby Obsession Unwilling to change Daisy loved Tom Anti-logos Tom Flexing his status Shows control	Drop in status faster = more	Systemic flaw
Noble birth		Can be common person Myrtle
Absolute: completely destroyed Myrtle's death Absolute destruction		Gray area: part of life is destroyed Tom Loses mistress, keeps Daisy, still has his money