This blatantly symbolizes yellow’s uses as a motif for death. For hundreds of years gold has been buried with rulers, such as Agamemnon and Tutankhamen. Both were wealthy for their time so it is fitting that gold should be the tool of death for those who get in the way of the rich, quite literally. “It was a yellow car,” he said. “A big yellow car. New,” (Fitzgerald pg. 147). Once again yellow finds its way into The Great Gatsby once again, however this time for a more sinister reason, the death of Myrtle
This blatantly symbolizes yellow’s uses as a motif for death. For hundreds of years gold has been buried with rulers, such as Agamemnon and Tutankhamen. Both were wealthy for their time so it is fitting that gold should be the tool of death for those who get in the way of the rich, quite literally. “It was a yellow car,” he said. “A big yellow car. New,” (Fitzgerald pg. 147). Once again yellow finds its way into The Great Gatsby once again, however this time for a more sinister reason, the death of Myrtle