Daisy Buchanan

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Daisy Buchanan is a wealthy, beautiful, and emotionally elusive socialite in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," symbolizing both the allure and moral emptiness of the American upper class in the 1920s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
socialite
adaptedIn film adaptations of The Great Gatsby
appearsIn The Great Gatsby
associatedWith American upper class
Roaring Twenties
surface form: Jazz Age
authorNationality American (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
characterTrait beautiful
careless
charming
emotionally elusive
self-indulgent
wealthy
cousinOf Nick Carraway
creator F. Scott Fitzgerald
drives Gatsby’s yellow car
fictionalUniverse The Great Gatsby
surface form: The Great Gatsby universe
firstAppearance The Great Gatsby
formerLoverOf Jay Gatsby
gender female
hasChild Pammy Buchanan
hasSibling Jordan Baker
surface form: Jordan Baker (close friend, sometimes treated as quasi-sisterly companion)
involvedIn Myrtle Wilson’s death
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementContext Modernism
maidenName Fay
narrativeRole Gatsby’s love interest
central character
symbol of unattainable ideal
nationality American
placeOfOrigin Louisville, Kentucky
portrayedBy Carey Mulligan
Mia Farrow
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1925
relationshipStatusWithJayGatsby former romantic interest
residesIn East Egg
settingOfResidence Long Island
socialClass upper class
spouse Tom Buchanan
symbolizes moral emptiness
superficial glamour
the allure of wealth
the corruption of the American Dream
timePeriod 1920s

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The Great Gatsby mainCharacter Daisy Buchanan
Jay Gatsby loveInterest Daisy Buchanan
Jay Gatsby actualDriverInAccident Daisy Buchanan
Myrtle Wilson killedBy Daisy Buchanan
Myrtle Wilson killedByCarDrivenBy Daisy Buchanan
Myrtle Wilson appearsAlongside Daisy Buchanan
Nick Carraway cousinOf Daisy Buchanan
Nick Carraway describesCharacter Daisy Buchanan
Jordan Baker closeTo Daisy Buchanan
The Great Gatsby (1949 film) characterPortrayedBy Daisy Buchanan
this entity surface form: Daisy Buchanan – Betty Field
East Egg associatedWith Daisy Buchanan
Tom Buchanan spouse Daisy Buchanan
Tom Buchanan hasChildWith Daisy Buchanan
The Great Gatsby (1974 film) character Daisy Buchanan
The Great Gatsby (2013 film) character Daisy Buchanan
Meyer Wolfsheim associatedWith Daisy Buchanan
The Great Gatsby (opera) character Daisy Buchanan
Samantha Mathis portrayed Daisy Buchanan
this entity surface form: Daisy Buchanan in a television adaptation of The Great Gatsby
Gatsby's mansion in West Egg visitedBy Daisy Buchanan
Pammy Buchanan mother Daisy Buchanan
Pammy Buchanan relative Daisy Buchanan