'The Great Gatsby' resources

The Times Educational Supplement and its English site are currently drawing attention to its Great Gatsby teaching resources. Prominent among these are our own video/audio annotations via ShowMe (more coming soon on Macbeth). Our VI form this year will be tackling Gatsby as part of their comparative module.

'The Great Gatsby' 15: the end of the novel

No 15 (and last) in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby looks at the last paragraphs of the novel.

'The Great Gatsby' 14: Nick and Gatsby's last meeting

No 14 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. This deals with the last time Nick sees Gatsby, who dies shortly afterwards.

'The Great Gatsby' 13: Gatsby falls in love with Daisy

No 13 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. This is when a devastated Gatsby tells Nick about how he first fell in love with Daisy.

'The Great Gatsby' 12: Tom and Daisy and Myrtle's death

No 12 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. Here, Nick Carraway sneaks up to the Buchanans' house and observes Tom and Daisy, immediately after Myrtle Wilson's death.

'The Great Gatsby' 11: Myrtle Wilson's death

No 11 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. This looks at Myrtle Wilson's tragic and gruesome death.

'The Great Gatsby' 10: Tom's triumph over Gatsby

No 10 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. This is the moment when it becomes clear that Daisy has chosen Tom over Gatsby.

'The Great Gatsby' 9: Gatsby's despair about Daisy

No 9 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. Here, Gatsby despairs of getting back the Daisy he knew in the past...

'The Great Gatsby' 8: Tom and Daisy at Gatsby's party

No 8 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. Here, Tom and Daisy turn up at Gatsby's house for one of his parties.

'The Great Gatsby' 7: Gatsby & Daisy meet again

No 7 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby. This moment is from Chapter 5, when Nick is present at the scene when Daisy visits Gatsby's house.

'The Great Gatsby' 6: Nick's first meeting with Gatsby

No 6 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby: this one looks at the moment when Nick Carraway meets Jay Gatsby for the first time (audio and video):-

'The Great Gatsby' 5: Gatsby's parties

No 5 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby: this one is taken from the start of Chapter 3, and describes the extraordinary extravagance of the parties at Gatsby's mansion:

'The Great Gatsby' 4: Myrtle Wilson's apartment

No 4 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby: here, Nick Carraway's comments on the drinking session in New York at Myrtle Wilson's apartment (audio and video):

'The Great Gatsby' 3: The Valley of Ashes

No 3 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby: this one looks at Nick Carraway's description of the 'Valley of Ashes' at the start of Chapter 2.

Click here for an interesting article on the possible real location of the Valley.

'The Great Gatsby' 2: the Buchanan mansion

No 2 in a series of close analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby: here, Nick visits for the first time the mansion of his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan (audio commentary).

'The Great Gatsby 1': Gatsby's mansion

The first of a series of analyses of key moments in The Great Gatsby, being studied as part of our Leaving Certificate comparative course. This one examines Nick Carraway's first description of Jay Gatsby's mansion (audio commentary).