The closing couplet of this sonnet reinforces to the responder the persona's desire, stated in the opening couplet, to be "[loved] for love's sake only", suggesting an unchanging love that cannot be affected by circumstance or transient superficiality. Throughout this sonnet, through Browning's subversion of the masculine expression of love, it is clear that she is challenging the patriarchal paradigm in which she was writing, saying that a man's love cannot last unless they change how they think. .
Fitzgerald explores a similar theme of love in his novel, The Great Gatsby, showing the impacts of fantasy on the transient nature of reality. This is seen through Gatsby's relationship with Daisy, which is heavily based on Gatsby's fantasy of what could have been, emphasising his "extraordinary gift for hope" and "romantic readiness". Daisy consistently doesn't live up to Gatsby's fantasies "because of the colossal vitality of his illusion". Through Fitzgerald's word choice of "colossal" and "vitality" along with the shaming tone it is delivered in by the narrator, Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald is able to explore the damaging nature of the new-found monumental extravagance of the era in which he wrote. Fitzgerald further draws attention to Gatsby's fantasies through the use of symbols, such as, the "green light" at the end of Daisy's dock. The moment Gatsby tells Daisy of the "green light" his fantasy begins to crumble as this symbol loses meaning, "His count of enchanted objects.diminished by one". Gatsby's final attempt to cling to his fantasy during the tense scene at the Plaza Hotel causes Daisy exclaim "'Oh, you want too much!'.'I can't help what's past'", similar to Browning's Sonnet 14 where the persona asks to be loved "for love's sake only." Gatsby's fantasies prevent him from seeing that Daisy has changed over the past five years due to her own personal circumstances. Through this Fitzgerald brings forward a vision of humanity that undergoes constant change, meaning that loving for love's sake becomes significantly more crucial as love based solely on something changes cannot last, as explored in Browning's Sonnet 14.
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