Symbolism Of Shakespeare s The Eyes Of Doctor

The first device you notice Fitzgerald uses is symbolism. The two most important symbols the author uses is the image of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg s eyes and the green light. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg’s represent the eyes of God. The people believed that this billboard over the valley of ashes were the eyes of God watching over them, seeing everything. In this quote â€Å"But above the grey land and the spasms of bleak dust, which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic- their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face, but instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose†¦But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.†, proves itself in the book with two characters, Myrtle and George, after discovering her affair with Tom Buchanan said, †Å"God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you can’t fool God!† proving that the eyes represent God. Next, the Green Light. â€Å"He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away†¦Ã¢â‚¬  This is talking about and representing Gatsby s relationship with Daisy, at the simplest level. 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