The Tension between Truth and Illusion in Tender is the...

Exploring the tension between truth and illusion is a frequent preoccupation of twentieth century American literature. Compare and contrast the treatment of this theme in `Tender is the Night and at least one other relevant text you have encountered. `Tender is the Night is a novel where the presentation of the main characters at the beginning of the novel is shown to be an illusion. An illusion which often masks the seedy truth and results in people having to present an extravagant front to disguise their inner problems. In the opening chapter Fitzgerald narrates that Rosemary was `nearly complete, but the dew was still wet on her. Further references to `baby teeth and children indicate that the author wishes the narrator of†¦show more content†¦In Faulkners `As I Lay Dying, Dewey Dell is used for sexual gratification by MacGowan who masquerades as a doctor, pretending he can help her; whilst the front of a medical practitioner is successful carried off, this is only an illusion, the truth is that he is nothing more than a shop assistant. Nicole herself is a source of contradiction: she was `hard and lovely and pitiful. The somewhat oxymoronic description of Nicole suggests a woman with external beauty, but internal psychological unrest, as her and her husband represented `externally the furthermost evolution of class. When she dresses-up for one of her parties she wears an `artificial camellia, highlighting the falsity of the whole situation, to the extent that even the garden is a `grassless garden. As the location shifts to Switzerland the illusion begins to disappear. It is apt that a country which appears beautiful, but has a reputation for underhand financial dealings, is home to a clinic for the wealthy to resolve their psychological problems. The truth is that Nicoles father sexually abused her and now wishes to cover it up with an illusion, that it was a valet that abused her; he reassures Dick that `money is no object and his chief concern is if the `story would ever leak back to America. In an American soci ety where God and family values are promoted, there seems to be an abundance of immorality, which survives under the curtain that money creates.Show MoreRelatedANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pagesresolved is one within the protagonist’s psyche or personality. 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