In The Great Gatsby, James Gatz is a poor boy who falls in love with a beautiful, eccentric millionaire named Daisy Fay. In an attempt to win her affections, he quickly recreates himself to emulate her desires in a man. He finds ways to be near her, even after her marriage, and moves to Long Island's West Egg. When Daisy and Gatsby finally get together, the romance is short-lived. After many nights together, Daisy prepares to tell her husband, Tom, that she is leaving him for Jay Gatsby. Ultimately, she panics and considers dropping the subject, but a quick glance with Gatsby reveals her feelings. Daisy wants to ignore her feelings, but she can't get past her relationship with Gatsby, which becomes obvious to her friends. Ultimately, she chooses to stay with her husband despite her feelings; she does it because she believes that change would only cause more problems. Gatsby is crushed by his actions, but fails to realize the true extent of them. He continues to harass her in hopes of rekindling a relationship that ended years ago, but she refuses and immediately moves away with Tom. This action drives Gatsby crazy, and his complete devotion to Daisy is the last thought on his mind when Wilson kills him. Sara Teasdale, a poet from the 1900s, fears this kind of commitment; she knows that love for another will only lead to her own demise. Faced with depression and an illness that leaves her bedridden for much of her life, she depends heavily on others to survive. She gets closer to a few friends because she doesn't want to burden them. When she has to choose between two lovers, she chooses Ernst Filsinger, despite her affection for another, just like Daisy. These actions not only leave her hurt... middle of paper ...... in her poem I'll Not Care. This poem is commonly considered his suicide note; Teasdale declares: “When I am dead […] I will be quieter and colder / Than you are now” (Care 1, 7-8). She is angry because Filsinger abandoned her and never attempted to reunite. Instead, he allows her to disappear into the privacy of his home and be overcome again by her illness. She understands perfectly at that moment that her failure in love was always inevitable and that their relationship hurt them both. After several weeks in bed, she learns that Lindsay, her former love, has committed suicide. Feeling guilty about her death, the guilt of hurting her husband, and the crippling pain of her illness, her depression swallows up any hope she has left. She committed suicide on January 29, 1933, after being once again trapped by a failed love, depression and her illness...