Nick Carraway is not only Daisy Buchanan’s cousin and a foil to Jay Gatsby, he is also the narrator of a romance that took the world by storm in the 1920s. Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Dorian and Basil Hallward’s relationship is known to be sexual, with Hallward always making overtures towards his muse. One of his most famous characters, Dorian Gray, too faces subtle attacks for being bisexual. Oscar Wilde was imprisoned and sentenced to two years of hard labour for ‘homosexuality’. Madeline Miller in 2011 made this romance the central theme of The Song of Achilles.Īlso read: Perhaps, homosexuals have cured Baba Ramdevĭorian Gray from a Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde It is his death that prompts Achilles to return to the Trojan War, despite Agamemnon’s offensive remarks that prompted him to abandon the war in the first place. Rather, Achilles’ lover is his cousin - Patroclus. There is no ‘Briseis’ involved with Achilles. Homer’s Greek epic Iliad painted an Achilles very different from the one that the Hollywood movie Troy (2004) portrays.
In view of the legal breakthrough, here’s a look at nine remarkable queer characters in literature.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in a landmark judgment Thursday as it upheld that “denial of self-expression is inviting death”. As Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality, here’s a look at nine queer characters that fought society’s norms.
