Power and Gaze

This critical reading worksheet invites students to apply either a feminist or Marxist lens to an excerpt from The Great Gatsby. They analyze how gender, class, and power dynamics shape character portrayal and narrative perspective. Students answer guided questions exploring how critics interpret Daisy’s and Tom’s relationship through social or economic frameworks. The exercise promotes advanced literary criticism and encourages evidence-based analysis.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Literary Criticism and Critical Lenses

English Language Arts – Character and Theme Interpretation

English Language Arts – Analyzing Social and Historical Context in Literature

English Language Arts – Textual Evidence and Argumentation

This worksheet is part of our Grade 12 Reading Comprehension collection.