One cannot escape what one fears.
The answer should be Theme is not the moral of a story.
The two daisy and Tom participate in the tragedy at the end by "retreating" and leaving the damage behind, relying on others to clean up the messes they have made.
Explanation:
- After the death of Gatsby, it all falls on Nick to "telephone news of the catastrophe" to all the villagers in the West Egg and all of the acquaintances of Gatsby.
- Daisy is one of Nick's early calls;he was still sure that she would be interested in her fate but he finds that she and Tom "had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.
- In the late October, Nick sees Tom Buchanan in Fifth Avenue by chance. Nick, looked forwarded at what Tom and Daisy did after Gatsby's death
- He refuses to shake hands with him, but Tom behaves as if this looks"crazy."
- Tom says that's not true and his behavior was justified in Tom's eyes.
I inferred you're referring to the story "Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe" by John Donne
Answer:
<u>The speaker wants to go away from his beloved as a "test run" for the separation they will experience at death. </u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
In this story piece, it is strongly believed that the speaker goes away in other to experience what was to come– their death.
Remember also, that they will not die at the same time, so test running their separation now would prepare them for a time when one of them will be left alive and alone.