The Painting on Gatsby's Couch Was Chosen to Mirror Tom's Infidelity

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In the 2013 Great Gatsby, the couch where Nick waits while Tom cheats on Daisy is embroidered with Fragonard's 'The Swing' — a Rococo painting of a husband unknowingly pushing his wife toward her lover's gaze. Its placement during a cheating scene is deliberate visual commentary on marital betrayal, not set dressing.

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