Daisy Buchanan overwhelms all whom she encounters. She is lovely, charming, and extravagantly dressed. But when Fitzgerald strips away the facade, it is seen that Daisy is no romantic trophy Gatsby fantasizes about; she is a symbol of the hollowness in the fantasy. To Gatsby, Daisy is the very essence of success. He lives his entire adult life as the kind of man worthy of her love. But Gatsby is lovesick for Daisy; he’s lovesick for the idea of her. He thinks she is perfect, something golden and pure. But when he finally manages to win her round, she can’t live up to that ideal. Daisy’s affluent tone speaks volumes. Her musical, come-on voice, not just because it is pleasant to the ear, but also because it promises privilege, entry into the society Gatsby wishes to enter. But Daisy is also narcissistic. When Gatsby is murdered, she escapes into her luxury and wealth with Tom, never once looking back over her shoulder. Fitzgerald is employing Daisy as a means to examine the risks of idealizing other individuals and illusions that we project upon others. She is not evil, she’s just constructed by her society. She’s conditioned to understand that beauty and money are all that are important, and she does. Daisy is not a character, but a symbol for all that Gatsby desires and can never actually possess. And when he does get to her, the gold dissolves and there is nothing there.