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The paper aims to describe the protagonist as ambitious to become the member of upper class in American society and financial gains by violating ethics for the purpose of power. He struggles and utilizes all sources to achieve his desired goals based on financial success. His involvement in different business activities, his movements from cities to cities and his emotional attachments are focused in Theodore Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire (1972); The Financier (1912), The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947) are subtitled as Trilogy of Desire. The title is consciously selected as it not only deals with three novels but also represents the three main desires of Frank Cowperwood: desire for financial gains, own and appreciate great works of art, and enjoy the company of beautiful women. The perspectives that illuminate the research aim is to explore the effects of financialisation on the power, sex and class. The collected data is analysed through inventory technique by descriptive and interpretative approaches. This research provides contribution for future research to highlight the same characteristics in another literary piece.

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