Unrequited love really fit’s the novel "The Great Gatsby" very perfectly. In the novel, Jay Gatsby is in love with Daisy and Daisy is in love with Gatsby. They both love each other very much, even though Daisy is married to Tom, she is having an affair with Gatsby. Tom is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson and though he is having an affair with Myrtle, he still loves Daisy very much. Tom also cares for Daisy.
After Daisy met Gatsby again after so many years they fell in love. Daisy doesn’t really love Tom anymore, even though Tom "claims" that he is in love with Daisy and cares for her, Daisy knows that he doesn't really mean it. Since Tom loves Daisy but Daisy doesn't love Tom, this is considered unrequited love.
Another example of unrequited love is Wilson and Myrtle. Wilson and Myrtle are married to each other, but Myrtle doesn't have any feelings toward Wilson. Even though Myrtle doesn't love Wilson, Wilson loves and cares about her and would do anything for her. He would do just about anything that would make her happy. Myrtle is Tom’s mistress and is having an affair with Tom. She is very jealous of Daisy and wants Tom to divorce Daisy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrequited_love)
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