【正文】 leman! Rhett: A minor point, at such a moment... Here. If anyone lays a hand on this nag, shoot him, but don39。m not asking you to five me. I39。s all over, and I need you! Why? Why? Rhett: Why? Maybe it39。 she is traditional, graceful and tolerant. The old South has gone with the wind, and so Melanie. Scarlett was not, she is new, and she is decisive and firm. She is quite an opponent of the old South. New American es, and so Scarlett. The conclusion summarizes the whole thesis and reiterates the main viewpoint: her transformations connected closely with her three stages of life. She is increasingly maturing and in the end bees a new Southern woman with strong feminism leanings. When we faced with difficulties we will call the memories of Scarlett and her words to the world “Tomorrow is another day”! Key words: Gone with the Wind； War； Feminist leaning； Contrast v Contents Introduction ……………………… .………… ..… ...… .… .…… ..… .…… 1 Chapter One The Period before the War.....................................................2 About the Title..................................................................................2 The Plot Summary…………………………………… …................2 Scarlett in the Period before War……………… ..…… ......… .........4 Education of the Women in the South before War...................4 Scarlett the Rebellious Girl………… .......................................6 The Summary… …………… .………… .… .… .… ………… ...........8 Chapter Two The Period in the War………… .…… … ..… .… .…… .….... 9 Plot Summary............................................................................9 Scarlett?s Capability of Changing with Times………… ...… ........11 Scarlett?s Persistent Pursuit of Better Life…………… … .............13 The Summary……………………………………………… .........14 Chapter Three The Period after the War……… ..……… ........................15 The Plot Summary……………………………… ..........................15 Scarlett?s Persistent Pursuit of True Love…………………… ......16 The Contrast of Scarlett and Melanie.............................................18 Conclusion………… … ………………… ……………………… … .… ...19 Notes………… …………………………………………… .…… ..…… ..21 Bibliography ……………………… ..………… ……………… … .…… .22 vi Introduction Gone with the Wind has been hailed as a triumph of American literature and film. In1937, Margaret. Mitchell won Pulitzer Prize, for her sweeping portrayal of the crumbling of the Old South. Since then, the novel has sold millions of copies. The film, a production by David , exceeded all expectations, receiving critical and public acclaim that included an unprecedented ten Academy Awards.[1] Even today, Gone with the Wind, despite its many historical inaccuracies, forms the basis of American popular memory of the Old South in the years since the Civil War, but Margaret Mitchell?s tale is the one that is most deeply embedded in American culture. The novel mainly describes the life of Scarlett who is the daughter of Tara?s master around the American Civil War. Meanwhile with the hint of a triangular love between Scarlett, Ashley and Rhett, the novel depicts a wide and prosperous picture of the social life of the South in America. An important element of the story?s popularity is Scarlett O?Hara, the outstanding heroine who is full of conflicting and plicated features. This article analyzes the character of Scarlett from three aspects: the first one is her attitude towards life around the civil war。作者瑪格麗特 .米歇爾是一個(gè)具有女性主義意識(shí)的女作家。對(duì)本文的研究做出重要貢 獻(xiàn)的個(gè)人和集體，均已在文中以明確方式標(biāo)明。盡我所知，除文中特 別加以標(biāo)注和致謝的地方外，不包含其他人或組織已經(jīng)發(fā)表或公布過(guò)的研究成果，也不包含我為獲得 及其它教育機(jī)構(gòu)的學(xué)位或?qū)W歷而使用過(guò)的材料。本人授權(quán) 大學(xué)可以將本學(xué)位論文的全部或部分內(nèi)容編入有關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)進(jìn)行檢索，可以采用影印、縮印或掃描等復(fù)制手段保存和匯編本學(xué)位論文。對(duì)比部分主要是斯佳麗與媚蘭與斯佳麗對(duì)比。 she flees back to her family?s plantation, Tara. At one point, she wondered, “Was Tara still standing? Or was Tara also gone with the wind which had swept through Geia?”[7] The title is beautiful, gone with the wind, everything, like the old traditional South, like Melanie, like the slave system and Scarlett?s love to Ashley… The Plot Summary The novel opens at Tara, the O?Haras? plantation in Geia, with scarlet O?Hara flirting idly with Brent and Stuart Tarleton, twin brothers who live on a nearby plantation. Amidst the chatter, the pair tells Scarlett that Ashley Wilkes, the man Scarlett secretly loves, and his cousin Melanie Hamilton, a plain and gentle lady from Atlanta, are to be married. Shocked, Scarlett sits in silence until the two leave, without inviting them to dinner. Ignoring her mammy?s cautions against the cold, Scarlett goes to meet her father to confirm the news. After discovering the truth of the 8 engagement, Scarlett is miserable, but realizes that Ashley has no idea that she?s in love with him. She plans to make Ashley jealous by surrounding herself with boys in love with her at the barbecue the next day at the Wilkes plantation of Twelve Oaks, and then afterwards admit to him that she prefers him above all others. She never thought of the war, even it would break out soon, even everyone in the South was talking about it included her father, what she cares is only Ashley, the man she loved. But things did not go according to plan, when she finds Ashley later, he tells her that though he lives her, he will still marry Melanie. The innocent poor girl was really hurt. She slapped Ashley in his face. Moreover the unexpected man Rhett Butler, hidden behind a couch during the emotional scene, sees Scarlett throw a vase across the room in anger after Ashley leaves, and is impressed by her fire. But Scarlett still holds the idea that she herself is the true love of Ashley. To revenge Ashley, she decided to marry Charles Hamilton who she didn?t love at all, but Charles sister Melanie really appreciated that. So both couples married within two weeks,