Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Scarlett was the leading actress of this love story. She was the unity of contradiction. She wanted to be a gentlewoman like her mother, whereas at the same time she possessed the character of straightforward, rough and irascibility like her father. Although she maybe regarded as a bad woman, she was actually brave, strong and adaptive to the surroundings. She had gone through a hardship, yet she was never afraid of failure. Scarlett had pure affection for her beloved, however she focused on the wrong object.

The background of the story was American Civil War. In fact, Gone with the Wind virtually writes war, it actually writes about war’s influence on the human mind. Under such particular circumstance, Scarlett’s distinct personality and Rhett’s not to stick to one pattern breakthrough the limitation of traditional and moral manner reveals American spirit. Scarlett had gorgeous appearance and determination of following personal human scale. Rhett had power for perspective of life. They both set model for teenagers on personality in modern life. Scarlett had a monologue at the end of the movie. From this, we can see how optimistic and clinging she was.