《飄》,英文原名為Gone with the wind。是美國女作家瑪格麗特·米切爾(Margaret Mitchell 1900-1949)撰寫的長篇小說。小說以亞特蘭大以及附近的一個種植園為故事場景,是一部全景式的社會小說。
書名直譯應為「隨風飄逝」,它引自英國詩人思斯特·道生的詩句,又取義於小說第24章的一段概括性描寫,出自書中女主人公斯嘉麗之口,大意是說那場戰爭像咫風一般捲走了她的「整個世界」,她家的農場也「隨風飄逝」了。
斯嘉麗以這一短語抒發了南方農場主的思想感情,作者用來作為書名,也表明了她對南北戰爭的觀點,這與本書的內容是完全一致的。書名蘊藏著兩層含意:這呼嘯的咫風,指的是南北戰爭;那被飄去的雲朵,指的是農奴制的安逸生活。
創作背景
1、歷史背景
美國南北戰爭摧毀了喬治亞乃至整個南方的經濟,黑奴重新獲得自由,昔日奴隸主養尊處優的好時光隨風而逝,飄得遠遠的。為了生存,他們必須放下臭架子,努力奮斗,不然只有死路一條,連亞蘭大上流社會的中堅分子也不得不降貴屈尊,賣糕餅的賣糕餅,趕馬車的趕馬車。
2、時代背景
女性主義文學是開始於19世紀,到了20世紀開始蓬勃發展。女性主義的飛速發展與當時的社會環境、時代背景有著密切的聯系。隨著法國大革命所倡導的自由、平等、博愛及天賦人權等思想在整個世界范圍內迅速深入人心,從19世紀30年代開始,一場為了爭取女性在政治、經濟、教育等方而平等的女權運動開始了。1936年出版的瑪格麗特·米切爾的《飄》就是在這種情況下問世的。
❷ 《飄》的英文梗概
問問說有敏感內容,不讓我貼,所以你就點擊這個link吧
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=414427&category=Full%20Synopsis
❸ 電影《飄》片名 Gone with the Wind 有什麼來歷和含義
Gone是"Go"的過去分詞形式.Wind是"風"的意思."Gone with the wind"是跟著風一起走,也就是隨風飄去.
「Gone with the wind」題目代表著美國內戰前曾經在美國南方根深蒂固的一種生活方式的結束。就像電影開頭所說的那樣:There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South...
Here was the last ever to be seen of knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave...
Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered.
A Civilization gone with the wind.
「a civilization has gone with the wind」,意思是一種文明已經隨風而去。隨著戰爭的臨近,南方人原本的生活方式已經遠去。
一個文明是隨風而飄的,最終是要飄散的;一個人的命運是隨風而飄的,最終也會飄散。其實又豈只是一個文明的飄散,隨著文明飄散的是,無數個生命個體,一代人,一代人的夢想,一代人的生活方式。就像是面對一個終極的目標——死亡——一樣,你是選擇清醒而悲觀空虛地活下去,還是拋開這終極的目標盲目地積極活下去;在一個文明消逝之後,你是選擇在緬懷中活下去,還是拋棄過去,從新開始。
❹ 英語論文《飄》中Scarlett的人物性格分析
裡面的人物性格特徵很明顯 像思嘉 在那個年代她作為一個女性能為自己的土地爭取到最大的利益 我很佩服她 瑞德的個性是個不適合在那個年代的 不過他可以為了自己的女兒和那些表面上虛偽的人稱兄道弟
斯佳麗除了有智慧外還有責任心 負擔著四五口人 她本質上是個小女孩即使在戰後歷經磨難瑞特把注意力轉移到邦尼身上 她後來對錢十分渴求 心理學上稱為追求安全感 戰爭之苦讓她沒有安全感 所以她總會做身處迷霧的夢 而最後她才發現瑞特是她夢中的謎底
失去了才懂得珍惜,我很可憐這個女人,卻不能對他的一些做法苟同.在那個時代,他能夠堅強的活下來 確實不易,然而愛情決不是一個人可以任意揮霍的資本! 當愛情就在你身邊的時候,記得要認清 要珍惜 要呵護!
最後的結局讓我很失望也感到失落,當失去的時候才知道誰才是自已真正愛的人,真愛往往就在身邊,卻失之交臂
in her eyes,nothing is more important than him .She could run through the war,
but she hasn't grown up by this.she didn't know what she want,and always run after the thing she couldn't get,and was never satisfied with her condition.
the result is terrible ,she lost what she had !
after all tomorrow is another day !
中文名:飄
英語名:Gone with the wind
法語名:Autant en emporte le vent
導演:Victor Fleming
原著:《飄》(瑪格麗特·米切爾著)
出品:米高梅公司
主演:Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel等
1936年,美國女作家瑪格麗特·米切爾的暢銷小說《飄》問世了。好萊塢製片人大衛·O·謝爾茲尼克出五萬美元買下了拍攝權,並先後動用十八位編劇將這部三卷集的小說改寫成電影劇本。
《亂世佳人》(GONE WITH THE WIND)是好萊塢影史上最值得驕傲的一部曠世巨片,影片放映時間長達4小時,觀者如潮。其魅力貫穿整個20世紀,因此有好萊塢「第一巨片」之稱。影片當年耗資400多萬美元,歷時三年半完成,其間數換導演,銀幕上出現了60多位主要演員和9000多名配角演員。在1939年的第12屆奧斯卡獎中一舉奪得八項金像獎,轟動美國影壇。這部耗資巨大,場景豪華,戰爭場面宏大逼真的歷史巨片,以它令人稱道的藝術成就成為美國電影史上一部經典作品,令人百看不厭。
1861年南北戰爭爆發的前夕,塔拉庄園的千金小姐郝思嘉愛上了另一庄園主的兒子艾希利,但艾希利卻選擇了表妹——溫柔善良的韓媚蘭為終身伴侶。郝思嘉出於妒恨,搶先嫁給了韓媚 蘭的弟弟查爾斯。不久,美國南北戰爭爆發了。艾希利和查爾斯作 為徵兵上了前線。查爾斯很快就在戰爭中死去了。郝思嘉成了寡婦, 但她內心卻一直熱戀著艾希利。
一天,在一次舉行義賣的舞會上,郝思嘉和風度翩翩的商人白瑞德相識。白瑞德開始追求郝思嘉,但遭到她的拒絕。郝思嘉一心只想著去追求艾希利,結果也遭到拒絕。
在戰爭中,美國南方軍遭到失敗,亞特蘭大城裡擠滿了傷兵。 郝思嘉和表妹韓媚蘭自願加入護士行列照顧傷兵。目睹戰亂帶來的慘狀,任性的郝思嘉成熟了不少。這時,從前線傳來消息,北方軍快打過來了,不少人家驚惶地開始逃離家園。不巧韓媚蘭要生孩子了,郝思嘉只好留下來照顧她。
在北方軍大軍壓境之日,郝思嘉哀求白瑞德幫忙護送她和剛生 下孩子的韓媚蘭回塔拉庄園。白瑞德告訴郝思嘉他不能目睹南方軍 潰敗而不去助一臂之力,他要參加南方軍作戰,他留下一把手槍並 和郝思嘉擁吻告別。郝思嘉只好獨自勇敢地駕駛馬車回到塔拉庄園, 這時家裡已被北方軍士兵搶先洗動一空,母親在驚嚇中死去。
不久,戰爭結束了。生活依然困苦。北方來的統治者要庄園主 繳納重稅,郝思嘉在絕望中去亞特蘭大城找白瑞德借錢,但得知他 已被關進監獄。歸來的途中,郝思嘉遇上了本來要迎娶她妹妹的暴 發戶弗蘭克,為了要重振破產的家業,她騙取弗蘭克和自己結了婚。
郝思嘉在弗蘭克經營的木材廠非法僱用囚犯,並和北方來的商人大做生意。此時,白瑞德因用錢賄賂而恢復了自由。兩人偶然碰面,再次展開愛恨交織的關系。
弗蘭克和艾希利因加入了反政府的秘密組織,在一次集會時遭 北方軍包圍,弗蘭克中彈死亡,艾希利負傷逃亡,在白瑞德幫助下 回到韓媚蘭身邊。郝思嘉再次成為寡婦。此時,白瑞德前來向她求 婚,她終於與一直愛她的搞私運軍火和糧食致富的白瑞德結了婚。 婚後,夫妻二人住在亞特蘭大的豪華大宅。一年後,女兒邦妮出生, 白瑞德把全部感情投注到邦妮身上。郝思嘉偶然翻閱艾希利的照片 被白瑞德發現,終於導致了二人感情的破裂。其後,在艾希利的生日會前夕,郝思嘉與艾希利相見時熱情的擁抱引起旁人非議,但韓媚蘭不相信他們之間有曖昧關系。白瑞德可不這樣想。
當郝思嘉告訴白瑞德她已經再次懷孕時,白瑞德懷疑地問那是誰的孩子?郝思嘉在羞怒之下欲打白瑞德,卻不慎滾下樓梯引起流產。白瑞德感到內疚,決心同郝思嘉言歸於好,不料就在他倆談話時,小女兒邦妮意外墜馬摔死了。與此同時不幸的事也在另一個家庭里發生,韓媚蘭終因操勞過度卧病不起。臨終前,她把自已的丈夫艾希利和兒子託付給郝思嘉,但要求她保守這個秘密,郝思嘉不顧一切撲向艾希利的懷中,緊緊擁抱住他,站在一旁的白瑞德無法再忍受下去,而轉身離去。面對傷心欲絕毫無反應的艾希利,郝思嘉終於明白,她愛的艾希利其實是不存在的,她真正需要的是白瑞德。
當郝思嘉趕回家裡告訴白瑞德,她是真正愛他的時候,白瑞德已不再相信她。他決心離開郝思嘉,返回老家去尋找美好的事物, 被遺棄的郝思嘉站在濃霧迷漫的院中,想起了父親曾經對她說過的 一句話:「世界上唯有土地與明天同在。」她決定守在她的土地上 重新創造新的生活,她期盼著美好的明天的到來。
本片在第十二屆奧斯卡金像獎中榮獲八項大獎:最佳影片獎、最佳藝術指導獎、最佳編劇獎、最佳導演獎、最佳攝影獎、最佳女主角獎、最佳女配角獎和最佳剪輯獎。
永恆的戰爭與愛情的主題,永遠的《亂世佳人》。
❺ 求《飄》的英文版讀書報告
"Gone with the Wind"
- Margaret Mitchell (U.S.)
Author:
U.S. writer Margaret Mitchell wrote a work merely on the legendary place in the literary circles of writers, her only work, "Gone with the Wind" has become the United States once came the best-selling works of fiction . Since 1936, the date of publication, "Gone with the Wind" This will be the U.S. Civil War romance was broken all publishing records. In 1937, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Subsequently been made into movies, even movies in the history of American movies has become a classic.
November 8, 1900, Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, home of a lawyer. Her father was once the history of Atlanta, Chairman of the Institute. During the Civil War, Atlanta was in 1864, fell into the hands of the Northern Army generals Sherman. Later, it became the topic of enthusiastic residents of Atlanta. From childhood onwards, Margaret would always hear her father and friends, and even among residents to talk about the Civil War. When the 26-year-old Margaret decided to create a novel about the Civil War, Atlanta became the natural background of the novel.
Margaret was ecated at Smith College in Massachusetts. After the mother died, at home, needs her to preside over the household had to drop out. From 1922 onwards, she began to use his nickname "Peggy" to "Atlanta Journal" writer.
After a failed marriage later, Margaret in 1925 with the Georgia heat the company's advertising director, John Shi married. In 1926, because of a thigh injury, Margaret had to resign from the newspaper's work. In her husband's encouragement, she started to focus on creativity.
"Gone with the Wind," Margaret took up writing nearly 10 years. In July 1935, Macmillan decided to publish the novel, and tentatively named "Tomorrow is a new day." Since then, Margaret has spent half a year's time to cross-check fiction historical events involved in the specific time and place. Finally, she cited the American poet Ernest Dawson's a poem, the novel's title will be changed to "Gone with the Wind". Fiction Description:
"Gone with the Wind" is a United States Civil War, a historical background to the south of social life for the living environment panoramic social novels. Novel as the full social outlook of the U.S. South, as well as the colored people in the huge social change in the fate of the changes to show different characters through a complex social environment in the confusion in the fate of the changes revealed by the different personalities will inevitably move toward a different fate. By the use of women's specific viewing angle, subtle and profoundly depicted with Scarlett as the central figure, to Reid, Mei Lan, and Wei-Li as the main character of the Greek people's social activities, through their social activities,
Shows the complicated social picture, as well as the fate of their respective different direction.
In previous novels, the author used to shape the character of a single and prominent figure in the positive character is character, the great glory, without the slightest defects, while the negative characters are usually full of dark cunning and ruthless character, nature, character, a very different shape clear. The "Gone with the Wind" has broken this descriptive method, the novel by the characters presented to us are both positive and negative character of the combination, this combination of both the rounded personality and vivid realization of the character traits of each character, but also in the reveal deep-seated social changes brought about by a change of indivials. "Gone with the Wind"- Margaret Mitchell (U.S.)Author:U.S. writer Margaret Mitchell wrote a work merely on the legendary place in the literary circles of writers, her only work, "Gone with the Wind" has become the United States once came the best-selling works of fiction . Since 1936, the date of publication, "Gone with the Wind" This will be the U.S. Civil War romance was broken all publishing records. In 1937, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Subsequently been made into movies, even movies in the history of American movies has become a classic.November 8, 1900, Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, home of a lawyer. Her father was once the history of Atlanta, Chairman of the Institute. During the Civil War, Atlanta was in 1864, fell into the hands of the Northern Army generals Sherman. Later, it became the topic of enthusiastic residents of Atlanta. From childhood onwards, Margaret would always hear her father and friends, and even among residents to talk about the Civil War. When the 26-year-old Margaret decided to create a novel about the Civil War, Atlanta became the natural background of the novel.Margaret was ecated at Smith College in Massachusetts. After the mother died, at home, needs her to preside over the household had to drop out. From 1922 onwards, she began to use his nickname "Peggy" to "Atlanta Journal" writer.After a failed marriage later, Margaret in 1925 with the Georgia heat the company's advertising director, John Shi married. In 1926, because of a thigh injury, Margaret had to resign from the newspaper's work. In her husband's encouragement, she started to focus on creativity."Gone with the Wind," Margaret took up writing nearly 10 years. In July 1935, Macmillan decided to publish the novel, and tentatively named "Tomorrow is a new day." Since then, Margaret has spent half a year's time to cross-check fiction historical events involved in the specific time and place. Finally, she cited the American poet Ernest Dawson's a poem, the novel's title will be changed to "Gone with the Wind". Fiction Description:"Gone with the Wind" is a United States Civil War, a historical background to the south of social life for the living environment panoramic social novels. Novel as the full social outlook of the U.S. South, as well as the colored people in the huge social change in the fate of the changes to show different characters through a complex social environment in the confusion in the fate of the changes revealed by the different personalities will inevitably move toward a different fate. By the use of women's specific viewing angle, subtle and profoundly depicted with Scarlett as the central figure, to Reid, Mei Lan, and Wei-Li as the main character of the Greek people's social activities, through their social activities,Shows the complicated social picture, as well as the fate of their respective different direction.In previous novels, the author used to shape the character of a single and prominent figure in the positive character is character, the great glory, without the slightest defects, while the negative characters are usually full of dark cunning and ruthless character, nature, character, a very different shape clear. The "Gone with the Wind" has broken this descriptive method, the novel by the characters presented to us are both positive and negative character of the combination, this combination of both the rounded personality and vivid realization of the character traits of each character, but also in the reveal deep-seated social changes brought about by a change of indivials.
❻ 飄 還有啥名
英文名字是《Gone with the wind》,翻譯過來是《飄》,也可譯做《隨風而逝》.
電影的名字叫做《亂世佳人》.
❼ 影評電影《飄》,英語的怎麼寫
注意看了:gone with the wind
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.
Gone With the Wind, an all-time best-seller by Margaret
Mitchell, is a legendary recollection of the last brilliance of the Old South. The writer's debut novel was an instant success. And the story has been bestowed an even further reaching popularity since Vivian Leigh presented a vivid translation to the screen of Katie Scarlett O'Hara, a southern belle raised in her father's white-pillared plantation Tara. A climax of Hollywood, from Director Victor Fleming for MGM, Gone with the Wind is more than a vicissitude, it is also an old, lost culture revisited.
It is Old South, which today is no more than a dream remembered. People were once there, living with the high strong slaves' songs in the quarters, in security, peace and eternity. Here, Scarlett spends her young maiden years. She is well disciplined by her mother, but her blazing green eyes always betray her covert capricious self; the one who enjoys parties and the surrounding ofbeaus. She dreams to marry the noble Ashley Wilkes. The impending war shatters the golden peace of the South, and leaves many lives permanently changed. Plantations, treasures, and honor are ruined. Scarlett is made a most peculiar widow by the war, and then compelled into a second marriage in continuation of her struggle for the salvation of Tara. And her third marriage to Rhett Butler is also jeopardized because of her secret, stubborn ardency for Ashley.
❽ 《飄》的英文名字是什麼
《飄》,英文原名為Gone
with
the
wind。是美國女作家瑪格麗特·米切爾(Margaret
Mitchell
1900-1949)撰寫的長篇小說。小說以亞特蘭大以及附近的一個種植園為故事場景,描繪了美國南北戰爭前後南方人的生活,是一部全景式的社會小說。
它的同名電影在譯為中文時被稱為《亂世佳人》。
❾ 《飄》的英文簡介
Published in 1936, Gone with the Wind became an immediate best-seller, bringing first-time novelist Margaret Mitchell an overwhelming amount of critical and popular attention. Awarded the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, the novel was adapted as a film in 1939—an achievement that won ten Academy Awards. A historical romance set in northern Georgia ring the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction years, Gone with the Wind traces the life of Scarlett O'Hara and her relationships with Rhett Butler, and Ashley and Melanie Wilkes. The novel addresses such themes as survival, romantic love, and the societal structuring of gender and class.
Early appraisals of the novel noted its memorable characters and historical accuracy as well as Mitchell's remarkable storytelling ability, though other reviews dismissed the novel as melodramatic and trite. Mitchell drew on her extensive knowledge of Civil War history in order to establish a believable setting for Gone with the Wind, but also spent considerable time fact-checking in the Atlanta Public Library. Biographers and critics have discovered striking similarities between real people in Mitchell's life and characters in the novel, though whether Mitchell intentionally modeled her characters after people she knew is unclear. What remains certain, however, is that her powerful, enring story of love and survival set in the pre- and postwar South has made Gone with the Wind one of the most popular novels in American history.
❿ 飄的英文賞析
AbstractThis present paper concentrates on an analysis of the characters of the heroine: Scarlett in the novel <Gone with the wind>.Her characters can be analyzed by two aspects: the positive characters such as strong will and courage, honesty and keeping promise ; and the demerits in her characters, such as selfishness and coldness, abjection etc. To support the thesis, the paper is divided into five parts. The first part gives a brief introction to both the author and the novel. The second part makes an analysis of the positive characters of Scarlett. The third part makes an analysis of the demerits in Scarlett』s characters. The fourth part gives the reasons for the formation of Scarlett』s characters. The fifth part is the conclusion, restating the thesis of the paper.Key Words: Scarlett; Weakness of characteristic; Strength of characteristic; Personality formation I. Introction1.1 A brief Introction to the authorMargaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949), popularly known as Margaret Mitchell was an American author. She was born in a prominent Atlanta lawyer』s family in Atlanta. The time Mitchell grew up was under the environment of Civil War, she heard a lot of burning of the city, the use of the family house as an army hospital, and the sufferings of the family and their friends ring the post-war reconstruction period. Margaret started writing Gone with the Wind in 1926, which is the next year she married John Marsh. The aim of her writing is to write a defensive, chauvinistic account of the South』s war. The whole process of writing lasted almost 10 years. The novel Gone with the Wind was published in 1936, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 28 million copies. An American film based on this novel was released in 1939, which is one of the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.[Note1] Mitchell drew upon her encyclopedic knowledge of the Civil War and dramatic moments from her own life, and typed her epic novel on an old Remington typewriter. She originally named the heroine "Pansy O'Hara", and Tara was "Fontenoy Hall". She initially considered naming the novel Tote The Weary Load or Tomorrow Is Another Day .[Note 2] Mitchell wrote for her own enjoyment and with solid support from her husband. In 1949, crossing a street to go to a theater, Margaret Mitchell was killed by a drunken driver.1.2 A brief Introction to the novelThe story of Gone with the Wind revolves around Scarlett O』Hara, who is daughter of Irish landowner Gerald, and who has made the plantation Tara into one of Georgia』s finest. In this novel, Scarlett is in love with Ashley Wilkes, who marries his cousin Melanie. As the civil war begins, Scarlett bears the responsibility to protect her family and the pregnant Melanie. During the time she stays in Atlanta with relatives, she faces Sherman』s army and delivers Melanie』s baby as the city was in danger. During the after-war reconstruction period, Scarlett practically does business with the Yankees and so prospers and restores the fortunes of Tara. In this novel, she marries 3 times with purposes —firstly she married with Charles Hamilton to spite Ashley, a second time to pay off Tara』s postwar taxes, and the third time for fun. Her third husband, Rhett Butler, engages in lucrative deals with the Federal Army from the start of the conflict and right through Reconstruction. He was angry about his wife』s love for Ashley and selfish disengagement from him and their daughter, Bonnie Blue, who dies in a riding accident. The novel ends with Scarlett realizing how much she loves Rhett and resolving to get him back—by returning to her beloved hometown Tara to plan her strategy.II. An analysis of the positive characters of Scarlett2.1. Scarlett』s integrity to promise Scarlett』s integrity to promise is evidenced by what she does ring the war; she tries her best to look after Ashley』s wife and son, only because she loves Ashley and has promised him to take care of Melanie. Before Ashley leaves to fight for the South, he asked Scarlett to take care of his wife-Melanie. Scarlett agreed and carried her promise till the end of this story. Even though she is in love with Ashley, and jealous on Melanie, she always looks after her and her baby. After Ashley left, the Yankees finally begin their siege of Atlanta, the city evacuates. Melanie and Scarlett remain behind to leave the dangerous place as Melanie is pregnant and about to give birth. After attempts to get help, Scarlett delivers Melanie's baby herself. When they return back to Tara, Scarlett still constantly offers help to Melanie and her child. Even after Ashley returned back to Tara, Scarlett still offers help to his and her family. It is not only because she loves Ashley, but also because she wants to keep her promise, which she made long time ago. 2.2. Scarlett』s loyalty to loveScarlett』s loyalty to love is evidencedattractive to Scarlett, because he is a mystery to Scarlett; she is always trying to get to know Ashley』s real feelings. The things about Ashley, which she could not understand, make her love him more. They know each other since their childhood, Scarlett and Ashley always play together. She has seen him come and go and never gives him a thought, and Ashley has never seemed so very attractive to her at the early stage. Scarlett fell in love with Ashley since 「that day two years ago when Ashley, newly home from his three years』 Grand Tour in Europe, hand called to pay his respects, she had loved him.」 That year she is only 16, she is so attracted and falls in love with him until she is 28. She turns to see Ashley to be that authority figure, which she always respects and loves, but he is not able to be one for her. Her so-called love for Ashley is a kind of child』s love, because he is someone that denied her, so that makes her want it more. 「Even now, she could recall each detail of his dress, how brightly his boots shone, the head of a Mesa in cameo on his cravat pin, the wide Panama hat that was instantly in his hand when he saw her.」 However, Ashley does never show love to her, even though he knows clearly that she loves him, 「And yet- and yet – she knew he loved her. She could not be mistaken about it. Instinct stronger than reason and knowledge born of experience told her that he loved her. Too often she had surprised him when his eyes were neither drowsy nor remote, when he looked at her with a yearning and a sadness, which puzzled her. She knew he loved her.」 In fact, Ashley does not love her, but he chooses to keep a vague relationship with her. Although Scarlett knows Ashley does not love her, still wants Ashley to marry her at that time and wishful thinking to be his wife. She even encourages him to run away with her, which is always a nice dream to Scarlett. 2.3. Scarlett』s courageScarlett』s courage can be seen from what she does to protect her family and her second marriage to Frank. When Scarlett return Tara, the Tara's former overseer, Yankee Jonas Wilkerson, newly a Scallywag, raises the taxes on Tara to force the O'Haras out so that he and his wife can live there. In order to save Tara, Scarlett goes to Atlanta and gets Rhett to give her the money to pay the taxes. She soon finds out Rhett is in jail and unable to help her. She then runs into Frank Kennedy, who is a successful storeowner. Frank, is unable to resist Scarlett's charms, marries her and gives her the tax money. In all, her courage makes her to marry her second husband, Frank, in order to protect Tara, where her family is. 2. 4. Scarlett』s strong willScarlett』s strong will is reflected when she return back to Tara. At that time, Scarlett finds the house in Tara in ruins, the crops burned, most of the slaves run off, her mother dead, her father demented, and her two sisters sick with typhoid. Some of her npillaging of the Yankees and they share with her all that is possible. Therefore, Scarlett forces her family and the slaves to tend fields and pick cotton. During that reconstruction period, a lone Yankee soldier arrives looking to loot and assault Scarlett, she shoots him. In all, the Scarlett』s strong will makes her to do anything to protect Tara and herself. Scarlett has a practical nature and willingness to step on anyone who doesn't have her family's best interests at heart, including her own sister. For example, in her mind, and the circumstances appear to support her thinking, there simply was no choice if they were to keep Tara. Encouraged by her strong willingness to protect Tara, she had to steal and marry Frank Kennedy herself. In fact, what people hate most about her literally enabled her to save the family.2. 5. Scarlett』s strong sense of responsibilityScarlett has a strong sense of responsibility. During the war, she volunteers to take care of the wounded in Atlanta. She has a strong sense of social responsibility, similar as many white women; she takes an active and ecated part in the movement to separate the South from the North. To Scarlett, protecting south means to protect her family and the plantation. Atlanta is completely lost from South after Sherman』s campaign. Many people in Atlanta desert their lands and families and escape to other places. Scarlett』s sense of responsibility could be seen from her loves to family and the whole of Tara. Tara is her land and her backbone; she stays and tries her best to preserve Tara no matter what it costs. Moreover, her responsibility can be seen from how she keeps with her promises. Although she agrees to take care of Melanie because she is in love with Ashley and she does not want to upset him, but she eventually does all her best to keep this promise. 2.6. Scarlett』s pursuit of independenceScarlett is an independent woman to some extent. It can be shown when she returns Tara. She starts her business and practice usury, run timber mill, and illegally employ Negroes. Even though she is abused by the southern royalty to be greedy, selfish, shameless, cruel and cold, she is an adventure, an upstart and a great heroine who has survived in the war. In fact, all the people in Tara including the Ashleys are living on Scarlett』s shoulders. Without her help, Melanie and her child would be dead in the war. Without Scarlett to be an evil, Melanie could not be respected as an angel. Therefore, Scarlett is the real respectable person because of her independence and strong characteristic. It might be arguable that Scarlett is not a fully independent woman at first, because she is a spoiled girl at first, and then she relied on men to get through the challenges in her life. However, eventually after she goes back to Tara, she becomes an independent woman, she owns her business and she looks after her family and other people in Tara with h III. An analysis of Scarlett』s demerits in her characters3.1. Scarlett』s selfishness and coldnessScarlett』s selfishness and coldness could be reflected from her attempts to get Ashley in any mean. Against the background of war, Scarlett stays in Atlanta and enjoys the company of Rhett; on the other hand, she continues to carry a torch for Ashley. She does not really care about how Melanie feels about her relationship with Ashley, and she is willing to destroy Melanie』s marriage. The day Ashley leaves, Scarlett once again reveals her feelings to him, hoping Ashley will also break down and allow he to tell Scarlett that he loves her too. Ashley makes Scarlett promise that she will look after Melanie and see his family through the upcoming crisis in his absence. Scarlett blindly agrees to his promise. As Ashley intends to leave, Scarlett clings to him desperately and they share a passionate, forbidden embrace. From an ethical point of view, it is not right to destroy anybody else』s family, particularly Melanie is her relative. However, she still does it because she is selfish, she does not care the consequence, she just want to get love from Ashley 希望小弟轉載的能幫上忙