On Scarlett’s Views of Love and Marriage in Gone with the Wind
A paper Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of B.A. in English
中文摘要
《飘》是美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔生前唯一出版的小说，是美国文学史上经典的爱情小说之一。该小说以美国南北战争及战后重建为背景，以人物的爱情纠葛和生活遭遇为主线，主要描绘女主人公斯佳丽的爱情与婚姻。
首先，本文分析了斯佳丽的爱情观，她一方面对爱情抱有幻想，是一位爱情理想主义者；另一方面她对爱情又犹豫不决。其次，本文分析了斯佳丽的婚姻观。斯佳丽结过三次婚，但每次婚姻都不是基于爱，而是为了满足她的需要。为了报复艾希礼，她嫁给了查尔斯；为了金钱，她嫁给了弗兰克；为了满足虚荣心，她嫁给了瑞德。通过婚姻和自身的努力，最后她得到了自己梦寐以求的金钱、地位，重建了塔拉庄园。最后本文分析了斯佳丽爱情婚姻观形成的原因。通过对《飘》中斯佳丽的爱情婚姻观的分析，希望能帮助现代社会中的年轻人，树
立正确的爱情婚姻观。
关键词：斯佳丽，爱情，生活，婚姻疣是什么病是什么原因引起的
Abstract
Gone with the wind is the only novel written by Margaret Mitchell, which is one of the classic love novels in the history of American literature. The novel ts in the background of the American civil war and postwar reconstruction, focus on the love relationship and life experience of main characters, and mainly depicts the love and marriage of the heroine, Scarlett.
Firstly, the paper makes an 螺旋筋analysis of Scarlett’s views of love. On the one hand she is 休憩的近义词an idealist towards love; on the other hand she is uncertain about love. Secondly the paper focus on Scarlett’s views of marriage. Scarlett gets married three times, but each marriage is not bad on love, just for satisfying her need. In retaliation for Ashley, she ge
ts married with Charles; in order to live, she gets married with Frank; in order to satisfy her vanity, she gets married with Rhett. Eventually, she obtains the money and position which she is dying for, and rebuilds Tara, the manor, through marriage and her own effort. At last, the caus of Scarlett’s views of love and marriage have been discusd. Through analyzing Scarlett’s views of love and marriage in Gone with the wind, the paper aims at helping young people in modern society to establish proper attitude towards love and marriage.
Key Words: Scarlett, love, life, marriage
CONTENTS
1 . Introduction 1
2. Scarlett’s Attitude towards Love 1
2.1 Idealism for Love 1手机有什么用
2.2 Uncertainty about Love 舂晚2
3. Scarlett’s Attitude towards Marriage 3
3.1 A Purpoful Attitude towards Marriage 3
3.1.1 The Purpo of Scarlett’s 团建活动的目的First Marriage 4强烈的反义词是什么
3.1.2 The Purpo of Scarlett’s Second Marriage 5
3.1.3The Purpo of Scarlett’sThird Marriage 5
3.2 An Unrious Attitude towards Her Marriage. 6
4. The Caus for Her Views of Love and Marriage 7
4.1 The Civil War 7
4.2 The Life Experience of Scarlett 8
4.3 The Personality of Scarlett 9
5. Conclusion 10
Works Cited 12
1. Introduction
The book Gone with the Wind written by American female writer Margaret Mitchell is one of the most popular American novels, and it enables Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Its sales broke many records among the publishing circles when it was published, which now has been translated into more than thirty languages.
The novel depicts a vivid picture of the social life of the South in America during the American Civil War. It is a love story which takes place during the American Civil War. The main character is Scarlett, who father owns a big plantation calls Tara in the southern state of Georgia. She falls in love with Ashley, but he loves his cousin Melanie and gets married with her. Scarlett first marries Charles and unfortunately he dies in the war. Scarlett becomes a widow. When the war ends, life is really hard for her family and S
carlett takes charge of the whole family. Later she marries Frank who is shot to death and she becomes a widow again.
The third time she marries Rhett Butler, a businessman, and they have a baby girl called Bonnie. Bonnie unexpectedly dies from a fall becau of an accident. After a ries of events, Scarlett finally comes to understand that who she really needs is Rhett Butler. Becau there are some misunderstandings between them, Rhett Butler c今日诗an no longer trust her and he is determined to leave Scarlett.
2. Scarlett’s Attitude towards Love
Scarlett keeps chasing Ashley for many years. In this process, she los herlf and forgets what the true love is. At last, she realizes that for many years, Ashley is just an imagination of her and the real man she loves is Rhett, who helps her out of the bondage of mourning; who saves her through the fire and explosions; who comforts her when she wakes up from the horrible nightmare. However, Rhett is tired and decides to leave her.
