《乱世佳人》对21世纪女性的启示英语本科毕业论文.doc

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《乱世佳人》对21世纪女性的启示

专　　业:英语本科
考生姓名:张永慧
考生所在单位:唐山三友集团
准考证号:020303100626
导师姓名:黎新华
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完成日期：2013年 1月31日

"Gone with the Wind" the Revelation of the 21st Century Women

By

Zhang Yonghui

Prof. Li Xinhua, tutor

Submitted to the B.A. Committee in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
of Bachelor of Arts in the English Department
of Hebei Normal University

January31, 2013

摘要

《乱世佳人》是一部巨著，它为我们描绘了美国南北战争时期年轻人的爱情故事。女主人公斯嘉丽在战争的演变过程中也经历了个人的婚姻生活。三次婚姻均有不同的原因、经过和结果，也折射出斯嘉丽的性格特点以及对待感情生活的态度。她敢爱敢恨、自强自立的鲜明个性，与传统的南方女性迥然不同。另一位女主人公梅兰妮身上具备着斯嘉丽所不具备的优点，仁慈忠厚、宽容真诚。我们通过阅读这部著作，可以学习两位女性的优点，而摒弃她们的缺点。特别是作为21世纪的新女性，更要学习斯嘉丽的自强自立以及梅兰妮的自尊自爱，处理好事业和家庭的关系，创造出更加美好的生活。

关键词： 斯嘉丽 爱情 婚姻 事业 家庭

Abstract
" Gone with the wind " is a masterpiece, it describes for us young people’s love story during the American Civil War. The heroine Scarlett had also experienced the marriage life in the evolution process of war. Her three marriages were different in the reasons,the processes and the results, but all reflected Scarlett’s character and attitude towards love life. Her distinct personality, daring to love and hate,self-reliance, was totally different from the traditional southern women. Another heroine Melanie had advantages that Scarlett did not have,kind and honest, tolerant and sincere.Through reading this book, we can learn the advantages of the two females and exclude their disadvantages. Especially as the new women in twenty-first Century, we should learn Scarlett's self-reliance and Melanie's self-esteem, handling the relationship between career and family, to create a more wonderful life.
Keywords: Scarlett love marriage career family

Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………..........1
ChapterⅠ "Gone with the Wind" writings Profile……….….….…...........2
1. About the Author............................................................................................2
2. The main characters in the book....................................................................3
3. The main story...............................................................................................4
Chapter Ⅱ Scarlett's first marriage…………...............................................7
1. Background ……………………………………….......................................7
2. Experience ………………….…………………........................................7
3. Ending ……………………………………..................................................8
Chapter Ⅲ Scarlett's second marriage……………………………….........9
1. Background ………………………………………......................................9
2. Experience ………………….…………………......................................10
3. Ending ……………………………………................................................10
Chapter ⅣScarlett's third marriage………………………………..........12
1. Background ………………………………………....................................12
2. Experience ………………….…………………......................................12
3. Ending ……………………………………................................................13
Chapter ⅤScarlett Inspiration to Us……………………………….........15
1.Scarlett ’s character………………………………………..........................15
2. Scarlett's marriage views on love………………….………………….......16
3. We get inspiration……………………………………............................... 17
Conclusion ………………………………………………….………………19
Bibliography……………………………….……………..…………………20

Introduction
The thesis sorts out and analyzes “Gone with the Wind” heroine Scarlett’s love and marriage，and further reveal the character of the heroine.
The thesis reveals Scarlett’s concept of marriage and love by introducing Scarlett ’s three marriages experience.The first marriage with Charles was because she got angry when Ashley refused her love, and soon she became a widow; second times with Frank's marriage was in order to save Tara manor, similar to the first end; third with Rhett 's marriage because she could not resist the material temptation and Rhett’s hard in pursuit, and in the end she was abandoned since she had been to think constantly of Ashley.
Scarlett loved Ashley, but her love was blind.Eventually by the death of Melanie, Scarlett knew his true colors and found her true love, but it was too late.
Scarlett had distinctive personality, daring to love and hate, daringe to think and do. She had many advantages but also had many disadvantages.We can see her character and attitude towards love from her three marriage processes.
As women in the twenty-first Century, we should learn from Scarlett's self-reliance spirit and Melanie's self-esteem, becoming more perfect women.

Chapter Ⅰ "Gone with the Wind" writings Profile
1.About the Author
The author of "Gone with the Wind" is Margaret Mitchell who was born in a family lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, USA in November 8, 1900.She had been studied at the Theological Seminary in Washington and from Smith College in Massachusetts.Later because her mother died , she had to dropped out of school to support her family.During 1922 to 1926 ,she worked as a reporter of the local newspaper "The Atlanta Daily". She began the creation of "Gone with the Wind" in 1926.Ten years later,she finally finished it. The publication of "Gone with the Wind"brought Mitchell overnight fame,though it was her only book.
Mitchell’s father had been Atlanta Historical Society President. During the Civil War, Atlanta fell into the hands of the northern army generals Schulman in 1864.Then this became a favorite topic of Atlanta residents. Since childhood onwards, Margaret always heard her father and his friends talking about the Civil War, even among the residents. When the 26-year-old Margaret decided the creation of a Civil War novel, Atlanta naturally became the background of the novel. After a failed marriage, Marguerite married John Moore Stephens who was the advertising director of Georgia Heating Company. In 1926, due to the leg was wounded, Margaret had to resign from the newspaper. In husband's encouragement, she was committed to the creation.
In nearly 10 years, Margaret seldom talked to her friends about her manuscript. Although many people were aware that she was creating, but almost no one knew what she was writing specifically. The spring of 1935, the editor of the Macmillan Publishing Company, Harold • La Semu was soliciting contributions around the country. When he came to Atlanta, occasionally heard that Margaret wrote the book. At first, Margaret denied that she wrote the novel, because she did not believe publishers would be interested in Southerners ’s view of the Civil War. As a result, the day before La Semu left Atlanta, Margaret just sent him her manuscript already beaten and nearly five feet thick. In July of the same year, Macmillan decided to publish the novel, tentatively named "Tomorrow is a new day".
　　　Since then, Margaret spent half a year's time to cross-check the specific time and place of the historical events in the novel. She quoted the American poet Ernest - Dawson's long poem "Xin Lana"’s poem, the title of the novel" Gone with the Wind " instead. At the same time, the Macmillan Company also made a lot of publicity. Therefore, on June 30, 1936, once the great works of the unknown writer was available, the sales immediately broke a number of records of the U.S. publishing industry: the highest daily sales of 50,000; six months before the issue of 100 million books; 2,000,000 .subsequently. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and the Association of American Publishers Award.The year the novel came out, Hollywood would be a consideration of $ 50,000 purchased the rights to "Gone with the Wind" adapted into a movie. Produced by David Selznick, directed by Victor Fleming and other two men , Clark Gable and Feiwenlili starred in, the movie "Gone with the Wind" came out in 1939.
August 11, 1949, Mitchell and her husband went out to see a movie and was knocked down by a speeding taxi. Five days later, she died at the age of 49 years old and was buried in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery.
2. The main characters in the book
Scarlett: the heroine of the book, the daughter of Tara Gerald. She was the most beautiful, the most personality girl in Clayton. She was capricious, vain and stubborn, selfish, pragmatic and often dismissive of the moral traditions of the South. Starting from girlhood,she had been blindly adored Ashley. She pique married Melanie's brother Charles because of Ashley and Melanie’s engagement. In order to pay taxes to rebuild Tara, she was willing to sabotage her sister's love and married Frank. In the face of difficulties, extremely amazing strength and courage she showed. Rhett Butler was deeply attracted by her charm. She never saw Rhett Butler and Ashley's position in her own mind, and eventually lost the love of Rhett Butler. But she was strong enough to tell herself that she must have a way to get him back around her.
Ashley: Typical Southern family children, handsome, weak character, the decline of an aristocratic society, decadent atmosphere. He realized he was much different in character with Scarlett, and thus married fragile Melanie.After the war, all the old order of the South was broken. He was useless, and also lack the ability to operate Scarlett’s sawmill.
Melanie: Ashley's wife. Quiet, gentle, pure goodness, fraternity tolerance, focused almost entirely on the excellent quality Southern women should have before and after the Civil War.Although physically weak, but her strong and brave was no less than Scarlett. During the siege of Atlanta and rebuilt in Tara, she had a deep friendship with Scarlett.Throughout she deeply loved Scarlett, also tolerant, trust Scarlett. Finally, she risked her live for a second pregnancy and died for this.
Rhett Butler:The most complex, the sharpest vision of all the characters in the book. He was a bad son of a noble family in the South, stubborn, shrewd, cunning, war profiteers. His behavior was deeply despised by the Southern high society. However, in many ways, he embodied the soul of the noble place, such as the love to childen, non-discrimination servants, etc. He deeply loved Scarlett, and had long been awared that she and he were very similar to each other.After Frank's death, he married her. However,Scarlett could not comprehend his love for a long time, and he was heartbroken. After his daughter Bonnie’s death, his love to Scarlett was then all broken.
Gerald: Scarlett's father, Irish, rude and frank. In the War his wife was sick to death, and his heart died,too. Finally, when riding across the manor fence ,he fell off and passed away.
Ellen: Scarlett's mother, South door lady, gentle and beautiful, during the war died from typhoid fever.
Suellen: Scarlett's sister, Frank's fiancee. Selfish and awkward. Finally married Will.
Karin: Scarlett's sister, kind and quiet. For her sweetheart died in the war, she entered the convent after the war.
Charles: Melanie's brother, shy. Shortly after married Scarlett, unfortunately fell ill and died.
Pitt the Pat: Melanie's aunt. Timid by nature, not assertive, failing easily excited and fainted.
Bonnie: Rhett Butler and Scarlett's daughter, lovely, won all people’s love. Rhett Butler loved her deeply. Unfortunately, she died in a riding hurdle.
Frank: Suellen fiance, 40's, naturally timid. After the war,he operated a shop. Scarlett married him to get his money to save the manor. Later he participated in the three K Party, and was shot to death in a conflict.
3. The main story
Eve of the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Tara's rich princess Scarlett fell in love with the son of another manor’s son Ashley, but Ashley chose his cousin - the gentle kind Korea Melanie for lifelong companion. Scarlett out of jealousy, the first to marry a Korean Melanie's brother Charles. Soon, the American Civil War broke out. Ashley and Charles as conscription on the front. Charles died in the war soon. Scarlett O'Hara became a widow, but her heart had been in love with Ashley.
The day once held the bazaar dance, Scarlett O'Hara and the personable businessman Rhett Butler acquaintance. Rhett Butler began the pursuit of Scarlett O'Hara, but she refused. Scarlett obsessed with the idea to pursue Ashley, results also rejected.
During the war,Southern U.S. Army failed. Atlanta, the city was crowded with the wounded soldiers. Scarlett and Melanie voluntarily joined the nursing profession to take care of the wounded. Witnessed the horrors of war brought, headstrong Scarlett O'Hara matured a lot. At this time, the news came from the front, over the Northern Army Fighter, a lot of frightened people began to flee their homes. Unfortunately Melanie to have a baby, Scarlett had to stay to take care of her.
The date of the Northern Army arrived, Scarlett begged Rhett Butler to help her and Korea Melanie who had just given birth to a child, back Tara. Rhett Butler told Scarlett he could not witness the defeat of the Confederate army rather than to help. He would participate in the Confederate army combat. He left behind a pistol and Scarlett kissing farewell. Scarlett had a lone bravely driving a horse-drawn carriage back to Tara.This time her home had been looted by northern soldiers, and mother died in frightened.
Near the end of the war,life was still distressed. The rulers of the north forced the lord of the manor to pay heavy taxes. Scarlett O'Hara was in desperation and went to Atlanta to find Rhett Butler to borrow money, but learned that he had been in jail. Returning of the way, Scarlett met upstart Frank who was going to marry her sister. In order to revive the family business of bankruptcy, she defrauding Frank and married.
Scarlett unlawfully employed prisoners in the timber mill of Frank, and made big business with northern businessman. At this point, Rhett Butler restored the fRhettom with money. The two accidentally met again and expanded the love-hate relationship.
Because Frank and Ashley joined a secret anti-government organization, a rally was surrounded by northern forces. Frank was shot to death. Ashley wounded fled, back to Melanie side with Rhett Butler’s help. Scarlett became a widow again. At this point, Rhett Butler came to ask her to marry him. She finally got married with Rhett who always loved her and who got rich by engaging in the smuggling of arms and food. After marriage, the couple lived in Atlanta luxury mansion. A year later, their daughter Bonnie was born. Rhett Butler put all feelings into Bonnie. Scarlett occasionally read Ashley’s photos and was found by Rhett Butler, and eventually led to the rupture of their relationship. Subsequently, on the eve of Ashley's birthday, Scarlett and Ashley met and hugged warmly which caused others criticism.But Korean Melanie did not believe there was the ambiguous relations