课程论文课程名称：英美文学选读学分：题目：Analysis of the Character of Scarlett in姓名：Gone with the Wind学号：日期：Analysis of the Character of Scarlettin Gone with the WindAbstract:This paper mainly discusses Scarlett O Haras particular characters. Scarlett, whos clever, coquettish, stubborn and diligent, is different from other aristocratic woman. She has been married for three times and killed a thieving Yankee soldier; then buys sawmills, peddles timbering herself and earns money openly. The worst thing is she succeeds in business while other gentlemen lead poor lives. She is different, and also damned. But she is judged as a new woman in the old time.Key Words： Rebellious; different; new woman关于飘中斯嘉丽的性格分析摘要:这篇文章对于文学名著飘中的女主人公一斯佳丽奥哈拉的独特个性进 行了分析。斯佳丽不同于其他贵族妇女，她聪明、迷人、勤勉并且倔强而坚定。她共有三次婚姻，枪杀了一名正在家中行窃的北方士兵；后来买下锯木厂，自己 为卖木材而四处奔波，最后公然地赚取了很多钱。在许多绅士还过着贫困潦倒的 生活时，她却获得了成功，这是人们认为最不能接受的事情。她与众不同，因此 被谴责，但却是“旧”时代的“新”女性。关键词：反叛；与众不同；新女性Katie Scarlett OHara, the leading role of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, always gets mixed reception. Scarlett, whos clever, coquettish, stubborn and diligent, is different from other aristocratic woman. She has been married for three times and killed a thieving Yankee soldier; then buys sawmills, peddles timbering herself and earns money openly. The worst thing is she succeeds in business while other gentlemen lead poor lives. She is different, and also damned. She is judged as a new woman in theold time.Undoubtedly, if Scarlett were in our society, she would live comfortably. Meanwhile, she is a good example of survival. But we can not imitate Scarlett in all her ways. On the other hand, critics nowadays should criticize Scarlett in a new way, the way of how to survive in modern society.I . Present Social Situation of WomenSome novels and fictions create the images of women who are successful in career and gain respect from people. But these images are just the good wishes of the writers. The reason why these writers create such heroines is partly that in real life under that background, women can not easily succeed either in family life, career or interpersonal relationship.An ideal woman is one who should at least be successful in career, family and interpersonal relationship. But do not be scared of the three goals which seem difficult to achieve. To be an ideal woman, one can get some inspiration or suggestions from Scarlet and Melanie, the two heroines in Gone with the Wind.II.Description of Scarletfs Special Characters and StylesBefore the Civil War, Scarlett lives in a nearly perfect family. A gentle mother, a rich father, and a black mummy look after her well, and they make her a beautiful but spoiled girl. On the other hand, shes clever, diligent, brave and stubborn. Owing to these characters, her actions make her very welcome in gentlemen but unwelcome in ladies.A. The Background of Scarletfs FamilyScarlett shows her difference at the right opening of the novel. She has a ugently bred Creole mother from the seacoasf5 (John, 253). Ellen OHara, has never been seen stirred from her austere placidity nor her personal appointments anything but perfect, no mater what the hour of day or night” (Margaret, 42). “There was a steely quality under her stately gentleness that awed the whole household” (Margaret, 43). Scarlett regards her mother as “something holy and apart from all the rest of humankind and “the embodiment of justice, truth, loving tenderness and profound wisdom一a great lady.” Young Scarlett, or Scarlett antebellum, wants very much to emulate Ellen, but in order to avoid missing joys of life, she will follow her mother only on condition that “some day when she was married to Ashley and old, some day when she had time for itn(Margaret, 62). Nevertheless, Ellen does influence Scarlett much.On the other hand, Scarletfs father, Gerald (Hara, a little, hard-headed and blustering Irish man, is not well educated, he believes that a man who wants to be rich should be strong and unafraid of work. And Gerald is hardy. When Gerald wanted something, he gains it by taking the most direct route (Margaret, 48). This conclusion seemed to fit for Scarlett, too.B. Scarletfs Different Attitudes to the Social Life and Her Happiness AntebellumAs for Scarlett, in her face “were too sharply blended the delicate feature of her mother, a coast aristocrat of French descent, and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father (Margaret, 1). At the age of sixteen, thanks to Mammy and Ellen, “she looked sweet, charming and giddy, but she was, in reality, self-willed, vain and obstinate. She had the easily stirred passions of her Irish father and nothing except the thinnest veneer of her mothers unselfish and forbearing nature” (Margaret, 61). she is high hearted, vivacious and charming, different from other ladies, elegance. She is beautiful that she has made almost all the young men in the neighborhood court her; she has her own vi