【英语论文】《飘》中斯嘉丽人物性格(英文).pdf

飘中斯嘉丽人物分析飘中斯嘉丽人物分析 the key figure in “gone with the wind” scarlett ohara 英文作品评论-小论文 “gone with the wind” is written by margaret mitchell. the novel was set in america civil war. it was set in the american south and told the story of a strong heroine, scarlett ohara, who struggled to find love during the chaotic civil war years and afterwards, and of her strength in surviving the war and its hardships. when i began to read the book, i was amazed at the behavior of scarlett. she didnt act as a girl that should be at that time. honestly speaking, i didnt think highly of her at first. as i went on reading, i became shocked by her. although her behavior was surprising, she could overcome so many difficulties and kept insisting on the life. after i finished the book, i was totally absorbed by the spirit of scarlett. never drew back when scarlett met with problems. and she fought bravely with fortune to keep the garden. at the same time, she took care of the family members with no turning back. although the strike came after another, she insisted on that tomorrow is another day. scarlett was born in a plantation owners family. however, she was out of common when she was a little girl. scarlett naturally took an aversion for all kinds of rules and regulations in the high society in the south. this reflected even more clearly through the contrast of the other women in the south. she distained those ways and challenged the all and the one. although the people in the high society criticized scarlett, the belief of scarlett never changed. no matter how the war had destroyed the happy life in the past and what great changes had taken place, she would spare no effort to keep living. the rebellious behavior of scarlett can mostly reflect on two things: she urged on ashley wilkes to elope with her and she herself operated the lumber mill after her marriage. when scarlett knew that ashley was going to marry melanie hamilton wilkes, she tried to stayed alone with ashley and let him know that she loved him. in order to revenge ashley, scarlett decided to get marry with melanies brother charles hamilton. at that time, the traditional conventions were rooted deeply in the south. it was an astonishment that a girl dared to do such a thing. scarlett presented her great courage and personality in solving the problem. whats more, after her marrying with frank kennedy, she herself took on the business of lumber mill. this was beyond the pale in the thoughts of atlantas people. besides her against of the traditional conventions, scarlett also had some praiseworthy characters. one of them was her responsibility. although she didnt like her sister and was strict with black people, even taking little care of her child, she didnt turn her back on one and all. she tried every effort to lead everyone to get over this hard period. with the purpose of keeping the garden and the family, she married with frank kennedy against her will. in a word, scarlett was a person with a high sense of responsibility. the most inspiring spirit on scarlett was that her braveness of facing the music and never flinching from difficulty. from the beginning of the story, failure came to scarlett one after another. when she was 16, the person she loved married with another girl. losing of husband followed up that. when 17, she became a widow with a son. soon after that, the american civil war forced her to get back to her home. however, a bigger disaster was around the corner. her mother passed away and her father became dementia. the plantation left nothing to her. facing the desperate eyes, scarlett didnt throw up her hands. neither didnt she addict to the happy time of the past nor didnt she lose her ambitions. she made up her minds to make the garden and the family back to life. scarlett went to pick cotton in person; she went to find the vegetables remaining in the abandoned fruit garden of neighborhood; she used a thin and weak house to borrow seeds and get the information from outside world; she even killed a north soldier who tried to stolen. when the garden and the family were faced with losing their homes, she tried to borrow money from rhett butler. but it didnt work. then she managed to get marry with frank kennedy, although she didnt willing to do that. at the end of the story, when rhett butler left scarlett, she felt sad. but she didnt fall into despair. on the contrary, she accepted this cruel blow. “tara! home. ill go home, and ill think of some way to get him back! after all, tomorrow is another day！” this was the motto of scarlett when meeting with difficulties. scarlett believed that all the suffering and the reverse would finally all go and tomorrow would be another new start. her s