GonewiththeWind学习课程

1、ContentsContent abstractAuthor introductionIntroduction for main charactersconclusionPlot summary第1页/共14页第一页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。Content abstract： 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

2、 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

3、 begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. 飘所讲述的是一个以美国南北战争为背景的爱情故事。 飘展现了美国南北战争时期南方动乱的社会现实，以“乱世佳人”斯嘉丽为主线，描写了几对青年的爱情纠葛。斯嘉丽年轻貌美，但她的所作所为显示了没落奴隶主阶级的某些本质特征：残酷、贪婪、自信；为了振兴家业，她以爱情和婚姻作为交易，三次婚姻没有一次出于真心，所以仍无法得到梦想的爱情，糊涂的她发现今生至爱时，爱

4、又离她而去。 第2页/共14页第二页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。Author introduction：Margaret Mitchell玛格丽特 米歇尔 Margaret Mitchell is a famous American author. She was born in Atlanta and she ever got the doctors degree of literature. She worked as a Atlanta Journal journalist .In 1937,she won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1939,she won

5、a gold medal of south association in New York. Unfortunately ,she died in a car accident . She didnt leave too many compositions. But she established the position by Gone with the wind. 第3页/共14页第三页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。 Margaret Mitchell admired people who fought their way through hard times successfull

6、y and came out survivors. She said that if her novel, Gone with the Wind, had a theme it was survival, I wrote about the people who had gumption and the people who didnt. With Gone with the Wind Margaret brought a promising message to all people - Tomorrow is another day. 第4页/共14页第四页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四

7、分。Plot summary The story happens during Civil War. Scarlet, the daughter of a farmer, was beautiful and attractive. When the war broke out, her life changed totally. Her husband died because of disease, and she became a widow. However, she was different from other women. She couldnt bear wearing dar

8、k clothes and staying at home all the time. Just at that time, Captain Butler came into her life. They were very similar, both treacherous奸诈的and avaricious贪婪的, so they soon became friends. Later on, Scarlet had her own factory, and was gradually disliked by many people because of her arrogance. Capt

9、ain Butler, who was very wealthy and charming as well, loved Scarlet. And before long, they got married.第5页/共14页第五页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。 On the other hand, Scarlet had been loving a man called Ashley for a long time, but Ashley had a wife, Melanie. Even after she got married with Butler, she still want

10、ed Ashley. Some time later, Scarlet and Captain Butler had a daughter. This made Butler become a kind father. But their daughter died. From then on, Scarlet and Butler quarreled much oftener than before. Otherwise, when Scarlet met Ashley on his birthday at the factory, people saw them hugging, and

11、this made Butler fly into a rage勃然大怒. Melanie fell sick and she was about to die. Scarlet talked with her beside her bed, and she suddenly realized that Melanie was her only female friend. She also realized she didnt really love Ashley. But everything was too late. When she came back home, Captain B

12、utler was leaving. Her tears couldnt do any help, and she could only watch him leave. 第6页/共14页第六页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。Introduction for main charactersScarlett OHara Scarlett is a pretty, coquettish Southern belle who grows up on the Georgia plantation of Tara in the years before the Civil War. Selfish,

13、 shrewd,and vain, Scarlett inherits the strong will of her father, Gerald, but also desires to please her well-bred, genteel mother, Ellen.When hardships plague Scarlett, she shoulders the troubles of her familyand friends. Scarletts simultaneous desire for the Southern gentleman Ashley and the oppo

14、rtunisticNew Southerner Rhett Butler parallels the Souths struggle to cling to tradition and still survive in the new era.第7页/共14页第七页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。Rhett Butler Scarletts third husband, and a dashing, dangerous adventurerand scoundrel. Expelled from WestPoint and disowned by his prominentCharlest

15、on family, Rhett becomesan opportunistic blockade-runner duringthe war, emerging as one of the only rich Southern men in Atlanta after the war. Rhett proves himself a loving fatherand, at times, a caring husband. Thoughhe loves Scarlett, his pride prevents himfrom showing her his love, and it even l

16、eads him to brutality. Candid, humorous, and contemptuous of silly social codes, Rhett exposes hypocrisy wherever he goes. He represents postwar society, a pragmatic,fast-pacedworld in which the strong thrive and the weak perish.第8页/共14页第八页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。Melanie Hamilton The frail, good-hearted w

17、ife ofAshley Wilkes. Melanie provokes Scarletts jealous hatred throughout most of the novel. After the two women suffer togetherthrough the Civil War, however, a strong bond forms between them. Eventually, Scarlett understandsthat Melanies unflagging love and supporthas been a source of strength for

18、 her. Like Ashley, Melanie embodies the values of the Old South, but in contrast to Ashleys futile dreaming, Melanie faces the world with quiet but powerful inner strength.第9页/共14页第九页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。The handsome, chivalrous, and honorable heir to theTwelve Oaks plantation near Tara. Ashley bewitch

19、es Scarlett through most of the novel. After the war, Ashley becomes resigned and sad, and he regrets not marrying Scarlett. Committed to his honor and Southern tradition,he cannot adjust to the postwar South. Ashley represents the values and nostalgia of the Old South.Ashley Wilkes第10页/共14页第十页，编辑于星期五：二十一点 四十四分。conclusion This story figured a lady who was fortitudinous. But the society made her play hard, and her personality distorted. She only cared for money, and she didnt care abo