Abstract

Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind is her only novel in her life, but with just one novel she is no doubt one of the greatest women writer in the world. Mixed with love, war and feminism, Gone with the Wind is successful and irreplaceable. This piece of dissertation mainly studies about the protagonist Scarlett O’Hara’s characteristics, a vivid female image who is smart, brave, strong-minded and independent, and yet she is also rebellious, vain, selfish and realistic. Scarlett is an unusual woman, she is not perfect but she is admired widely, she is the new woman of the old time. 

Key words: reconstruction, strong, rebellion

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction1

2. Scarlett before the war2 

2.1 Ignorant and innocent..2

2.2 Vain.3

2.3 Rebellious and smart.4

3. Scarlett in the war..5

3.1 Brave.6 

3.2 Strong-minded..7

3.3 Independent..8

3.4 Selfish8

4. Scarlett after the war.10

4.1 Realistic and even cruel11

4.2 Headstrong and tough.12

5. Conclusion14

References.   15