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1、Females'attitudetowardloveandmarriageinGonewiththeWind1.IntroductionMargaretMitchell’sGonewiththeWindisconsideredtobeoneofthemostpopularnovelsandmoviesofallthetime.ItisthePulitzerPrizewinnerof1936.Peoplecontinuetowatchtheadaptedfilmandfantasizeaboutthisnovelalmostseventyyearsafteritwaswr
2、itten.Mitchell'sworkrelatesthestoryofarebelliousSouthernbellenamedScarlettO'Haraandherexperienceswithfriends,family,lovers,andenemiesbefore,during,andaftertheCivilWar.ThroughdescribingScarlett'slife,MitchellexaminedtheeffectofthewarontheoldorderoftheSouth,andtheaftermathofthewaronwhatwas
3、leftofthesouthernplanterclass.ThenovelissetinNorthGeorgiaatthetimeoftheAmericanCivilWar,from1861to1865andbeyondwhentheSouthernplantationownersfoughtthenorthernYankeesfortherighttoownslaves.Theylostthewar,sufferedinnumerablelossesoflifeintheprocess,andtheromanticplantationlifedepictedinth
4、eearlychaptersofthenovelwasutterlydestroyed.Duringthisperiodthecharactersinthenovelhadtoundergothetransitionfromacarefreeplayfullifeofpicnicsandparties(underlainbythehardgraftoftheirslaves)tooneofhand-to-mouthlivingwithhardphysicallabor,andfinally,backtoprosperity.ThispaperdescribesMarga
5、retMitchell’senvironmentofpersonalgrowth,lifeexperience,marriageandotheraspectsofemotionaldescription,andhercreativeprocessofthisimmortalwork,aswellasinspirationforwritingandwritingbackground,andcombinedwiththecharacteristicsoftheheroineScarlett’spersonalityaswellasherviewofloveandmarria
6、ge.Ithasafurtherexploretheawakingofself-consciousnessaboutmarriageandspiritofseekingautonomousrightaboutlife.Theauthor’sexperienceinemotionandthoughtestablishedfoundationforthisworks.2.BiographyofMargaretMitchellMargaretMitchellwasbornonNov.8,1900inAtlantatoafamilywithancestrynotunliketh
7、eO’Hara’sinGonewiththeWind.Hermother,MaryIsabelle“Maybelle”StephenswasofIrish-Catholicancestry.Herfather,EugeneMuseMitchell,anAtlantaattorney,descendedfromScotch-IrishandFrenchHuguenots.Thefamilyincludedmanysoldiers--membersofthefamilyhadfoughtintheAmericanRevolution,Iris