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1、美国文学学期作业（2016-2017学年度第一学期）年级：姓名：学号：论文成绩：6An Analysis of Scarlett’s Character in Gone with the WindAwarswallowedabeautifulwoman,aperfectfamilyandalove.Everythingseemedtobeadream,goingwiththewind.Recently,IhavejustfinishedreadingafamousnovelwrittenbyMargaretMitchell
2、—GonewiththeWind,whichisoneofthemostpopularworksamongAmericannovels.Ittooktheauthorabout10years.Gone with the Wind is one of the most popular American novels. When it was published, its sales broke many records among the publishing circles, and it is famous all ov
3、er the world. The novel mainly describes the life of Scarlett who is the daughter of Tara’s master during the AmericanCivil War. Meanwhile with the hint of a triangular love between Scarlett, Ashley and Rhett, the novel depicts a wide and prosperous picture of the
4、 social life of the South in America. Not only the rich content of the novel but also the complex plots and the contradictions between the figures of the novel have an important artistic effect on shaping the characters in the novel. Among all the roles, Scarlett,
5、 is the most successful one who is fullof conflicting and complicated features.6Before the Civil War, spoiled and beautiful Scarlett is a proud princess. She is also naïve and carefree for she is brought up in a rich family, in which they have many large fertile f
6、ields to grow cottons and many slaves that work for them. It is no necessary for her to think about anything but just to dress in new costumes to attract the sights of the boys and to join the balls.Wherever she goes, she is always the focus and center among theyo
7、ung girls, and she is adored by many men, which irritates the other girls. So she gradually becomes a girl who is coddled, undisciplined, egotistic, fractious and narcissistic. She believes every man around the village will fall in love with her, and she can‟t end
8、ure the talk without a topic of her. But her self-centered and exclusive character causes the tragedies of her love. After her failure to confess to Ash
