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1、OntheformationofScarlett’sCharacter1IntroductionThenovelGonewiththeWindbyMargaretMitchellisaclassicaboutthehardtimessufferedduringandaftertheCivilWar.Itwaspublishedin1936.ScarlettO’Hara,theheroineinGonewiththeWind,wasadaughterofasouthernplanter.ThenovelmainlytellsthelifeofScarlettbefo
2、reandaftertheAmericanCivilWarandatthesametimedepictsawideandprosperouspictureofthesociallifeoftheSouthinAmerica.Animportantelementofthestory’spopularityisScarlettO’Hara,theoutstandingheroinewhoisfullofconflictingandcomplicatedfeatures.Shewentthroughabadpitchinwhichshechangedfromasimpl
3、eandunaffectedmaidintoasagaciousandefficientcareerwoman.Scarletthasacomplexnature,distinctivepersonalityandunordinaryexperience.ThispapermainlyanalyzetheuniquecharacterofScarlettfromtwoaspects:thefirstoneishervirtuesanddefects;thesecondoneisthereasonsfortheformationofScarlett’scharact
4、er.Theanalysisaimsatshowingtheeternalcharmsoftheimageanddeepeningourunderstandingofthenovel.ThroughthewarandduringthereconstructionScarlettactsasaheroine.“Shesurvivestrialbyfireandhunger”.Butunlikeotherepicheroes,Scarlettloses;shemissesthebestfriendandlostthebesthusbandinherworld.Howe
5、ver,ScarlettisScarlett,astubbornwomanwhoalwayssays,“Anyway,tomorrowisanotherday”toherselfandthensolvestheproblems.Thistime,“withthespiritofherpeoplewhowouldnotknowtodefeat,evenwhenitstaredthemintheface.Sheraisedherchin.ShecouldgetRhettback.Sheknewshecould.Therehadneverbeenamanshecould
6、notget,onceshesetherminduponhim”.ThisisScarlett,rebel,willfulandstubborn,differentfromotheraristocraticwoman;sheisself-confident,independent,sagaciousandcandid.ThesecharactersmakeScarlettbescoldedmuchbycritics,“bedifferentandbedamned”.2TheVirtuesandDefectsinScarlett’sCharacter2.1Virtu
7、es2.1.1Scarlett’sBraveryandStubbornnessNotlonglaterAshleygoesbacktoteam,heiscaptured.Meanwhile,Melaniefindsherselfpregnant.Asthebattlefieldsituationgetsworse,theresidentsofAtlantabegintofleeaway.Sameastheothers,15ScarlettwantstogobacktoTara,too.ButMelanie’sdangeroushealthconditionreta
8、inshe