Who does Scarlett O’Hara from “Gone with the Wind” love – the man who gave her the strength to defeat herself, the Yankees, the horror of war and become superhuman, or the man who belittled her values, destroyed her achievements and tried to crush her soul?
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“Gone with the Wind” is a novel for love and greatness. In it, there are two mighty women. Scarlett O’Hara, amidst her vanity and stupidity, saved love and brought it to an era where there was no place for it. Melanie Hamilton-Wilkes faced the whole horror of the war with her fragility and reflected it as nobility and compassion. Scarlett was a downpour aiming to break free from its cloud. Melanie was a dew, caressing the grass and calmly waiting for the dawn. The two of them created a flood which drowned the new world in its beauty.
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“Gone with the Wind” is a stage of the might of history, the titanic pride of the South, unbendable love and merciless purity. This novel transforms horror into a song and love into a sun rising amidst a thunderstorm. Here, fear is a superior emotion as it is accompanied by courage, dignity, and will for life and the individual shines equally bright in the personal tragedies and in the common fate of the Confederation.
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In “Gone with the Wind” all characters participated in the competition for “Most contemptible person”. The four main characters competed
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