Content
I. Introduction………………………………………………………...………….2
1.1 A brief introduction to Margaret Mitchell……………………………….2
1.2 A brief introduction of Gone with the Wind...……….……….…………..3
1.3 Feminist analysis of Gone with the Wind...……….………….…………..3
II. Literature Review……………………………….…………………………….4
III. Scarlett’s Background and Appearance………………………...…………….5
IV. Scarlett’s nature, growth and maturity………………………………………..6
4.1Scarlett’s nature………………………..…………………….….……..….6
4.2Scarlett’s growth………….………...…….…………….……….…..……9
4.3Scarlett’s maturity…..…………….….……..…………….………….…..13
V. Scarlett’s attitude toward society..……………………….…..…….……...….14
VI. Scarlett’s attitude towards difficulties and fates..............................................16
VII. Scarlett’s limitation due to her time...………………………………………18
VIII. Conclusion and discussion…………………………………………………19
IX. References……………………………………………………………………22
Study on Female Characters of Scarlett in Gone with the Wind
I. Introduction
1.1 A brief introduction to Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell(November 8，1900-August 16，1949)was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her epic novel Gone with the Wind, her only major publication．This novel is one of the most popular books of all time，selling more than 30 million copies(see list of best-selling books)．The film adaptation of it, released in 1939，became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood，and it received a record—breaking ten Academy Awards(a record since eclipsed by Ben Hur，The Lord of the Rings：The Return of the King and Titanic)．Mitchell has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a Great Americans series postage stamp．
