Growth of female independent Personality in《Gone With The Wind 》---开题报告

According to 《The awakening of women's rationalism》, the author Zhou tian-yi is in Scarlett’s different periods of life will be the formation of female independent personality into three process, are introduced to let her from before the war girl romance to become reality, reason, and even some cold. She beat market veterans with his sharp wit, wisdom in the family inheritance with his own beauty. Also fully reveal the importance of female awakening rationalism, seek firmly in the setback, positioning in the confusion is female awaken, beyond the self, necessary factors, also an important symbol of female digging true self value.

《Scarlett feminist interpretation》,the author Chang ai-ming consider that Scarlett’s independent personality can be divided into four aspects: against the feudal family education; Challenge the south moral codes; South moral; Dominate the personal love and marriage, all shows her upset the female charm of the old moral codes, the pursuit of personal happiness. a woman full of courage and wisdom. 

《Scarlett: Dream and People without Going with the Wind -Feminism Understanding of Gone with the Wind 》,The author Deng yu-fen is try to use the feminist perspective to interpret scarlett's character and destiny. Overall, Scarlett is the most successful one who is full of conflicting and independent and strong woman. Scarlett is not entirely a feminist, she had done in most cases is unconscious, spontaneous, is for the sake of interests. The novel is encourage women liberated from marriage and family, for economic and personal independence. She is the glorious image of a guiding beacon for generations of women fight for independence and freedom, equality and love light up the way forward. Although this road, long and hard, strive for complete equality between men and women may be in sight, but Scarlett in the patriarchal world exploration and efforts, its significance cannot be ignored, she will stay in the heart of tens of millions of readers.

In general, the female independent personality Scarlett’s experiences the process from the immature to mature, through the behavior of each period, the change of the clear Scarlett, she did not yield to the bondage of moral codes, bold to pursue your own happiness, the pursuit of equality between men and women, personality and economic independence, such a process is female, the process of life for each age everyone is not easy, it takes courage to live, one bow before difficulties is a life of the weak. Only overcoming difficulty, bravely face the reality can actively to solve problems, to dominate his own destiny.

1. Introduction

1.1. The background of novels 

1.2. The introduction of the authors

1.3. The Characters of Scarlett

2. Preliminary formation of female independent personality

2.1. Before the outbreak of war, Scarlett’s Rebellion against Social Restrictions. 

2.2. Scarlett does not like the other girls at that time.

2.3. While Ashley Wilkes refuse Scarlett's love, she married Charles Hamilton

3. The further development of the female independent personality

3.1. During the civil war, Scarlett has made a promise to Ashley to look after Melanie. 

3.2. Scarlett changes her concepts for the new life, She wants to feed her family and herself through her own work.

3.3. Scarlett kills a Yankee

4. Mature female independent personality

4.1. After the civil war, in order to save Tara, Scarlett marries her sister’s lover Frank 

4.2. Scarlett sticks to managing the sawmill herself. She puts her all energy to the business.

4.3. After Frank die, Scarlett marries Rhett.

5. Conclusion: Scarlett realizes that Rhett and herself are the people with the same character, she realizes the value of Rhett and want to get him back.

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