[Abstract] Conducted on the development of feminist movement and the background of the Great Depression, Gone with the Wind, is of great significance to the development of human society, especially to the female society. It enlightens the feminist movement, reflects the theme of gender, and expresses the awakening of woman’s sexual consciousness and self-consciousness and their seeking for independent human dignity.
There have been thousands of articles about these female characters in Gone with the wind, and the scholars have paid attention to detail. But, I firmly believe that the research of literature is aiming to provide services to the present world . Since the development of society goes on, the literature study cannot stop as well. The literary values of this novel lie in telling the female how to gain independence and respect, how to get equality in all aspects in social lives. In the light of these ideas, Gone with the Wind, is still of the practical significance.
[Key Words] female; feminism; gender; independence; Gone with the wind
有关现代女性角色的一些思索
——对《飘》中女性人物的分析
【摘 要】 《飘》的问世，对女权运动正处于发展阶段，人们的思想意识正在觉醒的人类社会（特别是女性社会）有重要意义。该书为女权运动指明了方向。它反映了性别不平等这个主题，表达出了女性自我和性别平等意识的觉醒，并且激励她们去探寻能够使自己获得独立的人格尊严的道路。
对《飘》中女性人物分析的文章有成千上万篇，可以说学者们对此已有相当透彻的研究。但我始终认为：文学研究是服务于现实社会的。社会发展没有停滞，文学研究也不可能止步。《飘》的文学价值在于引导女性如何去赢得独立，获得尊重，并在社会生活的各个方面取得与男性平等的地位。
【关键词】： 女性；女权主义；性别；独立；《飘》
Outline
1. Introduction
1.1 The author and the relating social backgrounds of this novel are introduced as follows.
1.2 Successful female characters make Gone with the Wind a permanent novel in literary history.
Thesis: The literary value of Gone with the Wind lies in arousing female’s gender consciousness and self-consciousness.
2. Feminist perspectives from the novel
2.1 Ellen 、Melanie and Scarlet are the best representatives of southern American woman in that period of time.
2.2 Scarlett is a model designed for feminists.
2.3 Different ends of these three women imply the promising future of feminism.
3. Some meditations on female roles
3.1 The defined female role is not inborn, but comes from the integration of a series of reasons.
3.2 Feminine literature develops with the social main stream.
3.3 New feminism are in an uprising way.
3.4 Modern females should be of the qualities of Scarlett.
4. Conclusion
4.1 Females are also great impetus to social development.
4.2 There is still an independent road ahead of all modern women which is a long and twisty one.
4.3 Gone with the Wind, for its meditations on female roles, is of great practical significance.
1. Introduction
1.1 The author and the relating social backgrounds of this novel are introduced as follows
Margaret Mitchell becomes a Pulitzer price winner because of her single masterpiece, Gone with the Wind. The novel is rooted in Mitchell’s careful and detailed knowledge of the U.S. Civil War and the Reconstruction in American South. She writes the novel, intending to depict southern women who have lived a leisurely life in the plantations. As a worldwide literature masterpiece, the novel embodies the culture of a specific time. Through reading, we cannot only enjoy the author’s fluent writing style, vivid depiction and detailed description, but can also experience that period of history and feel that period of culture the author described.
As the war destroys the previous peace and comfort, women enter new areas of activities. Since a large amount of men from every class go out to fight, women have to play many of their duties. Most southern ladies shoulder the burdensome tasks related to the administration of the plantations. They give the soldiers their hearty support by providing them with food and clothing, nursing the sick and wounded. They work in factories, engage in charitable activities, and even comment on political matters. These transitions are surely quite different from the experience of the vast majority of women during the prewar years. However, most people are too busy trying to view the activities as somehow threatening. The emergence of "new women" is related to the problem of change and progress. It has been thought that obvious moneymaking and even talk of money are vulgar in the extreme. But most people are obliged to make money by the war. If they don't part with the old ways and rush for pennies, they won't go with the tide of historical development and will be forsaken by the times. Mitchell designs a portrait of southern female experience as it is, that is, Scarlett O’Hara. In the process of changing, there are also some women who even never think of change, those are women like Ellen and Melanie.
1.2 Successful female characters make Gone with the Wind a permanent novel in literary history
At an intermediate point of view, Gone with the Wind, is a novel that still existing some kind of racial discrimination. Just as some scholars have figured out, there are only strong white female characters in this novel, while black females still live in dark. Anyway, depriving of racial problem, I suppose Gone with the Wind a great novel written for women.
In this paper, I just select Ellen、Melanie and Scarlet as my female models. They represent different kinds of women in a fast changing world. Some may say this topic has seemed a certain cliche, but, just calm down and take some meditations, you will easily find the novel aims to arouse females’ gender consciousness and self-consciousness. Meanwhile, it teaches females how to be women possessing traditional feminine virtues, like Ellen and Melanie. It can also teaches females how to be independent new women, like Scarlett. In a word, this novel can bring females much advice in well-playing female roles. Although the beautiful scenery and characters in the novel have been the past memory, the essence of female-role-playing is left permanently. It values every woman’s meditation on these female characters.
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