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Gone With The Wind Psychological Analysis

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Scarlett and Melanie
Their relationship
Scarlett and Melanie’s relationship is a peculiar one. Almost all through the film Scarlett’s main feelings toward Melanie were annoyance, jealousy and resentment. However Melanie adored Scarlett more then everything. When Scarlett married her brother, Melanie looked at her as a sister and she never even faltered in her love for Scarlett. And even though they went through trials that could easily have broken a friendship. No matter what Scarlett did, both to her and to others, Melanie defended her and stood by her. Only when Melanie was laying at her deathbed does Scarlett realise that she loves her and that the best friend she has ever had is now dying. Melanie and Scarlett has been together under the …show more content…

She can be regarded as a feminist because it is she, not any other man, that saves Tara, rebuilds her and save her. And also Scarlett rescues Melanie and delivers her baby. So the circumstances that Scarlett faces in her life, make her adapt and change, perhaps even without knowing, so she survives and thrives. Unlike many of contemporaries, she went out and seized the opportunity, she plotted, schemed and puller strings until she got what she wanted. She used this whenever she wanted a man and she pursued them the same as she did everything else. And then she realised this potential in her and continues down that road so that all those who doubted her, especially because she was a woman, could go suck …show more content…

She wants to be in charge and when she was faced with almost unachievable obstacles, she would be the most determined to reach them. And she would do whatever it took to reach her goals. However, she is still in need of men’s protection and she does strive to catch their attention, especially Ashley’s. On the other hand Scarlett managed to survive war, bad marriages, starvation, almost being raped and the loss of loved ones. If she had given up and lost her faith she would have never gotten what she wanted, Tara. That was her dream and she would not let anything keep her from securing her beloved Tara. She manipulated, cheated, killed and sacrificed and did everything thing she had to do to save

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