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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelWomen, since the ancient time, have been culturally regarded as inert-frailcreatures
who continuously demand the guidance of men. This is what has
happened in any place in the world including Southern America. Due to this
evidence, I pick out to analyze Margaret Mitchell?s legendary work Gone with the
Wind which reveals the spirit of a Southern woman, Scarlett O?Hara. Because of
the Civil War, the South undergoes chaos that leads the people into the "darkages"
of their life. The confusing circumstances arouse the ambitions of Scarlett
O?Hara to preserve the family plantation, which is regarded as the measurement of
the family?s pride, and to win Ashley Wilkes, whom she thinks she loves very
dearly. Obviously, as the ambitions grow up and strongly empower her life, she
does numerous of sensational actions in reaching out the two ambitions, which
drive her to rebel against the Southern value. Hence, it inspires me to discuss
about the factors that stir up Scarlett O?Hara?s ambitions, and her ways to achieve
them. I use the literary approach to do the whole analysis. For that purpose, I
apply the literary theories as the main tool, namely the theories of setting,
characterization, and conflict. Besides, as the element of feminism does appear in
Scarlett O?Hara?s demeanors, I apply the theory of feminism as the supporting
tool. As my findings, I see that the factors of the ambitions mostly related to the
conditions before and after the war. And, she utilizes any means to achieve the
ambitions. Still, she cannot completely accomplish her two ambitions. Tara has
already been successfully rebuilt, but she has lost "the-home-atmosphere" there;
besides, she fails to possess Ashley Wilkes.