浅析《飘》中斯嘉丽的婚姻观.docx

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浅析《飘》中斯嘉丽的婚姻观

菏泽学院

HezeUniversity

本科生毕业设计（论文）

题　　目

AnAnalysisofScarlett’sViewofMarriage

inGonewiththeWind

浅析《飘》中斯嘉丽的婚姻观

姓　　名

袁玮玮学号2012042039

系别

外国语系

专　　业

英语

指导教师

付素萍职称讲师

2014年5月20日

AnAnalysisofScarlett’sViewofMarriage

inGonewiththeWind

A

Thesis

Presentedto

ForeignLanguagesDepartment

HezeUniversity

InPartialFulfilmentoftheRequirements

FortheDegreeofBachelorofArts

ByYuanWeiwei

UndertheSupervisionofFuSuping

May,2014

《飘》中斯嘉丽婚姻观的分析

英语专业学生袁玮玮

指导教师付素萍

摘要:

《飘》是美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔的杰作，它讲述了一个美国文学史上经典的爱情小说故事。

该小说以美国南北战争及战后重建为背景，以人物的爱情纠葛和生活遭遇为主线，主要描绘女主人公斯嘉丽的爱情与婚姻。

在对《飘》进行整体介绍之后，通过对斯嘉丽建立于报复、建立于金钱、建立于虚荣的三次婚姻的分析，融合了热爱家园、热爱朋友及对爱情的执着，表现了斯嘉丽三次婚姻不同的婚姻观，指出了斯嘉丽的婚姻观所形成的原因是当时的社会背景及其个性所致，并引导读者树立正确的婚姻观，同时激励人们积极乐观、坚强地对待困难。

AnAnalysisofScarlett'sViewofMarriage

inGonewiththeWind

StudentmajoringinEnglishYuanWeiwei

TutorFuSuping

Abstract:

GonewiththeWindisthemasterpiecewrittenbyMargaretMitchell,whichtellsaclassiclovestoryinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.ThisnovelsetsinthebackgroundoftheAmericanCivilWarandthepost-warreconstruction.Itregardsseveralyoungmen’slovestoriesandlifeexperienceasthemainline,concentratesontheloveandmarriageofthemainheroine,Scarlett.AftergivinganoverallintroductionofGonewiththeWind,thisthesisfocusesonanalyzingScarlett’smarriagesbasedonrevenge,basedonmoneyandbasedonvanity,mixeslovingthehometown,lovingthefriendsandthepersistencetothelovetogether.ItpointsoutthereasonofScarlett’sviewofmarriageiscausedbythesocietyandherpersonality.Italsoleadsthereaderstosetupacorrectattitudetoloveandmarriage.Atthesametime,itinspirespeopletobestrongandoptimisticwhenfacingtothedifficulties.

Keywords:

GonewiththeWind;Scarlett;viewofmarriage

CONTENTS

摘要i

Abstractii

Introduction

ThebookGonewiththeWindwrittenbytheAmericanfemalewriterMargaretMitchellisoneofthemostpopularAmericannovels,anditenablesMargaretMitchelltowinthePulitzerPrizein1937.ItsetsinthebackgroundofAtlantaandthepost-warreconstructionintheAmericanCivilWar,concentratesontheloveandmarriageofthemainheroineScarlettandtellsalovestoryofseveralyoungmen.Oncethenovelispublished,ithasbecomethebest-sellingworksoffictionintheworld.ItspublicationalsomakesMargaretMitchellbecomealiterarycelebrityovernightintheUnitedStates.Itssalebreaksmanyrecordsamongthepublishingcircleswhenitispublished,whichnowhasbeentranslatedintomorethanthirtylanguages.ThenoveldepictsavividpictureofthesociallifeduringtheAmericanCivilWar.ItisalovestorywhichtakesplaceintheSouthAmerica.ThemaincharacterisScarlett,whosefatherownsabigplantationcalledTarainthesouthernstateofGeorgia.ShefallsinlovewithAshley,butheloveshiscousinMelanieandgetsmarriedwithher.ScarlettfirstmarriesCharlesandunfortunatelyhediesinthewar.Scarlettbecomesawidow.Whenthewarends,lifeisreallyhardforherfamilyandScarletttakeschargeofthewholefamily.LatershemarriesFrankwhoisshottodeathandshebecomesawidowagain.ThethirdtimeshemarriesRhettButler,abusinessman,andtheyhaveababygirlcalledBonnie.Bonnieunexpectedlydiesfromafallbecauseofanaccident.Afteraseriesofevents,ScarlettfinallycomestounderstandthatwhoshereallyneedsisRhettButler.ButRhettButlercannolongertrustherandheisdeterminedtoleaveScarlett.

Itincludesfoursectionsinthepaper.Thefirstsectionisliteraturereviewthatistheresearchfindings.DifferentpeoplehavedifferentattitudestoScarlett,sobycollectingtheresearchfindingsandstudyingthem,acomprehensiveviewaboutScarlett’sviewofloveandmarriageisformed.ThesecondsectionisaboutScarlett’smarriagesthatarerepresentedfromthreepointswhicharethemarriagebasedonrevenge,themarriagebasedonmoney,andthemarriagebasedonvanity.ThethirdsectionistheformationofScarlett’sviewofmarriage.Therearetwopartsinthissection.Thefirstpartisthesocialhistoricalrequirements.Inthispart,thispaperrepresentsthebackgroundinformationofthesocietyandtheAmericanCivilWar.ThesecondpartisaboutthepersonalityofScarlett:

thelifeofScarlettandhermarriageexperiences.AndthefourthsectionistoanalyzethesignificanceofScarlett’sviewofmarriagefromtheplotandthereaders.

1LiteratureReview

GonewiththeWindiswrittenbytheAmericanfemalewriterMargaretMitchell,whichisheronlyworkthathasmadeagreatinfluencetotheworld.Ithaswontheworld'slargestaudienceforitspathosanddelicatestyle.Sinceitispublished,ithasbecometheworld'sbest-sellingbook.ItssaleissecondonlytotheBible,butthepositioninliteraryhistoryisnotsohigh.In2005,BingWenspeciallywritesanarticleonScarlett,GonewiththeWind----ACourseofScarlett’sLove（Wen,1992:

23-96）.TheauthorgivesawholeportraitofScarlett'slove.Thenin2003,TheAllureoftheUnavailable:

UsingScarlettO’HaratoTreatthePatternofChasingUnattainableLovePublishes（Cascio&Gasker,2003:

12-133）.ItdescribesScarlett’smarriagefromquiteneweyesight.EventhoughwecanfindsomeworksaboutGonewiththeWindandthispopularbest-sellingnovelwinsaliteraryprize,littlecommentsareaboutit.Inthehistoryofliteratureandliterarymanuals,eitheritisnotmentionedoritisjustmentionedwithfewwords,butthereisnospecializedanddetailedreviewonit,especiallyonhermarriage.ThestudiesinChinaaboutScarlettarequitemature.Scholarsappreciateitfromdifferentaspects,forexample,fromthebackgroundofthestory,AnalysisoftheBackupForcesbehindScarlettinGonewiththeWind（Liu,2010:

112-234）,whichanalyzesthebackupforcesofScarlettforpeople.

AlsothereisascaleofstudiesonScarlett’smarriage.IntheStudiesofGender---TheIntroductiontotheTragedyofScarlet’sMarriage,theauthoranalyzestheheroinScarlett'smarriagetragedyintheliteraryGonewiththeWind.ChenYujiangusesMaslow’sTheoryofNeedtoanalyzeScarlett’sdifferentlevelsofneedindifferentperiodsinScarlett’sViewofMarriage:

Maslow’sTheoryofNeedInterpretation.“Aslongaswhocanmeettheneedsforher,shewillbeappointedtoensurehermarriagetobeabletogetherneedbettersatisfied.”（Chen,2003:

98）.FromthiswecanseeScarlettshowssomeofthetruequalitiesofhumannatureinGonewiththeWind.Thecontentisworthforustostudyanddiscuss.ThroughthebackgroundandcharacteristicsofScarlett’severymarriage,peoplecanlookatthehistory,understandAmericainthe19thcentury,andunderstandtheprocessionofthefeminismintheUnitedStates.Peoplealsocanlearntosetupthecorrectattitudetomarriagethroughthestudyofscarlett’sloveandmarriage.

2Scarlett’sMarriage

ScarlettisaparticularSouthfemalewhoispursuingtheromanticloveandhasanextremelycomplexpersonalityinthenovel.Itdescribesheremotionaljourneyfrom16to28.Forthese12years,shemarries3times,becomesawidowtwiceandhas3children.Shehasbeenfallinginlovewithamanwhocannotgetmarriedwithher,butshemissesamanwhohasbeenlovedherfor12years.Shegetsmarried3times,forrevenge,formoney,forvanity.Atthesametime,shetriesherbestforlove,forsurvival,forfamily.

Scarlettisabravegirl,whoovercomesmanydifficultiesanddangers,lettingherfamilygetoutoftroubleinthenovel.Asforhermarriage,manypeoplecriticizehermarriageforlife,inordertoachievehergoalsattheexpenseofothers’interests,evenattheexpenseofhersister’shappiness.Scarlettseparatesthelovefromthemarriageinherviewtoloveandmarriage.Inotherwords,sheseparatesthespiritfromtheflesh.Inadditiontothefirstmarriage,whichiscausedbyanger,admiringvanity,andsafeguardingtheinjuredself-esteem,shegetsmarriedforthesakeofmoneyinhertwomarriageslater.Shecangetmarriedformaterialandsurvivalattheexpenseofmarriage,evenattheexpenseofothers’interest（Sun,2003:

45）.However,althoughScarlettgetsmarriedinordertolive,butneverjustforherself,butalsoforAshleyandeveryoneinherfamily.Sheisnotsoselfishjustlikethecriticismofothers.Thoughsheisselfish,butshealsoisaverykindwoman,whoseloveissopure.Forlove,shecandoanythingeventakecareofherrivalMelanie.Scarlett’sfirstmarriageisforthesakeofrevenge,inordertolivebesidestoAshleytomaintaintheirrelationship;thesecondmarriageisforthemoney,moreprecisely,forherfamily,herdreams,hersafety;thelastmarriageiscausedbythetemptationofRhett.Throughoutthehistory,somanywomengetmarriedforlivingandfindingashelter.Howeverthisisnotthewomen'sfault,notthemen'sfault,butiscausedbytheprejudiceandignoranceinthatera.

2.1TheMarriageBasedonRevenge

Thisisanunpreparedmarriage,whichhappensinthecaseofignorant.

FirstlyScarlettgetsmarriedwithCharles,becausesheisangrywithAshley,hopingtoletAshleyunderstandthatshecaresabouthimverymuchactually,whichisdictatedbyherchildishandcapricious.Secondly,shealsofiguresCharles’familyproperty,thinkingshecanliveinabighouseandgobackhomewithsplendidcarriageaftermarriage,whichisdictatedbyhervanity.ShedoesnotfeelsadwhenshehearsofCharles’deathinthewar.Whatsheisfedupwithisthatshemustwearthemourningclotheverydayandcannottakepartinthedancepartyinpub