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ASprayofWildRoseinTheNature大自然中的一朵野玫瑰郝思嘉奥哈拉现代女性的榜样

ASprayofWildRoseinTheNature

-ScarlettO’Hara,AModelofModernFemale

Author:

HanYe

Supervisor:

LiangYaping

AThesis

SubmittedasaPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementfortheDegreeofB.A.inEnglish

SchoolofForeignStudies

FuyangTeachersCollege,AnhuiProvince

May,2011

学位论文

大自然中的一朵野玫瑰

---郝思嘉奥哈拉，现代女性的榜样

韩烨

（学号200740210109）

指导老师姓名梁亚平职称教授

单位阜阳师范学院外国语学院

专业名称英语教育申请学级别学士

学位授予单位阜阳师范学院

2011年5月

ASprayofWildRoseinTheNature

-ScarlettO’Hara,AModelofModernFemale

Abstract

GoneWiththeWindselectsmaterialfromtheUSCivilWarandthepostwarreconstructionsituationlengthywork.Itisregardedasoneofthemostfavorablenovelsinthewindliterature.ItisAmericanwriter-MargaretMitchell’sfirstandonlynovel.Whenitwaspublishedfirstin1936,itattractednumerousreaders,especiallyfemalereaders,andwasevenmadeintothemovie,whichusesthesamenameofthework.Afteritspublication,MitchellwonthePulitzerPrize.Thisworkmaybeliterallytranslatedas“GoneWiththeWind”,whichisfromthemouthofScarlett,totheeffectthatthiswar,isliketheseaasHurricaneher“wholeworld”,shealsodreamsofthefamilyandher“GoneWiththeWind”.

ThisthesistriestoexcavatedthemostbrilliantbrightspotfromanalysisofScarlett’scharacter,anddisplaythereflectionoffemaleconsciousnessinthenovel,maybeitwillgiveainspirationtomodernfemale.

Keywords:

Scarlett;brave;love;modernfemale

大自然中的一朵野玫瑰

---郝思嘉奥哈拉，现代女性的榜样

内容摘要

《飘》是一部取材于美国南北战争和战后重建情况的长篇巨著，是美国作家玛格丽特米歇尔第一部也是唯一一部小说，并被认为是世界文学史上最有魅力的小说之一。

1936年出版以后，它吸引了无数的读者，尤其是女性读者，并且被拍成同名电影，玛格丽特米歇尔也因此获得普利策文学奖。

这部作品可直译为“随风飘逝”，它就是出自郝思嘉之口，大意是说那场战争像飓风一样卷走了她的“整个世界”，她家的农场及她的旧梦也“随风飘逝”了。

本文试图从分析郝思嘉的性格特征中挖掘出她人性中最光辉的闪光点，并揭示女性意识在小说中的体现，或许对现代女性会有所启发。

关键词：

郝思嘉；勇敢；爱；现代女性

ASprayofWildRoseinTheNature

-ScarlettO’Hara,AModelofModernFemale

ThesisStatement

NoonewilldoubtthatMargaretMitchell’sGoneWithTheWindisoneoftheworld’smostpopularbooks,withmorethan25millioncopiessold---in27languagesand185editions.Scarlett,themostvitalwomaninAmericanliterature,isgoingtosurviveanytime,herself-centered,braveandloveisverycharming.

Outline

I.Introduction

A.AboutGoneWiththeWind

B.AboutScarlettO’Hara

C.Aboutthethesis

II.TheAnalysisofTheCharactersofScarlettO’Hara

A.Scarlett’sForthrightCharacter

B.Scarlett’sBrave

C.Scarlett’sPersistenceForLove

1.HerLoveForAshley

2.HerLoveForRhettButler

III.TheCharacterstheModernFemaleCanLearnFromScarlett

A.Scarlett’sSelf-Centered

B.Scarlett’sIndependent

C.TheNever-to-Look-backScarlett

IV.WhatIsFemaleConsciousness

A.TheMeaningofFemaleConsciousness

B.TheReflectionofFemaleconsciousnessintheNovel

V.Conclusion

ASprayofWildRoseinTheNature

-ScarlettO’Hara,AModelofModernFemale

I.Introduction

A.AboutGoneWiththeWind

Bookandfilm,GoneWiththeWindhasbeenrunningnearlyeightyyears,pilinguprecordsandbuildingitsownhistoryandlegends.thebookhassoldmorethan26millioncopiesbytheyear2009–in28languagesandinatleast185editions.ThefilmsweptallthemajorOscarawardsin1939excepttheBestActor.GoneWiththeWindmakesalegend,andthelegendwillneverbegonewiththewind.

B.AboutScarlettO’Hara

Scarlett,themostvitalwomaninAmericanliterature,isgoingtosurviveanytime,Thischaracterisverycharming,thoughshemayhavesomeshortcomings.Maybehershortcomingsmakeshermorerealandlovely.Sheisself-centered,shealwaysfollowwhatshewantsandsheisdetermined.Sheisindependent,sheneverdependsonanotherhumanbeingotherthanherself.Scarlettisnevertolookback,sheknewthatthelazyluxuryoftheolddayswasgone,nevertoreturn.Infact,theonlycomplexitiesshefailedtounderstandwerethosethathadnopracticalusefulnesstoher.

C.AbouttheThesis

Thisthesisiscomposedoffourchapters.Thefirstchapterisanintroduction.Inthispart,thewritergivesbriefintroductionaboutthenovelandtheheroine-Scarlett.

ThesecondchapterisadetailedintroductionaboutthecharacterofScarlettO’Hara.Itanalysishercharacterfromthreeaspects:

herforthrightcharacter,herbraveandherpersistenceforlove.

Chapterthreeisthecoreofthethesis.ItdisplaysScarlett’smostnicecharactersandmakesabriefintroductionofmodernfemale’stypicalcharactertoshowwecanlearnmanyfromScarlett.

Chapterfourintroduceswhatisfemaleconsciousnessandthereflectioninthenovel.

Finally,thethesismakesaconclusionwhichisbasedontheresultsoftheanalysisandpointsoutthesignificanceofthethesis.AccordingtotheanalysisonthecharacterofScarlettO’Hara,thethesishelpstoenhancethereaders’understandingofScarlettO’Hara.

II.TheAnalysisofTheCharactersofScarlettO’Hara

A.Scarlett’sforthrightcharacter

Scarlett’swholelifecenteredaroundherownwants,andwhatshewantedforemostwasattentionandadulationinasettingofcomfortandsecurity.She“was,inreality,self-willed,vainandobstinate;shecouldneverlongendureanyconversationofwhichshewasnotthechiefsubject.“Atthebeginningofthebook,whentheTarletontwinssatwithher“inthecoolshadeoftheporchofTara,”talkingaboutthecomingwar,shegotimpatient:

Ifyousay“war”justoncemore,I’llgointhehouseandshutthedoor.Ifyousay“war”again,I’llgointhehouse.

Whenshebecameawidowandhadtowear“likeacrowwithhotblacktattfetatoherwristsandbuttoneduptoherchin,withnotevenahintoflaceorbraid,notajewelexceptEllen’sonyxmourningbrooch”,shethought“IfIwereagirl,IfIcoulddanceandflirt!

”,andwasenviousofothergirls’pleasures,aswhom“shewasthreetimesasattractive”.Sheevencouldn’tforegowearinganewbonnettomakeherselfprettyabdnoticed.

Herdramatic,attention-seeking,andhistrionicbehaviorindeedwenttotheextentoflyingtoachieveheraims.SeekingattentionwasawayoflifetoScarlett,andifshehadtoexaggerate,actorevenlie,theseactsweremerelytools,usedbyherwithartisan’sskill.Therearetwofamousscenesinthenovel,inwhichbyacting,exaggerating,evenlying,Scarletttriedtoseektwomen’sattentiontoachievehergoal.

Sheputonnewdressand“thebonnetwithitsrakishfeathers”,preenedherselfinfrontofalongmirror,“slippedintoherpiercedearsthediamondearrings”,took“AuntPitty’slittlesealmuff”andhid“herbarehandsinit”.Untill“shelookedprettyandprovocative”,andnoonewouldsuspect“thatpovertyandwantwerestandingonhershoulder”,didshesetout.ShewantedtomadeRhettthinkonlythe“tenderfeelingsweredrivingher”toseehim.

B.Scarlett’sBrave

Scarlett’sspiritandstruggleinfacingadversitiesisreallyencouraging.WhenshereturnedtoTara,todeadEllenandtosenileGerald,shewasindeedtheheroine,atgrips,atdeathgripswithlifeinraw.Thisbrave,unfeatableScarlettrepresentedsomethingofawishfulfillmentforusall.Forheresheis,standingstoutlyonherownfeet,thoughherwholewouldcrashesaroundher,andthensettingherselfdoggedlytoitsrebuilding,askingnooddsoffate.Scarletthaslifeinherself,whateverelsesheis,alwayssheisvital.Lifepressesonus;itscomplexityconfusesus;itstragedyappallsus.Toooftenweyield,butsomeofusstillhavemanhoodenoughtowishthatwedidn’t,toknowthatweshouldn’t,andtoadmiresomeone,evenacharacterinabook,whodoesnot.She’sgoingtosurviveanytime,andliveinanyreaders’heart.Foraslongaslifeisachallengewhichmenmusthavecouragetomeet,thefightingO’Harawhowouldn’tsaydieisgoingtolive.

TherehastobealittlebitofScarlettO’Harainpeoplewhocomethroughadversities.Besidesherfortitudestatedaboveinfightingdifficultiesfromwithout.herstrategyincopingwithtroublesfromwithinisalsoworthyremembering.

Scarlettisbestdescribedbyhercontrasttohermother,EllenO’Hara.Toherdaughter.

Scarlettwasveryindependent.Infactafterthedeathathermotherandthebreakdownofhermother,sheneverdependedonanotherhumanbeingotherthanherself.InherfirstreturntoTarafromAtlanta,Scarlettintendedtobebackunderherparentscare.Butwhenshearrivedhomeshefoundeverythingchanged:

Motherdied,Fatherbrokedown,Sisterswereseriousill,”moneyanddarkiesandsecurityandpositionhadvanishedovernight.”Sheknewthatwhethershelikeditornot,shehadtheplantationsandallitspeopleonhertwoinexperiencedhands.Therewasnooneforhertodependon.

EvenwhenshemarriedRhett,thebrave,wealthyandsmartandcouldofferhersecurity,shedidn’tdependonhim,asRhetttoldMelanie,“Youknowhowheadstrongsheis...shewon’tletmehelpher---shewon’tletanyonetohelpher.”

C.Scarlett’sPersistenceforLove

1.HerLoveforAshley

Whenthesixteen-year-oldScarlett,seatedinthecoolshadeoftheporchofTara,learnedthenewsofAshley’sengagement,“apainslashedatherheartassavagelyasawildanimalsfangs’.ShereallylovedhimsincethatdaytwoyearsagowhenAshley,whowasnewlyhomefromhistourinEurope,andlovedhimfromthatfirstinstantofthatdaywhensheheardhisdrawlingandmusicalvoiceof“you’vegrownup,Scarlett”withaleapingheart.

She“wantedhimassimplyandunreasoninglyasshewantedfoodtoeat,horsestorideandasoftbedonwhichtolayherself.”Butthereweresomanythingsabouthimthatshedidnotunderstand---hewascourteousalways,butaloof,remote.Noonecouldevertellwhathewasthinkingabo