斯佳丽旧时代的新女性的论文英美文学论文.docx

1、斯佳丽旧时代的新女性的论文英美文学论文 斯佳丽：“旧”时代的“新”女性的论文英美文学论文 abstractthis paper mainly discusses scarlett o haras particular characters, her secret of survival, her relations with other roles and why she is always criticized. scarlett, whos clever, coquettish, stubborn and diligent, is different from other aristocr

2、atic woman. she has been married for three times and killed a thieving yankee soldier; then buys sawmills, peddles timbering herself and earns money openly. the worst thing is she succeeds in business while other gentlemen lead poor lives. she is different, and also damned. but she is judged as a ne

3、w woman in the old time.undoubtedly, if scarlett were in our society, she would live comfortably. meanwhile, she is a good example of survival. but we can not imitate scarlett in all her ways. on the other hand, critics nowadays should criticize scarlett in a new way, the way of how to survive in mo

4、dern society.that is to say, “be differentis not equal tobe damned.key wordsrebellious; different; new woman摘要这篇文章主要描述了文学名著飘中的女主人公斯佳丽奥哈拉，她独特的个性，与小说中其他人物的关系，以及她总是被批判谴责的原因。wWW.cOM斯佳丽不同于其他贵族妇女，她聪明迷人勤勉并且倔强而坚定。她共有三次婚姻，枪杀了一名正在家中行窃的北方士兵；后来买下锯木厂，自己为卖木材而四处奔波，最后公然地赚取了很多钱。在许多绅士还过着贫困潦倒的生活时，她却获得了成功，这是人们认为最不能接受的事

5、情。她与众不同，因此被谴责，但却是“旧”时代的“新”女性。毫无疑问，如果斯佳丽生活在当今社会，她会很幸福，同时也是我们学习的好榜样。当然，我们不能效仿她的一切；另一方面，当今的评判家应该从怎样在现代社会生存的角度，来对她作出全新的评价。与众不同，并不意味着该被批判。关键词反叛；与众不同；新女性introductionkatie scarlett ohara, the leading role of gone with the wind by margaret mitchell, always gets mixed reception. however, no matter how selfis

6、h, indifferent and cunning or strong, able and clever she is judged as, she is a new woman in the old time.scarlett ohara, the daughter of a wellbred south carolina mother and a rich selfmade planter father, beautiful and charming, has many beaux. but she only “loves”ashley wilkes, “since that day t

7、wo years ago when ashley, newly home from his three years grand tour in europe, had called to pay his respects, she had loved him. it was as simple as that” (margaret, 27). at that day, in scarletts eyes, ashleys “drowsy grey eyes wide with a smile and the sun so bright in his blond hair that it see

8、med like a cap of shining silver”(margaret, 27). from then on, the aureole on ashleys head shining all along in her heart until she finally realizes that what she has really loved and pursued for such long time is not ashley himself but the aureole on his head. because of the “love” to ashley, scarl

9、ett has “hated” melanie hamilton, the wife of ashley wilkes, for many years. simultaneously, because of the “love” to ashley, scarlett has neglected and refused rhett butlers genuine love. and not until melanies death does she realize whom her close friend, firm partner is and whom her real lover, s

10、table supporter is and also whom she truly and steadfastly loves.through the war and during the reconstruction scarlett acts as a heroine. “she survives trial by fire and hunger” (dawson, 10). but unlike other epic heroes, scarlett loses, she misses the best friend and lost the best husband in her w

11、orld. however, scarlett is scarlett, a stubborn woman who always says, “anyway, tomorrow is another day” to herself and then solves the problems. this time, “with the spirit of her people who would not know defeat, even when it stared them in the face. she raised her chin. she could get rhett back.

12、she knew she could. there had never been a man she could not get, once she set her mind upon him” (margaret, 1011). this is scarlett, rebel, willful and stubborn, different from other aristocratic woman; she is self-confident, independent, sagacious and candid. these characters make scarlett be scol

13、ded much by critics, “be different and be damned”(margaret, 663).description of scarletts special characters and stylesbefore the civil war, scarlett lives in a nearly perfect family. a gentle mother, a rich father, and a black mummy look after her well, and they make her a beautiful but spoiled gir

14、l. on the other hand, shes clever, diligent, brave and stubborn. owing to these characters, her actions make her very welcome in gentlemen but unwelcome in ladies.a. the background of scarletts familyscarlett shows her difference at the right opening of the novel. she has a “gently bred creole mothe

15、r from the seacoast” (john, 253). ellen ohara, has never been seen “stirred from her austere placidity nor her personal appointments anything but perfect, no mater what the hour of day or night” (margaret, 42). “there was a steely quality under her stately gentleness that awed the whole household” (

16、margaret, 43). scarlett regards her mother as “something holy and apart from all the rest of humankind” and “the embodiment of justice, truth, loving tenderness and profound wisdoma great lady.” young scarlett, or scarlett antebellum, wants very much to emulate ellen, but in order to avoid missing j

17、oys of life, she will follow her mother only on condition that “some day when she was married to ashley and old, some day when she had time for it”(margaret, 62). nevertheless, ellen does influence scarlett much.on the other hand, scarletts father, gerald ohara, a little, hard-headed and blustering

18、irish man, is not well educated, he believes that a man who wants to be rich should be strong and unafraid of work. and gerald is hardy. “when gerald wanted something, he gains it by taking the most direct route” (margaret, 48). this conclusion seemed to fit for scarlett, too.b. scarletts different

19、attitudes to the social life and her happiness antebellumas for scarlett, in her face “were too sharply blended the delicate feature of her mother, a coast aristocrat of french descent, and the heavy ones of her florid irish father” (margaret, 1). at the age of sixteen, thanks to mammy and ellen, “s

20、he looked sweet, charming and giddy, but she was, in reality, self-willed, vain and obstinate. she had the easily stirred passions of her irish father and nothing except the thinnest veneer of her mothers unselfish and forbearing nature” (margaret, 61). she is high hearted, vivacious and charming, d

21、ifferent from other ladies elegance. she is beautiful that she has made almost all the young men in the neighborhood court her; she has her own view that she always tries her best to gain what she wantsashley, or tara, then rhett. she will never know, and she would be pleased but unbelieving if she

22、has been told, that her own personality, frighteningly vital though it was, was more attractive than any masquerade she might adopt. because “the civilization of which she was a part would have been unbelieving too, for at no time, before or since, had so low a premium been placed on feminine natura

23、lness” (margaret, 82). undoubtedly, she is different, and because of this differences, scarlett is destined to be damned“no girl in the county, really liked scarlett”(margaret, 87).c. scarletts rebellious activities in atlanta during the civil warthen comes the civil war. after her impulse (marry ch

24、arles hamilton to “retaliate” ashley wilkes marriage to melanie hamilton) scarlett is soon widowed, to her dismay, motherhood follows. of course scarlett can not fell contented in her widow life, she still wants to dance, laugh and be courted as scarlett ohara, not scarlett hamilton. and so, with th

25、e help of rhett butler, scarlett begins to search for another paradise in her life. when she is still in mourning, scarlett “tossed her head and sped out of booth” (margaret, 189), hurriedly steps into the dancing floor, and begins her another rebel life. she begins to think for herself instead of l

26、etting others think for her again. at that very time, she forgets herself and her rearing neglects the look on the chaperons faces, cares not what she will be criticized, she just wants to dance, to release her partly from mourning.d.scarletts pursuit of freedom and happinessone whole year after cha

27、rles hamiltons death, scarlett is partly liberated. despite wearing mourning, she is back again where she has been before she marries charles, as if she were scarlett ohara again, the belle of the county. careless of the disapproval of others, “she behaved as she had behaved before her marriagewent

28、to parties, danced, went riding with soldiers, flirted”(margaret, 215). life is still attractive, like she is. she enjoys her normal-like life again. she, scarlett, energetic and animated, how can she be defined forever? much less, the man she married has never gained her love at all! so that scarle

29、tt, who is willing to, and destined to, pursue a passional life. obviously, she is different, and still is scolded for being different from the social code. however, in modern society, no one has the right of obstructing a widowed lady from pursuing happiness, especially remarriage.scarletts emotion

30、, as the christmas season of 1863 coming, is surged up because ashley wilkes will come home on furlough. when scarlett looks at ashley, she “knew her feeling of that long-past night were those of a spoiled child thwarted of a toy” (margaret, 259). but unfortunately, she still looks upon her feeling

31、to ashley as “love”, even more than before. according to such deep feeling, or love, at least she thinks so, scarlett promises ashley that she will look after melanie for him.e.scarletts bravery and stubbornnessnot long later ashley goes back to team, he is captured. meanwhile, melanie finds herself

32、 pregnant. as the battlefield situation gets worse, the residents of atlanta begin to flee away. same as the others, scarlett wants to go back to tara, too. but melanies dangerous health condition retains her at atlanta to accompany, protect and help her. originally, scarlett fears yankees, fears bombs and misses tara, especially her mother terribly. she has planned to leave to tara, but when melanie refers to her promise to ashley, and praises her for her bravery and sturdiness, and begs her to st