I don’t know about you, but Gone With the Wind deeply resonated with me because of how flawed Scarlett was. Female characters are usually either portrayed as the damsel in distress or the “badass bitch” —Scarlett is neither. Beginning to end, she commits one mistake after another (rather stubborn decisions). However, she may try to justify them; there’s no way that the collateral damage can be ignored. Yet, by the end, like any of us, she hopes for mercy, giving her all to turn her defeat into defiance. In this article, we analyze “After all, tomorrow is another day” —Scarlett’s iconic line that closes Gone with the Wind. Story and Themes Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, Gone with the Wind follows Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) as she chases her infatuation with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), blindly, until she loses everything to her obsession and the ongoing war. At the same time, the movie also traces Scarlett’s resilience as she toils hard to rebuild her ancestral plantation in Tara, Georgia, in the face of the war. Through Scarlett’s impulsive journey of life and pursuit of redemption, Gone with the Wind explores complex themes, with its main focus on the transformation of Southern society and the feud between traditions and their evolution. That being said, oftentimes, the narrative’s depiction of race is criticized for being too simplistic or naive. The SceneAshley’s confession after his wife Melanie’s death, that she was his real true love and not Scarlett, opens...
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