Ashley never once said he loves her nor wants her. Sexual attraction is very different from love. Scarlet built up this idea of Ashley in her head that she loved but in reality she didn’t love the real Ashley took her long enough to realize it
Ashley and Melanie live in the dreamlike blindspot of southern chivalric fantasy and honor. They know what Scarlett is and admire it bc she embodies what makes their ideals both great and small. They can forgive it and see the beauty she represents in spite of their culture and are too polite to pull the rug from her. Rhett and Scarlett are the opposite. They live in a hypocritical performative world and have an angry blindspot for the ideals behind it. This inclides a blindspot for seeing the ideal and honor in each other. They act in gritty truth and see things for what they are whereas Ashley and Melanie observe and lament what things were. Mel and Ashley see the beauty in each other. Rhett and Scarlett see another hypocrite, so its naturally confounding that they fall in love and perform their roles in ernest. Its so telling that Mel was the only woman Rhett truly admired for being representive of all the ideals he essentially laughed at, and that Scarlett similarly loved Ashley. She was too young to realize she loved an ideal at all. Doubly telling that Scarlett secretly resented Melanie and Rhett resented Ashley, perceiving them as lacking what they had, but in truth being what they lacked in themselves. The great irony of course is that Rhett and Scarlett are the same in the way that Ashley and Melanie are the same. Rhett and Scarlett also embody a greater truth and dignity that allowed them to survive and succeed. This was what Melanie and Ashley probably admired most, that Scarlett and Rhett had in them a kind of grudging integrity that perpetually saved them from dishonor. Fascinating quad dynamic lol I mean Im not even touching how despite their personalities being vastly different. Rhett and Ashley are the single ones to speak openly against the war. Also, i believe that the single scene they interact in, Rhett is entrusted by Melanie to save Ashley who was defending Scarlett's honor. Imagine these four getting drunk together lol
He’s apparently set on marrying Melanie yet explicitly tells Scarlett “you’ve always had my heart” and “how could I help loving you,” only aggravating her feelings for him … what a truly horrid man.
I know. I really can't understand why she spent the entire movie in love with him. He's horrible, and not only does he profess his love for Scarlett, but he kisses her on multiple occasions, after he gets married to Melanie. Honestly, I feel sorry for Melanie. She was such an amazing person, truly the best in the movie. Despite this, she was never surrounded by people who truly cared about her. She deserved so much better.
@@acalia_sariah indeed. Rhett was the only person who treated Melanie the way she deserved to be treated. She was way too good for Ashley and Scarlett.
@@12classics39 Exactly, and, see, what's so wild is that it took me so long to like Rhett. I didn't like him at all until he decided to enlist, and then when Bonnie was born, he became one of the best characters (I think second only to Melanie). If anything, I think those two were the only people who were good enough for the other. Rhett really did have such a good heart, it just took a while to really shine through. He really did love Scarlett, too, but she never truly loved him. Melanie, on the other hand, was so good to everyone. I don't think there was a bad bone in her body. She stood by Ashley and Scarlett when neither person deserved it. There really should have been a point where she just walked away, because they treated her terribly, at least in comparison to how she treated them. Rhett was really the only person who ever respected her the way she deserved. It's so sad how the best people are always the ones who get overlooked and taken advantage of.
Seriously. Scarlett finally got wise when she realized, “I could never mean any more to you than that Watling woman means to Rhett.” It was sexual attraction, but it was too distasteful for him to call it what it was (and, in all fairness, maybe people of his class didn’t talk so frankly back then).
He ruined scarlet..he shouldnt of led her on for years and years..she would had loved Rhett sooner if her obsession with Ashley wouldve been stopped by him telling her the truth..only after melanie dies and rhet is tierd of her he tells her the truth.
I just finished the 55 hour audio book and I agree. Now I truly understand the title... Gone With the Wind.. Just like Rhetts love for Scarlet at the end of the book.
No, he wasn’t. If he were, he’d stop telling her he cared for her and tell her to move on. But he strung her along because he liked the attention. He liked that there was a girl pining after him even after marrying other men.
Ashley never once said he loves her nor wants her. Sexual attraction is very different from love. Scarlet built up this idea of Ashley in her head that she loved but in reality she didn’t love the real Ashley took her long enough to realize it
Excellent scene! One of the VERY few times Scarlett did not have the advantage.
True about advantage point. She’s so brazen and childlike here but can’t help but be caught by her
Ashley and Melanie live in the dreamlike blindspot of southern chivalric fantasy and honor. They know what Scarlett is and admire it bc she embodies what makes their ideals both great and small. They can forgive it and see the beauty she represents in spite of their culture and are too polite to pull the rug from her.
Rhett and Scarlett are the opposite. They live in a hypocritical performative world and have an angry blindspot for the ideals behind it. This inclides a blindspot for seeing the ideal and honor in each other. They act in gritty truth and see things for what they are whereas Ashley and Melanie observe and lament what things were. Mel and Ashley see the beauty in each other. Rhett and Scarlett see another hypocrite, so its naturally confounding that they fall in love and perform their roles in ernest.
Its so telling that Mel was the only woman Rhett truly admired for being representive of all the ideals he essentially laughed at, and that Scarlett similarly loved Ashley. She was too young to realize she loved an ideal at all. Doubly telling that Scarlett secretly resented Melanie and Rhett resented Ashley, perceiving them as lacking what they had, but in truth being what they lacked in themselves.
The great irony of course is that Rhett and Scarlett are the same in the way that Ashley and Melanie are the same. Rhett and Scarlett also embody a greater truth and dignity that allowed them to survive and succeed. This was what Melanie and Ashley probably admired most, that Scarlett and Rhett had in them a kind of grudging integrity that perpetually saved them from dishonor.
Fascinating quad dynamic lol
I mean Im not even touching how despite their personalities being vastly different. Rhett and Ashley are the single ones to speak openly against the war. Also, i believe that the single scene they interact in, Rhett is entrusted by Melanie to save Ashley who was defending Scarlett's honor.
Imagine these four getting drunk together lol
He’s apparently set on marrying Melanie yet explicitly tells Scarlett “you’ve always had my heart” and “how could I help loving you,” only aggravating her feelings for him … what a truly horrid man.
Ashley Wilkes is Lex Luthor! Gone with the Wind is an Up, Up, & Away story of Superman & Lois Lane!
I know. I really can't understand why she spent the entire movie in love with him. He's horrible, and not only does he profess his love for Scarlett, but he kisses her on multiple occasions, after he gets married to Melanie. Honestly, I feel sorry for Melanie. She was such an amazing person, truly the best in the movie. Despite this, she was never surrounded by people who truly cared about her. She deserved so much better.
@@acalia_sariah indeed. Rhett was the only person who treated Melanie the way she deserved to be treated. She was way too good for Ashley and Scarlett.
@@12classics39 Exactly, and, see, what's so wild is that it took me so long to like Rhett. I didn't like him at all until he decided to enlist, and then when Bonnie was born, he became one of the best characters (I think second only to Melanie). If anything, I think those two were the only people who were good enough for the other. Rhett really did have such a good heart, it just took a while to really shine through. He really did love Scarlett, too, but she never truly loved him. Melanie, on the other hand, was so good to everyone. I don't think there was a bad bone in her body. She stood by Ashley and Scarlett when neither person deserved it. There really should have been a point where she just walked away, because they treated her terribly, at least in comparison to how she treated them. Rhett was really the only person who ever respected her the way she deserved. It's so sad how the best people are always the ones who get overlooked and taken advantage of.
Seriously. Scarlett finally got wise when she realized, “I could never mean any more to you than that Watling woman means to Rhett.” It was sexual attraction, but it was too distasteful for him to call it what it was (and, in all fairness, maybe people of his class didn’t talk so frankly back then).
She was the best!
He ruined scarlet..he shouldnt of led her on for years and years..she would had loved Rhett sooner if her obsession with Ashley wouldve been stopped by him telling her the truth..only after melanie dies and rhet is tierd of her he tells her the truth.
Have I your heart, my darling!!!
Scarlett was nothing but pure misery for any man. Ashley was lucky.
I just finished the 55 hour audio book and I agree. Now I truly understand the title... Gone With the Wind.. Just like Rhetts love for Scarlet at the end of the book.
But let's not question why Ashley has Chamberlain 's accent....
Ashley should have married Scarlet.
Ashley was a true gentleman when in today's time he could've married Mel and keep Scarlett as the side chic
No, he wasn’t. If he were, he’d stop telling her he cared for her and tell her to move on. But he strung her along because he liked the attention. He liked that there was a girl pining after him even after marrying other men.
Ashley is the the hypocrite of the story words blablabla
Lol