Why Everyone Misunderstands Scarlett O'Hara: The Real Story!
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As others have noted, this is based on the movie. Right at the beginning of the book it's made clear that Scarlett isn't beautiful and that she has a poor understanding of human nature. The only thing she's good at is math and she thinks people work like math, that if you do this, you get that. Neither Rhett nor Ashley will follow along and she's confounded by this.
Another thing that gets glossed over is that Scarlett is 16, rich and spoiled when the novel opens and we quickly see her enter a spite marriage with no thought whatsoever of the ramifications. By 17 she was a widow and mother. At 19, she had to deliver a baby and get four people out of a burning city through enemy lines, only to find nothing at Tara. She then went from belle of the ball to working in the fields to support a household of 9. She killed an enemy soldier. It was a big reality slap and she had to grow up quick.
Yes, she stole her sister's guy, but Suellen was possibly even more selfish than Scarlett. She would've never given Scarlett the tax money and the entire family would've been homeless. It was a man's world, and Scarlett did what she had to do. She turned out to be a brilliant businesswoman. She was already comfortable when she decided to marry Rhett.
GWTW isn't a romance, it's more of an anti-romance. Scarlett's love for Ashley was just a childhood infatuation that she never grew out of, possibly because she was so young when tshtf. It was almost like arrested development where her infatuations were concerned. I have sometimes wondered if Rhett wasn't a little unfair, though. He was quite a bit older, and as a man, he had more life options than Scarlett. To his credit, he never criticized her methods and if anything he seemed to admire her. But he also thought all he'd have to do is spoil her rotten and Scarlett would turn back into the carefree girl he first saw throwing a vase at Twelve Oaks. He thought if he persisted, Scarlett, who "never understood a complexity" would figure it out. This was unrealistic and makes me wonder if there's a degree to which he's almost as clueless about people as she is. He also didn't seem to understand that just because he wanted to start being a more respectable citizen, she wasn't there yet. I think time would've mellowed Scarlett in much the same way it did Rhett, but there's no way of knowing how much would've come from her heart and how much from her analytical mind, calculating the costs and benefits of regaining the Old Guard's approval.
Sounds like the plot summary could have been “two narcissists find each other, but somehow things don’t work out.” It’s interesting that you mention that Scarlett isn’t described as beautiful since in fairy tales female beauty is synonymous with goodness and moral virtue. Thank you for sharing your synopsis of the novel.
Well done! TY.
tshft?
@@Kiki-D-Kimono "tshtf" is "the shit hit the fan"
Yes
I felt that - to a degree -Ashlee led her on. He never said, "It's over. Forget me". I think he was in love with Melanie, but he also had a childhood crush on Scarlett that he didn't want to let go of. Also, Scarlett fed his ego by constantly fawning over him, and he didn't really want to lose that "supply".
Ashley was weak. Borh Scarlett and Melanie were much stronger than Ashley
Oh my gosh, yes, Ashley totally let her on, because he depended on her strength.
@MB-xl8nx Without Scarlett, Ashley and Melanie would have been living in poverty in Aunt Pitty's house. Scarlett took care of everyone. The reason Ashley could afford to be honorable was because he had Scarlett to be dishonorable for him, and he used Melanie as an excuse for Scarlett to keep him up. Rhett didn't need a woman to pay his bills.
The Carol Burnett version: “Went With The Wind”,,, about the dress made from the only fabric left after the war,,, The Drapes. Probably one of Bob Mackey‘s most famous dresses ever. Scarlett; “ I saw it in the window and I just had to have it.”
😂😂😂
That was hilarious. Carol was so funny.😊
"I saw it in the window and couldn't resist."
Yes this is based on the film. In the book, Rhett said, "My dear, I don't give a damn." The "frankly" was added in the film.
It is a great read, a real page turner. Even Margaret Mitchell said Scarlett is not likeable--but she is a survivor, and that comes with a price.
I know this book is condemned as Southern Romanticism, but it is a great read; and I suspect it really reflects the flavor of the upper class South of its time. Scarlett's journey is one of grit over gentility. Her world was shattered. Her love for Ashley was sort of a love of the Old South at its most gentile. Rhett made her realize that World was over. She moved on too late, but still with a sense that she would survive.
Oh yes! Ive read it through twice! Always in the spring
Your comment is a better summary of the book than this 7 minute video.
Agreed!
It’s propaganda
This video lacks insight. It was not interesting or informative l.
This Cliff’s Notes summary is based on the motion feature, not the actual book! Scarlett had two children from the two earlier marriages.
Right! I think that the absence of those children was a mistake in the film. For one thing, Melanie’s attachment to Scarlett as her beloved sister-in-law was more understandable when Scarlett was the mother of Wade (Melanie’s nephew). Melanie may have felt compelled to help Scarlett’s raise Wade.
She had a son with her first husband, Charles. She also had a daughter with her second husband, Frank.
@@tikolopez8884: And the bond between Wade and Ella is very sweet. Wade looks out for his little sister and Rhett surprisingly does very well with the children. Much better parent than Scarlett, who at best is neglectful and at worst terrifying.
@@GiftSparks the film is already four hours long. I don't think cutting out two children who are basically irrelevant to the plot was a bad move lol
The movie also leaves out Will Benteen which I think was a mistake. Will is a soldier that finds his way to Tara after the war. He falls in love with Carreen but she leaves to become a nun instead of marrying him. Will is the person that fixes Tara and keeps it running while Scarlett is living in Atlanta with Frank Kennedy and then Rhett after making the money she sends to Tara. Will marries Sue Ellen so he can continue living and taking care of Tara. Will is also a person that challenges Scarlett and keeps her accountable. He's a great asset to her character development and it is a shame he isn't included in the movie.
Sorry, but contrary to 1:11, Scarlett is not "a young woman of arresting beauty". The very first thing that the book tells about her is that she is NOT beautiful, but that men did not realize this when caught by her charm.
I love how MM opens the book with “Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful” and then proceeds to spend the rest of the book contradicting that statement
It’s NOT based on the book, but the movie!!!
If based on the movie, Vivian Leigh was a young woman of arresting beauty indeed.
You beat me to it
@@dmtm1111 But the video constantly says it's talking about the book, + this is a literature channel. Also, if it's based on the movie, why do none of the characters look like their actors?
Well the answer is this video was written and animated by AI, which is why it's so inconsistent and so badly drawn.
Not sure what we were supposed to learn from this 7 minute recap of the book. I heard nothing that explained anything that might have been misunderstood or why it was misunderstood. The graphics were beautiful but the content was sorely lacking.
People often think that Scarlett O'Hara is just a vixen, but she is actually a very strong, determined, and resilient woman.
better to read the book
Agreed, that is an accurate insight into her character, but they really don't spell that out in the video@@sarahrobertson634
Yes, totally! I have read it many times, although I also enjoy the movie@@zoiachurilov3573
the bait of click
For 7 more minutes they could have given us a synopsis of the book not just the movie Rendition
GWTW was published in 1936. While it was a timeless story, many women who struggled through the Great Depression identified with it deeply. I remember that my mother told me that my Grandmother referred to the book many times as it related to her experience with the depression, and trying to keep the household together while my grandfather was unemployed.
Everyone misses the fact that Scarlet could only do what she did because Melanie was the hidden knight defending her against everyone. She understood Scarlet completely. Scarlet realizes it far too late and it is like losing her mother again.
Scarlett realized too late how much strength Melanie gave her.
“She understood Scarlett completely” I love that
Melanie saw the good in scarlett; she saw the good in everyone. In doing so she was forgiving of the not so good.
Melanie actually had the same qualities that Scarlett admired and loved her mother for.
This is very true. The relationship between Scarlet and Melanie goes over-looked. Melanie understood and truly loved Scarlett. They stood behind each other no matter what.
Always loved Scarlett. She saved her family. They would have been homeless and starving if it wasn’t for her. Melanie is the only one who mentions this.Scarlets obsession with Ashley was her big blind spot and really, don’t we all have one? I know I do.
I also think Scarlett is judged too harshly. She did use people, but her intentions were not to harm the others. She was regretfully when her actions hurt those around her, and she tried to do "good." Despite her obsession with Ashley, she saved his wife and child when he was away at war. We she finally realized that he did love Melanie and not her she ran back to Rhett. Too late for all of them. No one blames Ashley for leading her on and continuing to let her believe that he loved her and that duty and honor led him to marry Melanie. What an ego boost to have two women devoted to you. Rhett was also a scoundrel and a survivor, but that is okay for a man, but a woman gets judged for her ambitions and successes.
I think that Rhett Butler defined the most accurately Scarlett's character. " My dear, you are such a child". And what is the most interesting in this marvelous novel is that, even in the end she remains a child. A stubborn, courageous, child.
As a child I read Gone with the Wind from a copy my mother gave me. It was a huge book but yet it was double spaced. 2 columns in every page. I devoured it and still own it today. It is rather dog eared but I treasure it and have watched the movie numerous times. To me this is a classic story of love gone wrong. With a bit of war thrown in. Really good really classic. And I don’t give a danm!
YES! The racism and portrayal of slavery is completely not accurate but haven't we all felt like giving up but then tried to "rally" and overcome maybe not by any means but in are one way?
When a book is dog eared and worn, it's a treasure!
@@josepinheiro6064how is it wrong?
I read this book in middle school. I loved Scarlet. Felt she was often the victim of bad timing and misunderstanding. I vowed never to be like her except for her resilience, resourcefulness, and ultimate kindness. She never abandoned Melanie. Rhett abandoned them both. I loved the movie. However, with older eyes, I have difficulty with the stereotypes, racism and the rape of Scarlett by Rhett. I think the movie has value, but these things need to be pointed out as NOT acceptable.
You have to read the book if you want to know what the story means. In it, the noblest characters are destroyed as the worst people survive and prosper when civilization falls apart. Scarlett is the worst and most resilient important character in the book. She prospers after the war because she has no scruples. Even Rhett has more integrity and human decency. So does Belle Watling.
Scarlett is a symbol of the new south where carpetbaggers and scoundrels pick the bones of the old south which has “gone with the wind”.
I would also add that the story depicts the plantation slaves as happy, well treated, simpleminded and better off enslaved than after emancipation.The early Ku Klux Clan is treated sympathetically as a force for justice. The film version was banned by many black actors in Hollywood.
Reading how you described noble characters are destroyed and the worst people survive and prosper as civilization falls apart reminds me of that quote from Game of Thrones-
"Chaos is a ladder... "
Do you remember the story told by the old, old woman who, as I recall, hid as a child during an Indian attack and watched her family killed. She said that there were those who would survive after the loss of their way of life and those who wouldn't. Kathleen Cassidy (?) (who was the girl in the movie climbing the stairs at 12 Oaks w/ Scarlett) would fall but not Scarlett, she was made of harder stuff and would survive and thrive. The old biddy talked sense not what ladies talked. Scarlett knew her genteel friends were proud fools, Mr Kennedy wouldn't make them pay their bills but she would. Her sister didn't want to pick cotton; had she married Mr K, he would have lost his store.
@@Ron-gm3zj Absolutely. Like with the stock market - when there's blood in the streets, buy. We can be our brother's keeper only to a point. I never smoked nor drank but I have stock in both areas.
It is well known history that Carpetbagger are nothing more the grifters. Scarlet was not a carpetbagger but trying to feed herself and family while not forfeiting what she believe to her inheritance. Yes, she was white and believed that a begging gown made from heavy velvet drapes would enable her to accomplish that security. She was never under the illusions that any man, was smarter than she was. Heck! I was in 'in love' with my first boyfriend, or so I thought, until I was 40. Doesn't mean it was true lover or that he betrayed me. I certainly wasn't going to donate either him or wife a kidney if they needed it!
I wouldn't say that Scarlett has no scruples as she desperately loves her parents and Tara, and did everything she could to save her sisters and Melanie. Scarlett was a no-holds-barred scrapper who didn't put up with BS from anyone--except Ashley, who was her Achille's Heel.
I didn't realize there were cars and chewing gum during the 1860s...
....and tall skyscrappers.
Ae they chewing? What are they doing?
Don't forget that Bonnie was a person of colour, too.
chewing gum was known before Columbus arrived :-)
Bonnie was Rhett's n Scarlet's baby
Although in many ways, the book is a 20th century “Plantation Novel” that romanticizes the antebellum South…that said, the book and movie resonated to a Nation in the throes of the Depression. It is a story of survival in economic devastation
It was very much a Depression novel.
Romanticizes how?
@@silencemeviolateme6076 People who never read it or watched the movie without payng attention thought it was a romant novel because it is about women wearing clothes of rich historic women. Most of the book is about an ordeal, not fancy dress parties.
@@silencemeviolateme6076 “Plantation tradition is a genre of literature based in the Southern United States that is heavily nostalgic for antebellum times.[1] The ideology is that of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, though this specific genre is often called "The Plantation Myth." It romanticizes the relationship of the slaves to their masters, views the Old South as idyllic. Don’t misunderstand. I personally don’t care and actually love the book even more than the movie. What I appreciate about the book is a much better and deeper understanding of Melanie. In the book IMO she is fully aware that Scarlett is so obsessed with Ashley, but she loves her anyway. In the movie one can start to feel that she is a bit of a blind fool.
@@renzinthewoods you still didn't answer the question. You gave a definition. You are correct in your definition. Now, romanticizes how?
Doesn't explain why everyone misunderstands Scarlett. And does that refer to the other characters or the readers?
While it may be set where countless romantic story were, it is not a romantic story.
Scarlette is not a romance heroine.
Scarlett wasn't beautiful she made people think she was...that is the connection she has to ordinary woman.
That is Margaret Mitchell's description of Scarlett but this analysis says that she had "arresting beauty".... I have my doubts that whoever wrote this analysis has read the book.
Her beauty lay in her charm, charisma, and intelligence (much like Cleopatra). I think this analysis may be coming more from the movie than the book (after all, who would deny Vivien Leigh's beauty?). I think Margaret Mitchell said in an interview that she would have chosen Miriam Hopkins to play Scarlett in the film.
The only flaw in Vivien Leigh's performance of Scarlett was the " not beautiful " description. Vivien Leigh was very beautiful.
Scarlett is one of the greatest female literary creations.
But for a lot of people her complexity is too much to handle.
They want somebody they can "relate" to, somebody they can pity or admire, somebody just like them or rather, what they imagine themselves to be.
My only problem with the book is the ending, Scarlett would never have begged Rhett to stay.
MM figured that out and gave her an escape route back to the character we had admired for 100's of pages.
Of course she will get him back, but whether she will still want him is a different matter.
Narcissists are not particularly "complex."
Read the book Scarlett. It is the sequel.
@@bakende1103
I have, I didn't like it very much so I've kind of memory holed it.
I'm sure someone said this already, but in case no one has, the word "Frankly" was added in the 1939 movie version, whereas in the book Rhett's final line was, "My dear, I don't give a damn." Also, Scarlett had a son with Charles Hamilton, Wade Hampton Hamilton, and had a daughter with Frank Kennedy, Ella Lorena Kennedy, before she had Bonnie with Rhett Butler.
Scarlett knew what she wanted, went after it and got it... mostly.
She used her beauty and sexuality to her advantage. She knew she needed a man to make it in that world at that time. She survived a war on the losing side. She had nothing and made it into her empire. She was cut throat, intentional and back stabbing but it was what was best in the long game. And all along loving a man who, in the beginning, was no good for her but in the end she was no good for him any longer ❤
Spot on.
@@tarareign8872 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Yup. The Lion does not concern herself with the opinions of the sheep.
what is with the godawful ai art that can’t seem to decide what time period it is? nearly distracted me from the fact that you just gave a synopsis of the movie rather than the book and tacked on a couple sentences about the overarching theme of her journey at the end.
Here is my 2 cents take away after reading the book - Scarlett and Ashley had no sense of humor. Rhett had a snarky sense of humor, which led to he and Scarlett being frustrated and unhappy with each other. But Melanie had a fine sense of humor which Rhett appreciated and enjoyed.
Rhett and Melanie as a couple, that would've been interesting.
I dont know whose the narrator but what a manly, deep, determined voice!!! It was indeed a pleasure to hear this voice!!!
Yes!
It's King Charles, duh. This is his side hustle.
I always feel like I'm right there with Scarlett when she realizes her dad isn't going to be able to help her and her old Nanny doesn't really know what to do either.
They're all like children that need help and she gives up her own heart and her own strength to try to help and becomes hard and and embittered than the process even though she still has a soft spot for Ashley and loves him.
I don't think she's a bad person she's just someone who was given a lot of raw choices in life and had to make the very best of it
The only one who truly stands by her is Melanie -my name 😊 but I wasn't named after her as far as ik - and it really touches me how hard these girls have to work
" They're all like children that need help and she gives up her own heart and her own strength to try to help and becomes hard and embittered "
Well said. That's the journey for every caring mother & father who aren't born into wealth.
Thankfully, the Kdrama I watched over this story goes on a different route. Scarlett doesn't obsess over Ashley anymore after she realizes Rhett was the one. She instead focuses all her energy to secure Rhett.
Was it My Dearest Kdrama?
That character has shaped my own life i loved that book read it as a teen never left me xx
There goes to the most misunderstood character ever, Scarlett O hara they could never make me hate you. When the book starts she’s only 16 years old and extremely spoiled. Her world crumbles and yet she manages to save everyone- even people she claims to dislike. Her redeeming qualities were far greater than her flaws. For one, she kept her word at all times even in life threatening situations. This is specifically showcased when she saved Melanie and her baby by risking her own life. Secondly, the way she defended Charles sword for her little boy, again risking her life for something unimportant to her only for her child. Thirdly, the way she fiercely loved both her parents and Ashley, to the point of idolising them and not seeing any fault in them. Lastly, even when she got wealthy she always supported everyone else financially too. I loved her for all of those qualities. Her inner monologue and the fact that by the end of the war she ended up being completely traumatised by taking the world on her shoulders and losing everything that she cared for made her unlikeable for some, but to me only showcased the fact that people turn numb and cold in order to survive in life threatening situations and are afraid to get their heart broken again. Her emotions after war were glossed over a lot and she didn’t manage to realise she loved Melanie, Rhett and Bonnie until it was too late. But we get to see her heartbreak for all of her losses by the end which unravels the greater truth of her characters core: she is not evil, she is simply frozen in time right before everything collapsed around her.
Scarlett was an alpha female courtesy of traits inherited feom her working class father: who married her Mom after her social disgrace (scandalous romance with her Cousin). Her mother, in disgrace, married well below her social station to "new money". Rhett is Scarlett's soulmate. But Ashley is her fantasy. In reality if she'd been with Ashley she'd have ended up beyond frustrated at his passiveness. Also to the woke people who say there is marital r*pe at one point. Scarlett wakes up next morning & smiles & giggles. Clearly she has good memories of the orevious night. Rhetts 'apology' is for being se*ually dominant, which wasnt considered gentlemanly then : women were to be treated like delicate , fragile creatures.
She liked it and so what? That doesn’t mean everyone likes being treated like that. Different things for different people. However Suicides of married women went down 20 percent after this became against the law.
@@Greenplanet949 I am tired of people peddling a marital r*pe theme when it's obvious Scarlett didnt see it as that & Rhett was just following that times social norm of women are dainty fragile things who dont really like sex so hes saying sorry he got dominant. He's not apologising for SA. If people dont get that you have to wonder if they even read the book.
@sarahholland2600 Well of course. She belonged to him under the law. No one at that time would have questioned his rights ever as her husband , but Rhett considered himself a gentleman. Gentlemen don’t act like brutes. That’s why he was apologizing. I always wondered though, didn’t he realize she liked it? He was there and he was very experienced. Never got that.
I know she has 4 children two passed away and 2 survived and also her and Butler see each other after their split. I know this through the book
No. She had a son, Beau, fathered by Charles; a daughter, Ella, fathered by Frank; a daughter, Eugenia Victoria aka Bonnie Blue and a pregnancy lost to miscarriage, fathered by Rhett.
@@katemaloney4296 Actually her son's name was Wade Hampton Hamilton. Beau was the son of Ashley and Melanie Hamilton Wilkes.
not accurate,.. Scarlet has one boy, ¹the father is Charles, young n dies at war / the 2nd child is a miscarriage, n the 3rd. Bonnie, a girl, from Rhett, dies from a fall from a pony.
@@zoiachurilov3573 Here is the birth order of Scarlett's children: her only son Wade, with her first husband Charles Hamilton; daughter Ella Lorena with her second husband Frank Kennedy; Eugenie Victoria "Bonnie Blue" Butler with third husband Rhett Butler; and her fourth pregnancy (and second conception with Rhett) which ended in a miscarriage. Confusing and hard to keep up with, I know 🤔
How could she want Ashley over Rhett!? Rhett was far better for her and a better partner in general. He was strong, deviant, handsome, a provider, whoo! That and he truly desired her, not like Ashley. He was weak and already married. He like being the one desired and never had any intention of being with Scarlett. Ashely sucked! Well I suppose Scarlett wasn't that great either. She feels like she qualifies as an anti-hero.
She had a school girl crush on Ashley. Ashley only wanted her for sex but could never say it, & she was too thick to realize that’s what he felt, until Melanie died.
Ashley symbolized the old, genteel south. Rhett was the new South. Scarlett kept chasing Ashley, a phantom that was "Gone with the Wind." Rhett was her perfect match that she struggled to accept.
He also wanted her because she didn't want him. He wanted to control and own her. He raped her. He was often abusive. His behavior was far worse than hers. Oh, but, he was a man. What is missed is the deep relationship between Scarlett and Melanie. In some ways the only one who saw Scarlett was Melanie. They loved each other.
The character of Scarlett is a sociopath. She represented that trait even as a juvenile. She was truly ruthless and conniving. She displayed superficial emotions at best in regard to the people she manipulated. That was why everybody left her in the end. They admired her obvious charms but eventually saw through her pretense. She was an exceptionally strong fictitious character but had no comprehension of empathy. She used everyone for her convenience and conveyed no regret. Her only virtues were beauty, perseverance, and calculated manipulation. Shattering the lives of people who love you is not okay. Everybody is surviving. Betrayal is unacceptable.
You’re right. They made her way more likable in the movie than in the book.
Yeah , yeah , yeah . But it sure is a Great read huh ?
And yet you feel sorry for her when she has to survive the war. That was Mitchell’s brilliance, making you feel sorry for a wench like Scarlett. I always thought she had PTSD after the war affected her. She was only in her teens after all. She used to be a spoiled conniving flirt, the war turned her into a hard-hearted user. Some people think Melanie was the real heroine. She went through a lot of crap too, but she kept her Honor.
It isn't about the antebellum south - it's about a not particularly likeable, obstinate, and feelings blinded young woman and how she deals with her relationships during and after the Civil War. None of the story is about the south it is ALL about Scarlett.
Tara wasn't a grand plantation. Twelve Oaks was a grand plantation.
Also Scarlett was not pretty.
I'd seen the movie, I'd heard the "oh, Scarlett is just so mean" - and then I read the book. The book is so much richer than the movie, but also, (I read it when in my 40's) enlightening. Yes, Scarlett is mean - but she had to be. She was 16. A teenager in love. A year or so later her world tumbled around her and everybody looked at her - Katie Scarlett, what must we do? So she did what she had to do. Provide. Save Tara. Because nobody else did. Except Melly, who saved her own world, in her own way. Go read the book!
I have to say GONE with the WIND. Was one of the best books I read , it's a thick book ( I had a paperback copy ) but I found myself reading 5-10 chapters a night . I couldn't put it down
This was Margaret Mitchell's Only book ............until the turn of the new Century , when a Novella she had written in school turned up .
She had given it to a friend named Henry Love Angel , who kept it and it was handed down in his family along with his correspondence with Mitchell , until his Grandson (?) Had the manuscript Authenticated.
The Novella is titled LOST LAYSON , it also contains the correspondence between Angel and Mitchell who saved their letters to each other . A Fascinating Read .
I did not know this. I will have to look it up. Thanks.
I read that She was beginning to write a sequel to Gone With The Wind but died from a car running her over.
I have read Gone with the Wind twice, and Rhett’ Butler’s People, and Scarlett once each. The three paint a very unique picture of all the characters, I love the character of Scarlett O’ Hara and think she is a marvelous survivor. I will defend her to the end.
I personally think Scarlett is the better sequel.
@@bakende1103 The book yes was a very good sequel. The 1994 TV miniseries was beyond dreadful, and they took so many liberties with the source material. Plus the casting was atrocious.
@@MB-xl8nx Oh I beyond agree!
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@@MB-xl8nx I really like Ann Margaret, but I hated the way she played Belle Watlin. The way Ona Munson played Belle gave the character more depth.
Scarlett is a narcissist. We’re not supposed to like her. But her story is compelling because it is wrapped in so much history happening around and to her.
I read this book the first time when I was ten, and re-read it for years. I'll bet I know every line. Say what the haters will, it's a hell of a read. And I ALWAYS want her to wise up about Ashley!
I’m with you in having read it first more than a half-century ago, and having re-read it so many times I can quote it from memory. I keep wanting Ashley to wise up about Scarlett: he’s not only older, better educated, more introspective, and much more sophisticated than Scarlett is, he also loves Melanie very much. He makes the right choice, but he’s also trapped by his sexual attraction to Scarlett and his inability to be honest with himself of Melanie about that attraction. I like Ashley very much, but I keep wanting him to say “Melanie, we have to move to New York and this is why.”
@tricivenola8164. RIGHT! as a teen reading that, I felt Ashley burned with unrequited love for Scarlett. But having aged, nope. I don't think he would've married Melanie if he didn't love Melanie. I think he couldn't be as blunt as he needed to be to shut Scarlett down. I think Scarlett had this puppy love for him & the rug was pulled out from under her via the war, that puppy love was folded into the loss of her home, family, prospects, status-- if she could 'get Ashley back' the old life would be rebuilt. At the end she realized the Ashley thing was a pipe dream
The ilustraions are definitey AI generated, a little surreal, but also impressive and glamorous, I I sus[ect the superficial text is as well AI has a long way to go till it can convince wel informed people
It's really hard for me not to hate this character, even though she did a lot for her parental family. While, stealing her sisters' men (even though the men in question were all too ready to be "stolen", the society didn't see it like this) can be excused as a means for survival of a whole family, given the context, that largely meant literally depriving them from ever having families of their own, while being forced to watch as she pops a kid after kid with their exes. If I was her sister, I'd rather consider not surviving a better option, than depending on someone like that. She never even pretends understanding their pain.
And the kids? The kids she openly never loved and was disgusted by. These kids are not even named characters in the book. And the one who she actually loved? Was so spoiled, that nobody could tell "no" to her, and that's literally what lead to her death, for which Scarlett only blamed Rhett, the father, but never herself.
And I get it that she was not cut out for love and motherhood (as well as friendships and human relationships in general) was bad with emotions, lived in an era, where she couldn't forge her own path without becoming a wife, and was forced to make some hard decisions for the sake of others.
The thing is that she never once owns consequences of her actions. To her it's always someone else's fault she ended up in a situations she doesn't like. Like, the reason she doesn't like her son is because he is not handsome and was born from a loveless marriage. Ok, girl, you married his below average looking dad for money, what did you expect? Yes, you had limited options, but it was ultimately your decision. But no, you see nothing wrong with kinda blaming the kids for being born the way they are.
And this kind of logic is applied to a lot of things in Scarlett's life. But a lot of people, even though they read the book, kind of forget about this side of her, because she is a young strong-willed woman who "saved her family" and living in a wrong time period, as if it excuses not admitting to her BS ever.
what is the program used for the graphics... it is so well done
How can you discuss Gone With the Wind without mentioning one word about slavery? And not one depiction of a black person, not even the servants?
See the movie or read the book because this is totally misleading
I am a GWTW fanatic and your explanation of Scarlett O'Hara is a misfire. You skipped her first seeing Rhett leering at her, Scarlett's plan to 'love-bomb' Ashley at the barbecue, and her confronting Rhett when her plan crumbled. You glossed over Rhett's visiting her in Atlanta and their becoming friends who gave each other stimulating repartee before Atlanta fell to Sherman. What happened to Rhett getting Scarlett, Melanie, and Prissy out of Atlanta and the scintillating kiss on the bridge before he joined "The Claus"? You forgot that Scarlett got pregnant at the drop of a hat, giving birth to Wade Hamilton and later Ella Kennedy. Where's Mammy, Pork, Aunt Pittypat and Will Benteen, the pantheon of characters who schooled her and held their breath when she acted out? Scarlett had charm, guts and drive but she was no one-woman army. The folks in her life gave her major assistance and guidance. Leaving them out is like using the initials as opposed the the signature. Please read the novel and redo this.
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This is a beautiful summery style with these gorgeous animations!
I disagree.
Arresting beauty? Check the first line of the novel!
I saw the movie, the impression I get is Scarlett likes to monkey branch between lovers, she likes to pit one against the other, flirting with one and then with the other. I'm not surprised Rhett got tired of this.
Yeah - that's the story, but how does "everyone" misunderstand Scarlett? And Scarlett did just fine after the war - the South didn't - it was an economic backwater for the next 110 years. Still, I see from these surreal illustrations that Bonnie was African American. THAT's the story I want to hear about!
If they are trying to create an automated book review company, that just plagiarizes other people's work and spits it out for a cash grab, that will be a terrible shame.
hahaha I want to know about Scarlett's black baby!
The American south is still a mess 😂
@@jesseleeward2359 This illustrator has obviously jumped on the "woke' bandwagon-Bonnie Blue Butler was most assuredly NOT black, any more than Anne Boleyn or Alexander Hamilton were black! There is nothing wrong with being inclusional, but not at the expense of playing around with history or established literature! It would make absolutely no sense for Bonnie to be black, as neither Scarlett nor Rhett had any African American blood in them. And for Scarlett to be messing around with a black man at that time and place would have been very scandalous indeed, and both she and Bonnie would be social outcasts, especially in the South. Don't these revisionist "wokies" understand ANYTHING about history????? It is absolutely laughable sometimes!!!!!
@@leilabashir9052 I think the illustrator is a robot. I am so worried about the mess the world is headed towards right now with tech
This sucks pretty badly. Read the glorious book!
this is one of my favorite books, in top 5
Bad illustrations. Skipping key plot points. Too superficial a treatment of the book to be of any use.
Lisalightner has the best synopsis, imo. Scarlett was completely without scruples, took advantage of men who lived in a very sexist world, screwed (not literally) anyone who got in her way, had an immature crush on a man she didn’t understand at all, was a terrible judge of people , Ashley, Melanie, Rhett, but was also strong, and resilient. She has the racist attitudes of her time. The book shows a revered way of life that was available to a very small percent of the population, but was foolishly and tragically defended by the whole society.
this is a breif synopsis of the movie and not the novel authored my Margret Metchell. In that novel the ending is Rhett Butler walking into the foggie night and Scarlet, while hold a clutch fist over her heart, refuses to admit that his words are the end to their relationship. But also that she 'cannot think about it now' because it may all change tomorrow. Scarlet O'Hara was nothing more than a book character of her time who rejected Patriarchy and laws that made her no more a human than a slave. She needed a man in order to survive and as far as she was concerned that man was going to Rhett Butler who was an renigade of his society much like herself. The second novel was not written by Margret.
Scarlet traded herself and her body for upward financial mobility. She wasn't a slave of the patriarchy. She was a beautiful woman, typical of women in all cultures, eras, and geographies, who trafficked her sexual powers for financial gain. She was a victim of nothing beyond the winds of war which victimize everyone equally. Scarlet used men.
In the Novel Rhett walks to his room, the movie ha him walk out the house into the fog
No one ever mentions that Rhett (a supposedly mature and smart man) is just as obsessed with Scarlet as she is with Ashley - with a lot less encouragement.
I also read a 2 column version of the book over 50 years ago
Margaret Mitchell used her own life to model her characters. Her first husband was an abusive alcoholic who inspired Rhett Butler and her second husband was a gentle intellectual who inspired Ashley Wilkes.
Why do they show Scarlett in the Twelve Oaks library, but skip her very memorable first meeting with Rhett? Makes no sense.
If Scarlet were a man, she-he would get far less criticism.
What's the so-called misunderstanding? This is what I got out of the book and movie. What was the big controversy?
👩🏻🌾👰🏻♀️ Good to hear a perspective of the story I had never seen, for a story that I never wanted to read again because it felt so tragic all around. You bring a bit of light to it, thank you.
Yes, it was extraordinary. Later generations add "ifs and buts". However it is great ... so is the must-watch sequel of perhaps 20 years ago titled "Scarlet" which I enjoyed too.
I read Scarlet and enjoyed it. I found the ties to Ireland interesting.
I have read the book numerous times.
Though the film was fabulous....I just adored the book.
She wasn’t beautiful...it says so in the first line of the book 😂
Margaret Mitchell's Scarlett was described by her as not being beautiful, not an "arresting beauty".
This was a rendition of the film not the real book story as one reads it. I read it as a 17 year old, second time as a 70 year old -that 3 years ago and the understanding of the book’s depth was only seen in the second reading.
This book is a great read. She's one of the greatest survivors in literature. And I love Rhett Butler's People. It's a much better sequal than Scarlett.
When I read the book I thought at the end: oh no, she’ll go to Tara and find Mammy has died. She constantly has to fight her way out of situations, some of them quirks of fate, some of them the result of her own ambitions and thoughtlessness. I feared for her future.
why are they all chewing gum?
Are they automating things rather than just drawing them properly? oh the state of graphic design... :(
I had read the book a long time ago. This vedio brought back the memories and also made them firm in mind now. I don't have time to re read the book so I really enjoyed the sammary. Thank you
Some feedback:
The voice over is great and the summaries are good.
BUT
You did not answer the question you posed about why everyone misunderstands Scarlett O'Hara. You didn't even address it at all. And I wanted your answer to that question, that's why I chose to watch this video. Being clickbait is a major failing.
Also, Scarlet is white. Rhett is white. Why did you animate Bonnie as a little black girl? I only know the story from the movie, so I was left wondering if Scarlett had an affair with a black man that they left out of the movie version. But given that I've never heard any rumors about that, I have to think the answer is no, and you just animated it weird.
Also kind of wondered why you showed Scarlett surrounded by cotton, but none of the slaves who would have been picking it. That was a little odd, too.
(0:51) The video actually begins here.
Is no one going to mention the AI artwork? Did no one else notice the random extra arms/hands or the jumps in costume styles?
I noticed, it's discusting
Really bad summary of the movie, nothing to do with the book….
The book revolves around 2 different characters Scarlet and Melody.
I’m just here for the pictures. 😬
What a Tale
at 0.38 Scarlett has 3 arms
lol! I missed that! Had to go back and check. Good eye!
That book was a tough read for me, but it was very well written. Scarlett being ss young as she was explained a lot. But she wasn't likeable. Determined and cutthroat, she was definitely a survivor. I hated how she viewed her children with the men she didn't love.
Overall, it made me feel a variety of emotions and I liked it. It has a place on my bookshelf.
A little dissapointed.....this summary is not accurate to the book.
David Attenborough explains it all for us!
A "deep dive"? More like a brief summary of the film...
Well done. Beautiful graphics and narrator has great voice.
Can I get a written version of the video?
It’s a deeper dive but novel.
There's a download able transcript in the description. You only need to click the download button.
Read the book! It’s a great story!
rhett never came back. he was done with her. they never really communicated with each other.
Just such a depressing story all the way through and you never get a happy ending
It hit me like lightning. Melanie Hamilton wants to "sell" waltzes with precious belles to raise monry for The Cause." One grande dame is appalled at the idea of this " slave auction." That pretty did it for me.
Life is still so much the same today
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Well demystified
Thank you for your positive feedback, gives me energy to keep making more videos :)
These cartoon characters look nothing like the actors & actresses in the movie. Fix it!!
Omg. This leaves out 90% of everything. This could have been a great in depth summary instead of a chopped up click bait.
So you're telling me Rhett shows up after the war is over? I'm out. 😂
by chance I came across this passage this week....
Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
Ich habe diesen Film sehr ofr gesehen. Auf Deutsch und auch auf Englisch (Original) Als Kind habe ich die Handlung nicht richtig verstanden. Jetzt bin ich Erwachsen und sehe den Film mit anderen Augen. Schöne Grüße aus Wien. Roswitha
Read the book. I remember the book said at the very beginning of the book it said she wasn't beautiful.
Oye! Please just read the book… this synopsis is AI as its worst.
I want to like this, but there is just way too much AI BS. Why are there cars driving down the street behind Scarlet?
00:35 She has three arms.
There was a second book to this
Great movie, and yes she had some faults but I always thought that Red wasn't always incident I mean he was BFF with Bell.
I would have to say that you left out a lot. I recommend you read the book. After that, read Scarlett. The story does go on.