[英語學(xué)習(xí)]The Analysis of the Character of Rhett in the Novel of Gone with the Wind

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1、 英語專業(yè)本科畢業(yè)論文 （僅供參考） 中文題目：對小說《飄》中人物瑞德巴斯勒的性格分析 外文題目：The Analysis of the Character of Rhett in the Novel of Gone with the Wind 對小說《飄》中人物瑞德巴斯勒的性格分析 摘要：瑞德?巴特勒是美國女作家瑪格麗特?米切爾的著名小說《飄》中的男主人公,是一個具有復(fù)雜性格的矛盾的統(tǒng)一體,可以說瑞德?巴特勒是一個充滿傳奇色彩的人物,但正是由于他的出現(xiàn)與

2、存在才使得斯佳麗的人物形象變得更加豐滿,才使得《飄》這個世界文學(xué)史上的璀璨明珠更具魅力。也正是由于他傳奇式的生活經(jīng)歷締造了他性格的復(fù)雜性和矛盾性,正是這種性格造成了他愛情和婚姻上的悲劇結(jié)果。本文就是對瑞德?巴特勒的性格作了分析。 主要從兩個方面來寫。第一部分分析了瑞德?巴特勒的性格。包括他的足智多謀、友好、責(zé)任心和嫉妒心。他的這些性格使他在事業(yè)上成功了，這些性格也讓他選擇了那些他認為對他人生有好處的東西。然后再對造成瑞德性格特征的內(nèi)部和外部原因進行了分析。 關(guān)鍵詞：分析；性格特點；足智多謀的；自信的；友好的；有責(zé)任心的

3、 The Analysis of the Character of Rhett in the Novel of Gone with the Wind Abstract Rhett Butler is the male protagonist in the famous novel of Gone with the Wind which was written by U.S. writer Margaret Mitchell. He is a complex and contradictory character of unity. It can

4、be said Rhett Butler is a legendary character; his existence makes the figure of Scarlett become more affluent and makes the history of world literature Gone with the Wind be more brilliant and attractive. It is his legendary life experiences that creates his character’s complexity and contradiction

5、, which, in return, results in tragic consequences in his love and marriage. This paper is on the analysis of Rhett Butler’s personalities. It is written mainly from two aspects. The first part analyses the features of personalities of Rhett Butler, including his resourcefulness, friendliness,

6、 responsibility and jealousy. What are his characteristics let him succeed in his career and choose something he thinks that would be good for him in his life. Then the paper analyses the external and internal reasons for what bring on the characteristics of Rhett. Key words: analysis; characteris

7、tics; resourceful; self-confident; friendly; responsible Acknowledgements This paper grew out of my preparation for more than three months. An enormous debt is owed to my supervisor, professor You Xiaoping, for her wisdom, enthusiasm, support and encouragement. It is her profound knowle

8、dge and insight, constant strictness and kind understanding help me in overcoming difficulties, mastering basic writing skills, and forming my own ideas, which consequently have enabled me to finish this paper. Without her revising for several times, the paper would not be what it is now. My sincer

9、e thanks are also due to Mr. Tan Qi, Ms Zhang Xiaowen, Mr. Zhou Yunrui and Ms Zhou Shanshan, who have helped me a lot in every aspect of my study and life, especially the learning of translation theories, which is obviously of great value to the fulfillment of this paper. And I am eager to take the

10、opportunity to thank Ms Chen Xiaorong, Mr. Liu Guoquan and other teachers who have given me guidance, assistance and concern. They have imparted to me so much valuable knowledge, which will benefit me the whole lifetime. In addition, I would like to thank my family who always support me in whatever

11、 conditions. Their encouragement and love give me warmth and confidence, which help me in surmounting so many obstacles and in realizing my dreams. Finally, I give my heartfelt thanks to my dear friends and fellow students, who have accompanied me throughout the four years at the university, sharin

12、g sadness and happiness with me and teaching me a lot. Our friendship is always a treasure and a driving force to me. Contents 中文摘要...............................................................................................................i Abstract...............................

13、...................................................................................ii Acknowledgements...............................................................................................iii Introduction.....................................................................................

14、......................................1 I. Analysis of Rhett’s Personalities.............................................................................3 A. Resourcefulness and Self-confidence.....................................................3 1. Resourcefulness Embodied in His Business......

15、.....................................4 2. Self-confidence Embodied in the Opinions of the War..........................6 B. Friendliness and Kindness......................................................................8 1. Friendliness to Melanie.............................................

16、..............................8 2. Kindness to Mammy...............................................................................9 3. Friendliness to Ashley...........................................................................10 C. Consciousness and Responsibility..........................

17、..............................12 1. Love for Scarlett...................................................................................13 2. Love for Bonnie....................................................................................16 D. Jealousy and Disappointment..................

18、.............................................18 1. Ignorance the Hardship of Tarleton Because of Jealousy ....................18 2. Giving up Scarlett Because of Jealousy and Disappointment..............19 II. Reasons for Shaping of Rhett’s Character………….…........…....…....….22 A. The Exteri

19、or Reasons.........................................................…................22 B. The Internal Reasons…………….....................…………..…...………23 Conclusion...........................................................................................................25 Notes................

20、....................................................................................................26 Bibliography........................................................................... .............................27 The Analysis of the Character of Rhett in the Novel of Gone with the Wind

21、 Introduction Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her epic novel Gone with the Wind, her only major publication. This novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 30 million cop

22、ies (see list of best-selling books). The film adaptation of it, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and it received a record-breaking ten Academy Awards (a record since eclipsed by Ben Hur, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Titanic). Mitchell

23、has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a 1 Great Americans series postage stamp. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell’s magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forev

24、er changed. Above all, it is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O’Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler. On the 60th anniversary of its first publication, Gone with the Wind endures as a story for all our times. Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer

25、 Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Margaret Mitchell’s story of Scarlett O’Hara’s and Rhett Butler’s beguiling, twisted love for each other, set against the gruesome background of a nation torn apart by war,

26、is by all accounts epic--so much so that it feels untouchable. Trough this paper, the reader can see during the Civil War a "hero" is how to live and make living with the situation’s change. What his qualities are? I. Analysis of Rhett’s Person

27、alities Rhett seems to be the one with eminence personality and be felt turpitude. He is a character either beyond the southern or very realistic and vulgar people. He is a successful figure in the novel at the same time and it is also a good example for such people who are the object to the mone

28、y and the persons who lose their dignity for money in the modern society. He is notorious, once he was learning in "west Point", for the "strict father" is against his method, He has to leave home and begin hang around making living. He become opportunistic, meanwhile he gets all the bad habit that

29、bad guy had in him, omnipotent. However, he was "smart, capable, witty, eloquent," with extraordinary courage and brave heart, the courage to defy the stereotypes of the South, However, he is "smart, capable, witty, eloquent," with extraordinary courage and brave heart, the strong courage make him t

30、o contempt the stereotypes of the south, moreover he put no attention on those sanctimonious "gentleman" and looked down on the self-willed and defiant southern "fighters". As he born in a rich family (his father was a local rather "fame," the old gentleman), but also well educated (have enrollment

31、at West Point). He is a passionate and amorous man, his resourcefulness and courage, warm and friendly, easy going, responsible, and he also has a strong self-esteem and jealous characteristics. A. Resourcefulness and Self-confidence Rhett was a resourcefulness and self-confidence man. H

32、e was a capital. At that time, he got the right way to success. He sold the fashion clothes and guns. His face always masked a smile. He seemed to be a rich businessman, and he got money by sold guns during the war. 1. Resourcefulness Embodied in His Business For the first time recommending

33、 him, it was with the first sight for Scarlett, the novel shows Rhett like this: He was dressed in black broadcloth, a talk man, towering over the officers who stood near him, bulky in the shoulder but tapering to a small waist and absurdly small feet in varnished boots. His severe black suit, w

34、ith fine ruffled shirt and trousers smartly strapped beneath high insteps, was oddly at variance with his physique and face, for he was foppishly groomed, the clothes of a dandy on a body that was powerful and latently dangerous in its lazy grace. His hair was jet black, and his black moustache was

35、small and closely clipped, almost foreign-looking compared with the dashing, swooping moustaches of the cavalrymen near by. He looked, and was, a man of lusty and unashamed appetites. He had an air of utter assurance, of displeasing insolence about him, and there was s twinkle of malice in his bold

36、eyes as he stared at Scarlett, until finally, feeling his gaze, she looked toward him.1 For the first meet in the party in Twelve Oak, Rhett give us a view of rascal, gangster, disgusting people, and an unpleasant smile. However, it showed that he was a successful man a winner. He must be a profi

37、teer and fashion man, and he must be experienced and resourceful. And then, he was a winner. Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinkin

38、g. Each has his or her own unique potentials---capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being---a productive person, a winner. As we know, Rhett was born in a family with a blue blood. But his strain was not familiar with the kind of the blue blood peop

39、le. He refused to marry a girl who rid horse out with Rhett and spend a night. So he was banished from his family by his stern father. To some people, the storm in life is the disaster that leaves him nothing but the perpetual ruins. On the contrary, the Rhett see the storm as the turning point in l

40、ife. He began his road which can be explored to success. Therefore, he became a winner. Rhett did not dedicated his lives to a concept of what he imagine he should be; rather, he was himself and as such do not use his energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others.

41、He was aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. He did not need to hide behind a mask. Rhett was not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge. He could se

42、parate facts from opinions and don’t pretend to have all the answers. He listened to others, evaluate what they said, but came to his own conclusions. Although Rhett could admire and respect other people, he was not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them. Then the brilliant thought woul

43、d be hit him. Rhett’s timing was right. Rhett responded appropriately to the situation. His responses were related to the message sent and preserve the significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Rhett known that for everything there is a season and for every activity a tim

44、e. Rhett in his circumstance got the right time to win by his intelligence. Although Rhett could freely enjoy himself, he could also postpone enjoyment, and he could discipline himself in the present to enhance his enjoyment in the future. Rhett was not afraid to go after what he wants, but he did

45、 so in proper ways. Rhett did not get his security by controlling others. He did not set himself up to lose. Rhett was the winner, and what he had done is like this. People want to be successful in life, he needs friends. People want to get a big achievement, he must have an enemy. Rhett was lonely

46、, independent and confident, which is the reason for get a big success. As if he just a war profiteer, he got the right time and situation. His success is inevitable. 2. Self-confidence Embodied in the Opinions of War On the party in the Twelve Oak, of all the groups that milled about under t

47、he trees, girls smiled excitedly, men talked impassionedly. “Has any one of you gentlemen ever thought that there’s not a cannon factory south of the Mason-Dixon Line?” 2 it was Rhett had known but the short sight southern man would never saw that the factory developed fast and guns advanced in nort

48、h. His experience and knowledge about the timed society was in a giant difference with the south. And the following is the conversation, which was the evidence in the novel: ‘The trouble with most of us Southerners,’ continued Rhett Butler, ‘is that we either don’t travel enough or we don’t pro

49、fit enough by our travels. Now, of cause, all you gentlemen are well travelled. But what have you seen? Europe and New York and Philadelphia and, of cause, the ladies have been to Saratoga’ (he bowed slightly to the group under the author). ‘You’ve seen the gambling houses. And you’ve come home beli

50、eving that there’s no place like the South. As for me, I was Charleston born, but I have spent the last few years in the North.’ His white teeth showed in a grin, as though he realized that everyone present knew just why he no longer lived in Charleston, and cared not at all if they did know. ‘I hav

51、e seen many things that you all have not seen. The thousands of immigrants who’d be glad to fight for the Yankees for food and a few dollars, the factories, the foundries, the shipyards, the iron and coal mines---all the things we haven’t got. Why, all we have is cotton and slaves and arrogance. The

52、y’d lick us in a mouth.’... ‘I mean,’ he answered, ‘what Napoleon--perhaps you’ve heard of him? ---remarked once, "God is on the side of the strongest battalion!" 3 He put forward the distance of the south and the north. He told that he had seen the north development and the achievement that the

53、ir produce. He knew it, but these stupid southern people never paid attention on. They take grant for that they are superior to those northern man. Their wealth earth and slaves are the best things to show their property and power. Rhett attempted to persuade them to recognizing to contemporary circ

54、umstance, but they thought that he looked down upon their abilities. Rhett was an informed one, and he saw many new and fashion things. He had a prediction on the Civil War. Dale Carnegie wrote “Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, you are wrong.” 4 but Rhett didn’t in this way,

55、and people thought that he was contempt them. So his way of statement was wrong. Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was spe

56、aking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely5. Rhett had the feeling whether or not present the war after it break out. On the moment he saved Scar

57、lett and Melanie, as a southern man, he had joined the fight. He said to Scarlett that the war was getting end and I would join to save a few people. Indeed, he had down this, as he was Charleston born. B. Friendliness and Kindness Friendliness, a familiar word, is a key in Rhett’s characteri

58、stic. This golden quality is demonstrated in the following three aspects. 1. Friendliness to Melanie Melanie Wilkes is Ashley’s wife and cousin, her character is that of the genuinely humble, serene and gracious Southern woman. As the story unfolds, Melanie becomes progressively physically wea

59、ker, first by childbirth, then the effects of war, and ultimately illness. She had her own unique inner spirit of perseverance, as did Scarlett. Melanie unwaveringly loved Ashley and Scarlett, and dutifully supported the Confederate cause, revealing the naivety of her character. She is a traditional

60、 woman. Rhett respects her and treat her friendlily. As a bad fame man, he should achieve the traditional kind woman Melanie’s approbation. With her recognition, he would be accepted by the others. Rhett had met many women, but he treated Melanie as a friend, even more a sister. He just would like t

61、o help her, whose thought was everyone is kind of goodness. When Scarlett heart that Rhett was back, and he was monitored in the hotel. Scarlett wanted to get some money from Rhett invest her Tara for survive, but there were some unpleasant conversation: Rhett angrily asked Scarlett, “I was wonder

62、what Mrs. Wilkes thinks? She’s so good and wonderful that she can’t imagine what the two of you are really thinking.”5 Rhett have a highly respects for Melanie. When he talked to Melanie, he offered his manners and gentlemanship. Rhett’s friendliness was embodied at here. And then he was one of Mela

63、nie’s trusted friends. Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is never outweighed. Rhett seldom accounted for his action for someone. But he did it to Melanie. As was hit by a black nort

64、hern man, Ashley and Frank protected Scarlett’s honor by killing this man. In the fight, Frank was died and Ashley was shot. To save Ashley, Rhett and the doctor cheated the northern polices, and told the police that they went to the whorehouse, disguising Ashley getting drunk. After the police gone

65、, Rhett explained to Melanie, “sorry! I just have these friends the Belle Watling –A brothel madam and prostitute; Rhett is her friend. She is portrayed as a kind-hearted country woman and a loyal confederate. to be witness.” Then the exasperated Melanie took a tumble, and she could understand what

66、had happened. For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, kindness and compassion. For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more that devote their lives to helping and to healing. 2. Kindness to Mammy Mammy was Scarlett’s nurse from birth; a slave who raised Scarlett’s Mother and belonged to her Scarlett’s Grandmother before. She cited by Rhett as "the real head of the household." She is the equivalent of the