Recently, the weather has turned cold, there is a kind of illusion of winter in a second, wet and cold weather, I listened to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" in the gap between subways, and the famous book was immersed in the scene with audio books. Before listening to "Anne of Green Gables", it is said that the high-scoring British drama "Little Annie" is adapted from this work, too lazy to watch the play, simply listen to the book.
When listening to "Gone with the Wind", the figures of Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable came to mind, this classic film was really well cast, and the two actors showed the characteristics of the role to the fullest. Scarlett is a woman who dares to be bold, dares to love and hate, can break through the shackles, but is selfish. Her three marriages were not because of love, but for various reasons. The first marriage was rejected by her crush Ashley, and she impulsively married someone to take revenge; the second marriage was to help the family, at the expense of her sister, robbing her fiancé Frank; the third marriage was with Red Butler, of course, also looking at his wealthy wealth.
Scarlett is cute and hateful, and the cute thing is that she seems to be omnipotent, invincible, and nothing can stop her. During the Civil War, she braved the hail of bullets and bullets with Red's help, and returned to Tara Manor with Melanie and the children, who had just arrived. The Northern Army ransacked the manor, and in a destitute situation, Scarlett rolled up her sleeves, abandoned her status as a noble lady, and went to work in the fields so that her family would no longer starve. One day when she met a Yankee who wanted to rob him, Scarlett shot and killed him, so that Scarlett had the confidence to do anything later: I had even killed people, and there was nothing I dared to do. After the war, she thought that life would improve, but she did not expect the government to start increasing taxes, but in desperation, she went to find Red, but was humiliated, and happened to meet her sister's sweetheart Frank on the way back, Scarlett snatched him by means of means, became his wife, and Tara Manor was saved.
Scarlett is a bold, assertive woman, and such a woman is often very business-minded. After marrying Frank, she found that her husband did not have any business talent, so Scarlett personally went to the battle to open the sawmill that was on the verge of closure, and she made money in such a ostentatious way, like a man, which was unprecedented in Atlanta, and this behavior, in the nobility, made her husband Frank also disgraced.
Scarlett's rebelliousness and competitiveness are only appreciated and deeply loved by one man, that is, Red, and even he himself says that he is the one who knows Scarlett's true face but still loves her, but Scarlett finally understands this kind of love that knows herself and knows her opponent. Red is a cunning speculator, he is sober-minded, he seizes every opportunity to make money, even a fortune, which shows that he is as unscrupulous and adventurous as Scarlett. During Scarlett's widowhood, Red saw Scarlett's social desires and renounced worldly views and asked Scarlett to dance her first dance. Scarlett is excellent in business, Red is quite appreciative, to some extent he does not advocate male superiority and female inferiority, he is more mature and stable than Scarlett, of course, age is also the reason, the difference between the two is 17 years. He tolerated, endured, and waited for Scarlett again and again, and was known as the originator of uncle love, especially after the birth of his daughter Meilan, he became a daughter slave (at that time, the society was also different, everyone generally preferred sons to daughters), changed some of the original vulgar behavior, and tried to be a gentleman.
However, all of Red's efforts, Scarlett can not see, she feels that she does not love him, marrying him is purely to see his money, which Red also knows. Scarlett never forgot Ashley, the aristocratic man of the Twelve Oaks Manor, but she did not realize that ashley, although handsome and elegant, was like an embroidered pillow, and after the End of the Civil War, he missed the idyllic days of the past, and the new era was incompatible, and the good sawmill was in dismal operation, in the face of reality, he could not withstand the wind and waves, always wanted to escape the problem. Such a cowardly man, Scarlett and Red are separated for this reason, although she has no real cheating, but it makes a rift in the relationship between them. After Mei Lan's unfortunate death due to a horse break neck, Red poured his heart and soul into his daughter was in vain, he began to decadent, degenerate, indifferent to Scarlett, and because of his own mistakes, Scarlett rolled down the stairs, resulting in serious illness and loss of children, for which he deeply blamed himself.
At this time, Red has become another person, he is tired of Scarlett's emotional games, slowly lost enthusiasm for her, and after the loss of his beloved daughter and Scarlett's miscarriage, Red's heart gradually froze. On melanie's dying day, Scarlett realizes her strong love for Red, but it is too late, her attachment to Ashley has already worn out all of Red's patience, and Red, who finally talks to Scarlett, is so cold and sad.
Red: Scarlett, have you ever thought that even the most eternal love will dry up?
My love has dried up, don't you ever realize that I love you very much, give you all the love that a man can give to a woman, you don't know how many years I have loved you before getting you, during the war I have wanted to go far and fly high to forget, but I can't forget, every time I will come back.
After the war, I risked arrest and rushed back, also to find you, I love you, but I can't let you know. You are always cruel to those who love you, in fact, we are a natural couple, because I am as cold as you, greedy and unscrupulous, of all the people you know, only I still love you after seeing your true face, I know, when you married me, you did not love me, I am so stupid.
I thought there would be a way to make Ashley disappear from your heart, but I failed.
You don't know that I always like to see Meilan as you, she is too similar to you, willful and brave, always full of vitality, but she is not like you, she loves me. I could give her the love you didn't want, which was a blessing, but when she left, she took everything with me.
Scarlett: Honey, I'm so sorry, I'll compensate you later, we'll be happy in the future, we can have another child. If you've ever loved me that much, you must still have a little affection for me.
Red: I think there are only two feelings left, both of which you hate. One is compassion and the other is compassion.
Scarlett: Are you saying that I have destroyed all your love and that you no longer love me?
Reid: Yes
Scarlett: But I love you
Reid: That's your misfortune.
Although Red did not hesitate to leave her, for the increasingly frustrated Scarlett, tomorrow is another day, what is the importance of love, what is terrible about failure, she always has a way to break through the siege, surprise victory, and welcome a new day.