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Scarlett Rhett Family Interested Loves Star Crossed Lovers Story

Id ESLPod_0339_CN
Episode Id ESLPod 339
Episode Title Star-crossed Lovers
Title Star-crossed Lovers
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Gone with the Wind, written by Margaret Mitchell in 1936, is one of the great American "romances" (a story about romantic love). The story "takes place" (happens) in the "Old South" (the southeastern United States before the Civil War). It is about a young woman named Scarlett O'Hara and her relationships with other people before, during, and after the Civil War.

Scarlett is beautiful and "rebellious" (not doing what other people want one to do). She lives with her family on a "plantation" (a large farm with many servants and slaves) and has many "beaux" (an old-fashioned word for men who are romantically interested in a woman), but the one man she loves, Ashley, is not interested in her.

An exciting but "scandalous" (not accepted by society because of what one does) man named Rhett Butler is very interested in Scarlett, but she doesn't realize that she loves him. Instead, she marries two other men.

"Meanwhile" (during this time), the war "rages" (is fought violently and affects many people) through the South. Scarlett's family plantation is almost destroyed and she almost "starves" (dies from not having enough food) and even kills a soldier. These experiences show that she is strong and independent, which makes her even more "attractive" (pretty and desirable) to Rhett.

When Scarlett's second husband dies, she marries Rhett Butler, but she still loves the "unattainable" (something or someone that one cannot have) Ashley and this creates problems in the marriage. When their daughter dies, Scarlett and Rhett's marriage "deteriorates" (gets worse). At the very end of the novel, Scarlett finally "realizes" (understands) that she loves Rhett, but at that time it is too late and Rhett has left her. The novel ends as Scarlett begins to plan how she will make Rhett love her again.

Topics Relationships + Family

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