Abstract:As a famous novel, Gone With the Wind has no shortage of attractive aspects. But of all the clues, the most important clue all through this novel is nothing but how the heroine Scarlet is transformed from a traditional southern fair lady into a determined woman who never surrenders to hardships. As a matter of fact, to some extent, the image of Scarlet even dwarfs those of men in the south for she has the courage to confront the cruel reality, the wisdom to rise again in this world and the perseverance to protect her home. Even in our era, such a female figure as Scarlette is someone worthy of our respect and admiration, let alone in a time more than a century ago. But at the same time, of equal importance is her suffering in this process. In terms of this transformation, innumerable literature critics have obtained different interpretations from different perspectives. But insofar as the hidden sparkles concerned, we often overlook the importance of images in this novel, which are so improtant in portraying the personalities and fate of Scarlet.

In this essay, the first part mainly introduces the life of the author Magaret Mitchell and the main plots of this novel; the second part of this essay maily interpretes the definition and the features of image from the theoretical perspective; the third part of this essay analyzes the personalities and the fate of Scarlet by interpreting the three different images appearing in this novel; the last part of this essay concludes the use of image in Gone with the Wind.

Keywords: image; personality; horse; fire; Tara

Contents

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Abstract

Chapter 1 Introduction.1

  1.1 The Author and Her Major Literary Achievements.1

  1.2 A Brief Introduction to Gone With the Wind1

  1.3 Literature Review2

Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspective.4

  2.1 About Image4

Chapter 3 The Images of Gone With the Wind5

3.1 The Image of Horse.5

   3.11 Overall View- 5

3.12 The Image of Scarlet Before and During the Civil War5

3.13 The Image of Scarlet After the Civil War.6

3.14 The Image of Scarlett—— Pegasus with Broken Wings6

3.2 The Image of Fire.7

3.21 Overview7

3.22 The Image of Fire for the Remnant Southerners.7

3.33 The Image of Fire for Scarlett8

  3.3 The Image of Tara9

   3.31 The Image of Tara for Scarlett.9

Chapter 4 Conclusion.10

Reference.11

Acknowledgements.12