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Maybe I watched the wrong movie and read the wrong book, but doesn't Scarlett end up ultimately paying dearly for those transgressions? A miscarriage, a dead da
by cbozeman 6y ago
Maybe I watched the wrong movie and read the wrong book, but doesn't Scarlett end up ultimately paying dearly for those transgressions? A miscarriage, a dead daughter, and the man she actually loves ends up leaving her forever[1] over shit behavior.
Sounds less like a heroine and more like a cautionary tale, but I guess that's the rub with every story true and fiction; whatever moral you want to extract, you usually can.
[1]: I don't count Ripley's Scarlett, because Margaret Mitchell flat out refused to write a sequel to Gone With The Wind.
- WalterBright 6y agoIt wouldn't be much of a story if it didn't include tragedy as well. Bonnie's death was not the result of Scarlett's behavior. As for Rhett leaving her forever, the story ends with Scarlett already bouncing back and working on a plan to get him back. She also achieved a great deal with her transgressions, much to the envy of her contemporaries. She did whatever she wanted, and to hell with social rules.