英语毕业论文 乱世佳人中女主人翁斯佳丽人物形象分析

Abstract

This paper intends to explore out Scarlett’s rich life in the perspective of character and destiny by an analysis of Scarlett’s personality and her destiny, based on the heroine Scarlett in the novel Gone with the Wind. Scarlett is a typical character who changed from old manor class to the new bourgeoisie, which decides the diversity of her character. This paper will give a brief introduction of Scarlett’s three main personalities: strong and masculine, independent and individualistic, responsible and trustworthy. Then there will be an analysis of the interaction of Scarlett’s personality and destiny by means of the effect of Scarlett’s personality on her destiny in the form of her main experiences in this part. Firstly, she had an indomitable spirit to dare to face the reality and do not bow to fate. This personality makes her return home and assume the whole family’s burden and fight against the fate without cowardice and grow to maturity. Secondly, she is selfish and greedy; she uses all kinds of means to gain profits. She believes in individualism. Her selfishness and vanity is the direct factor leading to her three purposeful marriages. Thirdly, she is trustworthy. This personality makes her never give up the help to Melanie who is her rival in love just for her promise to Ashley. “Tomorrow is another day”. This is the best confession to her optimistic life and her perennial interpretation of destiny.

Key words: Gone with the Wind; Scarlett; personality; destiny

内容摘要

本文立足小说《乱世佳人》中女主人翁斯佳丽这一人物形象，从性格和命运的视角出发，通过分析斯佳丽自身性格对其命运的影响展示斯佳丽丰富的人生。斯佳丽是一个典型的由旧庄园主阶级向新型的资产阶级转变的人物形象，这注定了她性格的多元性.本文首先会分三部分分别呈现出斯佳丽的三个主要性格：坚强，独立和个人主义，有责任感并值得信赖。接着将会分析斯佳丽性格和命运之间的相互影响。这个部分主要通过斯佳丽的经历进行分析：一.她有敢于面对现实，不向命运低头，坚强不屈的精神，这使她在战乱中她决定返还家园承担起整个家庭的重担，与命运抗衡，不怯懦，不退缩,逐渐走向成熟。

二.她自私自利唯利是图，为达目的不择手段。她是一个个人主义者，自私，虚荣直接导致了她的三次有目的性的婚姻。三.她信守承诺值得信赖,这种性格使她为了信守对阿希礼的承诺，在任何时候都没有放弃对自己情敌梅兰妮的援助。“明天将会是崭新的一天”是她对生活积极进取的最好表白，也是她对命运生生不息的诠释。

关键词：《乱世佳人》；斯佳丽；性格；命运

1. Introduction

The topic on the relationship between one’s personality and destiny is hot all the time. Many people have done research on it before. Personality has always been defined as an individual thinking, mood, behavior and attitudes of the general. Destiny is close to us as well. People are excepting the knowledge of fate. This paper will do the same work by a simple analysis of Scarlett’s personality and her destiny. Scarlett is the heroine of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, a renowned American female writer. People in Gone with the Wind can reflect kinds of person’s personality and destiny vividly, and Scarlett is representative. So the paper will focus on Scarlett to tell her personality and destiny.

Scarlett is a controversial character. She is selfish, cold, ruthless, unscrupulous, cute, strong and also beautiful and weak. Her personality decided that she would not live a plain and common life. But just because of her over hard-edged personality in other people’s view, she suffered more both in her career or her love than people’s imagination. As her name suggests, she is a wild and strong-willed lady. She is not only charming and attractive in her appearance but also in her personality: She is a strong willed, indomitable, hard working and masculine lady of the western people. However, she is an individualist, in other words, she is a self-centered woman. She never