《飘》是美国现代女作家玛格丽特.米歇尔于1936年发表的一部长篇通俗小说,也是其一生唯一的一部长篇小说,《飘》问世70多年来,被广泛流传并受到广泛的好评,不失为一部旷世经典之作。然而《飘》所走过的路程却并不是一帆风顺的,在许多批评家看来,《飘》不能被称为一部优雅的艺术之作,甚至不能进入美国文学的神圣殿堂。小说的女主人公斯佳丽被他们描绘成一个极度自私、爱慕虚荣、冷酷无情、为达目的不择手段的女性。但是,经过

In the period before war, Scarlett was a little girl only worried about her love fairs, she had no ideas about the war,

“You know there isn t going to be any war,” said Scarlett, bored. “It s all just talk. Why, Ashley Wilkes and his father told Pa just last week that our commissioners in Washington would come to—to—an—amicable agreement with Mr. Lincoln about the Confederacy. And anyway, the Yankees are too scared of us to fight. There won t be any war, and I m tired of hearing about it.”(Margaret, 1973: 36 p.25)

As we can see, Scarlett didn t believe there will going to be any war, she was really boring about it, what she reply to the twins who were excitedly talking about the war is only making a mouth of bored impatience. Being a charming young lady of the old South, Scarlett cares more about the coming barbecues party, how she looks, her new green flowered-muslin dress, and of course her deeply loved prince Ashley.

Of course the elegant and leisure life make her selfish and vanity. For love Scarlett is stubborn and wayward. She had a romantic emotion to love. But, at that time, ladies and gentlemen s demeanor formed the atmosphere of the traditional society. Her parents want to make her a lady, a traditional one, but to Scarlett, it is really a disaster, in front of her parents, she could bear to pretend, but she went her own way at other times, that s her, a real Scarlett, an very proud own, extremely conceited but very charming Scarlett. So no surprising that all the young men loves her, include Rhett Butler. In his eyes, Scarlett is not very beautiful, not very graceful, and even a little veining, but it s just this woman attacked his heart, this strong will and cat like woman.