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... This crux influenced the novel Gone with the Wind, published in 1936. ... In Gone With the Wind, Scarlett says, "As God is my witness, as God is my witness, the Yankees arent going to lick me. ... In Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell creates female characters with clever minds and the means to use it to their advantage. ... In Gone With the Wind, the text reads “. ... Also emerging as an intelligent woman is Ellen. ... In the novel, Scarlett thinks, “Mother had always been just as she was, a pillar of strength, a fount of wisdom, the one person who knew the answers to everything” (42), displaying Ellen as the rock of the family. In Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell is careful to be sure the women do not overstep their boundaries, yet still are able to remain a step ahead of the men. ... In Gone with the Wind, the female characters choose not to wait around for the men to save them; instead they take matters into their own hands. ... While her business skill could be considered unladylike for a woman of the 1860’s, she proves to be more independently successful than any other man developed in the novel is. In Gone with the Wind, the text reads:
“She sat quite still, with the heavy book across her lap, her mouth a little open with surprise, thinking that during the lean months at Tara she had done a mans work and done it well…. Why, why, her mind stuttered, I believe women could manage everything in the world without mens help-except having babies, and God knows, no woman in her right mind would have babies if she could help it.
Approximate Word count = 1361
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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