has many representations. Some will regard it as a romantic story between Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler. Others may view it as a glimpse into the rise‚ fall and rise (again) of southern aristocrats before‚ during and after the Civil War. Both points of view are valid. The Civil War and its consequences serve as the background of this love affair. Along with the war (and its aftermath) the story of Rhett and Scarlett can genuinely be called a great but stormy romantic adventure. It can also
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The book the Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ follows the story of Hester Prynne who is punished for the crime of adultery. The story starts off when Hester and her three month old baby‚ Pearl‚ is being brought out of prison and put on a scaffold and publicly humiliated. While she is standing there she spots her husband. Two years prior‚ he has sent her ahead to Massachusetts and was planning on coming later but never made it. He signals to her to keep quiet. While on the stage‚
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http://gutenberg.net.au/licence.html To contact Project Gutenberg of Australia go to http://gutenberg.net.au Title: Author: GONE WITH THE WIND Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell PART ONE CHAPTER I Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful‚ but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother‚ a Coast aristocrat of French descent‚ and the heavy ones of her florid
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around the protagonist‚ Scarlett O’Hara. Scarlett is in love with Ashley Wilkes‚ but in the beginning of the novel‚ she learns that Ashley plans to get married to Melanie Hamilton. Though she is sad‚ the news that she received did not discourage her attempts to win Ashley’s heart. Many of the decisions that she made were driven by her love for Ashley and her determination to win him. In the poem‚ the speaker says‚ “I am desolate and sick of an old passion.” Scarlett felt unhappy and alone
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3/27/13 Vivian Leigh There have been hundreds of thousand world renowned actors and actresses from all over the world. Many of which have won numerous awards and have made quite a name for themselves. Often times actors and actresses start from the very bottom‚ even from childhood working hard to get where they are or once were. This is much like actress Vivian Leigh. She had a hardworking childhood‚ and worked her way up the food chain to earn what is now considered a household name. “Born on
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In the novel‚ The Scarlett Letter‚ the character that is the most striking morally ambiguous character is Reverend Dimmesdale. He can be identified as neither good nor evil because of many reasons‚ including his monumental secret of being an adulterist‚ his random acts of saying sweet nothings to the people of the church‚ his sermons secretly related to his life spreading a powerful message‚ and ultimately his confession of committing adultery with Hester. The significance of his moral ambiguity
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Paraphrasing S. Kathleen Kitao Kenji Kitao When you write a paper‚ you use some information that you have read in books‚ journals‚ on the Internet‚ etc. Your teacher might have told you‚ “Use your own words.” In other words‚ even when you use someone else’s information‚ you are not allowed to use the words they wrote. You have to use your own. You have to say the same thing in a different way. This is called paraphrasing. For example‚ if the book you are reading from says‚ “John Adams‚ who was
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Sarah Jamie Audate Mr.Orenzo November 15‚ 2012 Research paper Hester Prynne stood out as a Protagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet letter. The story of the scandalous women‚ the women with long luscious brown hair‚ the women who is drop dead gorgeous ‚ the women who gave birth to Arthur Dimmesdales child ‚she is Hester Prynne. Throughout them all‚ giving up her individuality‚ she would become the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point‚ and in which
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Gone with the Wind he began searching for the perfect cast and refused to any further until he could tie down Clark Gable as Rhett Butler. After a two year delay‚ Selznick was able to finally confirm Gable as Rhett and even landed Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara‚ therefore Selznick’s perfect cast was complete. The film later released in theaters in December of 1939. The film adaptation of Gone with the Wind is quite identical to the novel‚ it even holding true to some of Mitchell’s main ideas such
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2nd period Gone with the wind is based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell that was written in 1936 directed by Victor Fleming. The film has multiple stars including Clark Gable as Rhett Butler ‚ Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara‚ Leslie Howard‚ Olivia de Havilland‚ and Hattie McDaniel. Gone with the wind was a fictional story released in 1939 telling about the civil war and the reconstruction era from a white southern point of view. This movie has made more money
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