r/GonewiththeWind

I think Scarlett was pretty ruthless in the original, but imagine if it was made today! A streaming series anti heroine! I bet today’s audience would asking why didn’t she deliberately botch Melanie’s delivery so she’d have Ashley all to herself!

I know Margaret M. Said she didn't think Scarlett and Rhett get back together again, BUT at the very end of the novel - and something I never noticed before - right before he doesn't "give a damn" - they discuss briefly NOT divorcing and Rhett tells Scarlett he will still come back to the house and they can basically carry on as they have been to keep the gossip mills at bay. In my mind, that definitely leaves the door open, even if Rhett currently feels he no longer loves Scarlett. I do have to admit though, even I am sick of her Ashley fetish by now and would have had all I could take. Move on woman!

I'm reading a history of Ireland right now. Around the time of the Roman empire, Ireland was divided into various small kingdoms. there was one High King of all the other kings, which was mostly a ceremonial position. The city where the high king resided was generally considered (at that time) the capital of Ireland. What was its name?

Tara.

So ... by naming his plantation after the city, what was Gerald doing, psychologically? Was he making a statement? Did he feel kingly at his plantation? Or was it simply an homage to Ireland, the land of his birth?

And what did his neighbors think? The Tarletons, Calverts, and Munroes would not have cared, but the Wilkes probably caught the reference. After all, even Rhett knew that the siege of Drogheda was in "sixteen hundred and something." If he knew enough Irish history to know that, the Wilkes would definitely have known.

I'm probably overthinking this, but I wonder what others might think.

If you were given a chance to be in Margaret Mitchell’s shoes, how would you write the ending of Gone with the wind (book)? And how would it play out?

Would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section!

Personally, I would end it with Rhett failing to carry out his promise of “keeping appearances” and dilly dallyies everywhere to keep his mind off of Bonnie and Melanie’s death and Scarlett. Meanwhile, Scarlett waits for him until she could no longer and she contracts some deadly disease and she dies too before Rhett could reach her! Which would be a history repeats itself moment like her mother and Philippe and her grandparents Solange and Pierre. THE END <3

Fifth time reading the book. Just noticed something that seems incongruous with memory...Scarlett and Rhett finally get married on page 587! That's slightly over 100 pages before the book ends. Memory, however, (at least to me), has them wed closer to the middle of the book. I wonder if it's because the time they spend married has several of the most dramatic events??? Does anyone else feel the same way? Or perhaps it's the fact that there is so much dialogue between them woven throughout the entire novel that it makes it seem they've been together longer.

This is the first time I’ve seen this movie, I’m so upset that Rhett left Scarlett. There were so many misunderstandings that lead to abuse on both ends but I wish I got to see them melt into each other at the end. I’m so sad.

I just finished reading GWTW! It took me over 6 months, but it was so worth it. Such a good book. I was planning to watch the movie, however the movie is coming to a theater near me in october. Should I watch the movie at home? Wait til I can see it in theaters? What do you think?!