Gone_with_the_Wind.ppt

Gone With The Wind Time Released : 1939 Country: USA Running Length: 222 min Genre: Drama / Romance / War Director: Victor Fleming Oscar Best Director Writing Credits: Margaret Mitchell novel ; Sidney Howard screenplay ; Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Plot Outline American classic in which a manipulative woman Scarlett and a roguish man Rhett carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction. American Civil War  1861-1865 The Fundamental Cause of American?Civil?War – Slavery During the war, on Sept. 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 解放黑人奴隶宣言 , declaring that on Jan. 1, 1863, all persons held as slaves in those areas still in rebellion would be “then, therefore forward and forever free”. Scarlett OHara Plantation Tara Movie Structure The film is divided into two halves: Part I deals with Scarlett OHara before and during the war. Part II continues the story line after the war and Scarletts tumultuous relationship with Rhett Butler. Mr. O’Hara’s Words about Land Mr. OHara: What difference does it make whom you marry? So long as hes a Southerner and thinks like you. And when Im gone, I leave Tara to you. Scarlett: I dont want Tara, plantations dont mean anything when... Mr. OHara: Do you mean to tell me Katie Scarlett OHara that Tara, that land doesnt mean anything to you? Why, land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for. Because its the only thing that lasts. Rhett Butler’s View on the War Mr. OHARA: Now gentlemen, Mr. Butler has been up North I hear. Dont you agree with us, Mr. Butler? RHETT BUTLER : I think its hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. CHARLES: What do you mean, sir? RHETT: I mean, Mr. Hamilton, theres not a cannon factory in the whole South. MAN: What difference does that make, sir, to a gentleman? RHETT: Im afraid its going to make a great deal of difference to a great many gentlemen, sir. C