"Gone With the Wind"

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This paper presents a review of Margaret Mitchell's novel, "Gone With the Wind" and compares it to the movie. The paper contends that the movie was one that portrayed both the grandeur of the old South as well as the heartbreak of destruction caused by the slavery issue that led to the Civil War. The story is one of love and loss, of birth and death and contains strong characters that are unforgettable even long past one having viewed it. This review critiques the movie as to whether it was produced according to Mitchell's intention and would be considered 'authentic' to the time period of the Civil War during the decade of the 1860s.

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"Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable play leading roles in this movie. Leigh plays the part of Scarlet O'Hara, a young vivacious, spoiled young woman in the full blush of maidenhood in the old South of plantations, magnolia blooms and lush wealth of the plantation life of white slave owners. Gable plays the part of Rhett Butler, a debonair roguish entrepreneur who turns stockade runner during the war between the North and the South. Scarlet was born and bred on a large plantation, which was named "Tara". Her father was a doting father who was both a Plantation and slave owner. Mr. O'Hara was portrayed as an Irishman who was kind to his slaves and considered them to be almost family members. Scarlet's mother was a matronly woman who commanded obedience in a genteel way from servants and children alike. "

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