Movie Review Scarlett O Hara - 1050 Words

film begins with Scarlett O’Hara surrounded by many enthusiasts, but is soon crushed when her father, Gerald O’Hara, tells her of Ashley Wilkes’s upcoming marriage to his cousin. Scarlett’s father also reminds her of the importance and permanence of the land and their home, Tara, but she is distracted and does not seem to listen to him. At a barbecue the next day at the neighboring plantation, Scarlett is again surrounded by even more admirers, but she is overhauled by jealousy and resentment when she sees Ashley and Melanie together. Rhett Butler notices Scarlett on the staircase and expresses interest in her, but Scarlett corners Ashley in the library to confess her love for him. When Ashley says they are too different to be together†¦show more content†¦Rhett leaves Scarlett, giving her his gun for protection, and he leaves to join the war effort. The women return to Tara to find Scarlett’s mother dead, her father helpless, and Tara in ruins. Undaunted, Scarlett ends the first part of the film resolving to do whatever she must to never go hungry again. Part Two opens with Scarlett, her family, and the slaves picking cotton in the field. Later, when Scarlett discovers a Yankee deserter trying to loot Tara, she shoots and kills him with the gun Rhett gave her and takes the money he has stolen from others. Frank Kennedy asks Scarlett for the hand of Suellen, her sister, and Scarlett agrees to the match. Later, Scarlett discovers that the taxes on Tara have been raised to $300, an impossible amount. A despairing Scarlett once again meets Ashley in secret, declaring her love for him and asking that they run away together. Ashley replies that Scarlett could never leave because she loves the land too much. When Tara’s former overseer returns and attempts to buy the property, Scarlett refuses. Her father mounts his horse to chase the overseer away but falls off during a jump and dies. Scarlett goes to Atlanta in an attempt to charm Rhett into paying her debt, but Rhett is a Union prisoner, jailed for blockade running and war profiteering. He realizes what she’s up to and tells her that his money is tied up in Europe. On the way back to Tara, Scarlett runs into Frank, whom she marries for the tax money after she lies