Anyone Seen "Gone With The Wind"?

Question

For the first time today, I saw about 3/4 of Gone With The Wind. The last thing I saw was Rhett and Scarlett getting married and having little Bonnie. I still need someone to clarify things for me because I feel I didn't quite understand the whole movie.

Ok, so Scarlett lived on a plantation called Tara. She lived with her parents and had one or two sisters. She fell in love with Ashely Wilkes who would soon marry Melanie and have a baby by her. He went off to fight in war. Some guy married Scarlett before he went off to the war and died. Then next thing I know Scarlett goes to Atlanta for some reason and meets Rhett Butler. Then next thing I know she's homeless and her house almost destroyed by the "Yankies". Then she works at the place called Kennedy and Wilkes. Rhett is popping in and out of her life, they finally get married. They have a baby......

How did she end up poor?
Was she ever in love with Rhett?
Was there a happy ending?
Was Ashely in love with her?

Answer 1

Scarlett had two sisters & in order to make Ashley jealous when she found out he was going to marry his cousin Melanie, Scarlett married Melanie's brother Charles who was suppose to marry Ashley's sister India. Charles got killed.
Scarlett like most of the other southern plantation owners got poor from the war. The only money they had was in Confederate bonds which were worth zilch after during & after the war.
Scarlett went to Atlanta to visit Melanie after her husband Charles was killed. She wanted to be where Ashley would be when he came home. When Atlanta was evacuated, Scarlett took Melanie & the new baby to Tara. She was not homeless. When the carpetbeggers ran up the taxes on Tara, Scarlett went back to Atlanta to try to get the money from Rhett. When that did not work, she ran into Frank Kennedy who was suppose to be Scarlett's sister Sue Ellen's intended. Scarlett lied that Sue Ellen would be marrying someone else so she could get Frank to marry her so she could get the money to pay the taxes on Tara. So, she not only worked at Kennedy/Wilkes, she & her husband owned it.
Did Scarlett love Rhett? I think she did, but they were at odds all the time. He loved her, but acted like it was no big deal, which got her back up & then there was an argument, bla bla bla!!!
Ashley the wimp loved Melanie, but he probably loved Scarlett to. But Scarlett was just too much for him...She would have chewed him up & spit him out, like she did with husband Frank until he was killed.
Happy ending??? Didn't you see the end? Bonnie got killed when her pony threw her & broke her neck. Melanie died & Rhett walked out on Scarlett. Not quite a happy ending.

I have enjoyed watching Gone With The Wind
since I was a kid. My mom & her sisters grew up watching it also. Next time it's on, hope you can sit down & watch the whole thing so you can get the whole picture better than how I gave it to you.....

Answer 2

The war made Scarlett poor. She was visiting Atlanta and then returned to Tara when Sherman made his march to the sea. She couldn't go sooner because she had to stay with the pregnant Melanie. The Yankees used Tara as a headquarters. The book says this happened because her mother and sisters were sick. The Yankees took everything and most of the servants ran away. In addition they made the taxes $300, a high rate for the time. Hence why she visited Rhett in jail.
She did love Rhett. Unfortunately, she never knew it until after Melanie died and Rhett was leaving her.
The ending is neither happy nor sad in my opinion. Rhett leaves Scarlett, and she decides to go home to decide what to do next. You may feel happy because Scarlett is a spoiled brat who got what she deserved. You may feel sad because Scarlett and Rhett genuinely loved each other but ended up apart.
Ashley never loved Scarlett romantically. He says he loved some of her traits. At the end Scarlett finds out that Ashley really loved Melanie, and she wished he told her sooner instead of talking about honor.
Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Ok... first I would like to say, the book explains a lot more, but the movie is good too; here are your answers:

She ended up poor because the Union Army (the Yankees) took everything there was at Tara. The land became baron and the animals were gone. She had to start again and work the land herself.

In the end she realizes that she does love Rhett, but it is too late.

The ending isn't a happy one. She goes to Rhett to tell him she actually does love him, but he's fed up and this is where the line, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" comes from.

I don't think Ashley loved her. I think he led her on, but I don't think he loved her.

Answer 4

Scarlett wound up poor because the what the yankies didn't burn they stole from her. Yes she love Rhett dearly. Ashley Wilkes never loved Scarlett at all. The movie has a sad ending. If I tell you anymore it will spoil it for you. You should see all of it. You like it. Pop the corn & enjoy! Smiles

Answer 5

Scarlett ended up being so poor because of the war - Yes she was in love with Rhett but she was never satisfied - Yes there is a happy ending but not until the next story. There is a book out called "Scarlett" and the story continues. Probably a movie on that book as well. It was a gread read.

Answer 6

#1.Yankees took evey thing for Southern homes for their own army that's why Scarlet was left poor.
#2.Scarlet DID fall in love with Rhett but it was at the end of the movie and too late considering their crumbling marrige after the death of Bonnie. Rhett had had enough of Scarlet mistreating him.
#3.There's almost a cliff hanger ending. Rhett leaves her with the famous line "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn". But at the very end she plans on going back home to tara and finding a way of getting him back. Semi sad ending.
#4.Ashley was messed up. He loved Melanie but her admired Scarlet for her "passion for living" and "other" qualitys she posessed,if you get what I mean.
Hoped I helped.

Answer 7

end up poor-- lost everything during the civil war. slaves gone, no crop, no food, confederate money was worthless, big taxes owed

love rhett-- yes, but didnt realize it until end of movie, too late then

happy ending--not really, still some things not yet decided. lost rhett, but still had her spirit and her land and her determination to succeed.

ashley love scarlett--no

Answer 8

No happy ending, her daughter dies, rhett leaves her, she finally realizes that she truely loves rhett and he leaves anyway. She ends up alone. Ashely was never in love with her...she ended up poor because the war. She only married rhett because he was still rich after the war.

Answer 9

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