Artistic-linguistic specifics of the description of the image of Scarlett O’Hara as a strong woman in the novel "Gone with the wind" by Margaret Mitchell.

Abstract

This article is devoted to the novel ,,Gone with the wind” written by one of the most well-known American writers of the mid-20th century –Margaret Mitchell. ,,Gone with the wind” is considered to be one of the best-selling books of all time. Margaret Mitchell’s novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, follows the story of the main character Scarlett O’Hara,a prototypical Southern woman of her day, who grapples with the loss of the old Southern traditions and has to forge a new path for herself and her family. The authors concentrate their attention on the protagonist of the bestseller, to be more specific, on examining artistic-linguistic specifics of the description of the image of Scarlett O’Hara as a strong woman. Scarlett is one of the strongest female characters ever created. She lives a hard life during a difficult period of history, namely, the Civil War and Reconstruction. The protagonist as a woman of great strength overcomes a considerable number of difficulties to care for her family and herself: she marries men, whom she does not love in order to get money to save Tara, disregards a public opinion, buying and running two sawmills in order to maintain her family’s financial security, and even works in the fields of Tara herself to ensure a good harvest of cotton. The main character’s strong nature is demonstrated on the basis of specific examples. Besides, the article comprises a significant number of quotations taken from the book. Дана стаття присвячена роману „Віднесені вітром”, який був написаний однією з найвідоміших американських письменниць середини 20-го століття – Маргарет Мітчелл. Автори концентрують свою увагу на протагоністкі бестселера, а саме на розгляді художньо- лiнгвiстичних особливостей опису образу Скарлетт О’Хари як сильної жінки. На основі конкретних прикладів демонструються сильні риси характеру головної героїні роману. Крім того, стаття містить значну кількість цитат, приведених з книги.