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Essay / Gone with the Wind Review - 527
I chose to watch Gone with the Wind for my epic movie. I really enjoyed the movie. Gone with the Wind is about a girl named Scarlett O'Hara, the daughter of an Irish immigrant who owns a plantation named Tara in Georgia in 1861. Scarlett is in love with Ashley Wilkes, who, although attracted to her, marries her cousin, Melanie Hamilton. At the party announcing Ashley's engagement to Melanie, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler, who has a reputation for being a rascal. As the Civil War begins, Scarlett accepts a marriage proposal from a man she does not love and later dies in the war. After the war, Scarlett inherits Tara and manages to keep the place running. When desperate measures are taken and Scarlett is unable to get money to pay Tara, she marries a rich man who later dies attacking the men who attacked her. After this, Rhett confesses his love and they get married, but when things get difficult and Scarlett's true colors come out, he packs his bags and leaves. In the reading, he describes that epics are known for their extravagance and that they often have the characteristics of heroism and bravery. . I...