After the War, Scarlett's character hardens, when she is burdened by her family, servants, the Wilkes family, and the fear of homelessness and starvation.

Melanie's death serves as a catalyst for the final phase of Scarlett's character growth in the book.

Many critics state that Tara ultimately symbolizes Scarlett's spirit or character.

Rhett and Scarlett's bedroom scene ( Chapter 54 ) is often read as a rape that was meant to suggest Reconstruction fear of black on white rape in the South.

Cathleen Calvert was young Scarlett's friend.

* Ellen ( Robillard ) O ' Hara: Scarlett's gracious mother of French ancestry, Ellen married Gerald O ' Hara, who was 28 years her senior, after her true love, Phillipe Robillard, was killed in a bar fight.

She was considered for various roles in Gone with the Wind ranging from Ellen O ' Hara, Scarlett's mother, which went to Barbara O ' Neil, to prostitute Belle Watling, which went to Ona Munson.

Raglan was anxious to exploit Scarlett's success and drive the Russians off the Causeway Heights, but Cathcart's and Cambridge's infantry divisions had still not arrived ; every minute that passed gave the Russians more time to prepare their defences for the expected British counter-attack.

As it was fashionable ( according to Mitchell ) to name baby boys after their fathers ' commanding officers, Scarlett's son by Charles is therefore named Wade Hampton Hamilton.

Scarlett's upbringing resembled that of Mitchell's maternal grandmother, Annie Fitzgerald Stephens ( 1844 – 1934 ), who was raised on a plantation in Clayton County, Georgia ( where the fictional Tara was placed ), and whose father was an Irish immigrant.

Scarlett's appointment as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the Queen's New Years Honours List 2007 was criticised in the media by some who believe that certain honours have been given unfairly to officials and supporters loyal to the government during the 2003 war in Iraq.

Scarlett's first major role was as Naomi Wildman on the UPN sci-fi program Star Trek: Voyager.

It is the only living member of the genus Malacorhynchus ; a closely related, but slightly larger extinct form from New Zealand was described as Scarlett's Duck ( Malacorhynchus scarletti ).

Some felt at the time that Scarlett's bid was based on Minerva's intention to acquire Allders ' site for its Park Place project, in order to sell the plot to another retailer, probably John Lewis.

While Scarlett is in Atlanta, Suellen, the sister whom Scarlett's husband truly loved, conspires with the hated carpetbaggers and scalawags to defraud the victorious United States government of $ 150, 000 by having her senile father swear an oath that his family was pro-Union during the war ; therefore, the cotton burned and the damages done to the place were not justified.

* Katie Scarlett ( O ' Hara ) Hamilton Kennedy Butler: The protagonist of the novel, Scarlett's forthright Irish blood is always at variance with the French teachings of style from her mother, Ellen O ' Hara.

* Mammy: Scarlett's nurse from birth, Mammy is a slave who originally belonged to Scarlett's grandmother, and raised her mother, Ellen O ' Hara.

* Big Sam: A strong, husky, hardworking field slave who in post-war lawlessness comes to Scarlett's rescue from would-be merciless thieves.

Meanwhile, the main part of Ryzhov's cavalry remained static on the southern slopes of the Causeway Heights, some 800 yards (~ 730 m ) from Scarlett's Heavy Brigade still moving south-east in the South Valley.

Ryzhov had been caught flat-footed, allowing Scarlett's cavalry to push ahead, heaving and hacking at their opponents from all sides before gaining the ascendancy.

Some say that some of Scarlett's plotting and scheming aspects might have been drawn from Martha Bulloch Roosevelt's beautiful and vivacious, independently wealthy and grandparent-spoiled, rebellious and attention-seeking granddaughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

Rhett's understanding of human nature extends to children as well, and he is a much better parent to Scarlett's children from her previous marriages than she is herself ; he has a particular affinity with her son Wade, even before Wade is his stepson.

The Wind Done Gone is the same story, but told from the viewpoint of Cynara, a mulatto slave on Scarlett's plantation and the daughter of Scarlett's father and Mammy ; the title is an African American Vernacular English sentence that might be rendered " The Wind Has Gone " in Standard American English.

For the first and only time in many years, Snake Eyes spoke Scarlett's name, and she woke from her coma, ultimately returning to active duty.

When one of the soldiers is prevented, by his commanding officer, from taking a gilded sword that once belonged to Scarlett's long-dead father-in-law and intended for her little boy Wade Hamilton ( the officer is himself a veteran of the same campaigns as the sword's former owner ), the thwarted Yankee soldier expresses his indignation by secretly setting a wing of the house on fire as the Yankees are leaving.

Her abortion is not a secret for long as, discovering an abortion leaflet, Scarlett's mother, Carrie, demands answers from Scarlett.

Although outnumbering the British by two or three to one and having the advantage of the high ground, the Russians seemed shaken by the unexpected presence of Scarlett's cavalry.

With Rhett's " swarthy face " juxtaposed against Scarlett's " magnolia-white skin ", the two white protagonists are a metaphor for an interracial couple, and their romance represents racial conflict.

Thereafter Frank succumbs to Scarlett's feminine charms and he marries her two weeks later knowing he has done " something romantic and exciting for the first time in his life.

Scarlett's bad belle traits, her deceitfulness, shrewdness, manipulativeness, and superficiality, in contrast to Melanie's good belle traits, trust, self-sacrifice, and loyalty, enable Scarlett to survive in the post-war South, and pursue her main interest, making money.

In Atlanta, Scarlett's spirits revive and she is busy with hospital work and sewing circles for the Confederate army.

It is clear things have drastically changed: Gerald has lost his mind, Scarlett's mother is dead, her sisters are sick with typhoid fever, the field slaves left after Emancipation, the Yankees have burned all the cotton and there is no food in the house.

As she is leaving the jailhouse, Scarlett runs into Frank Kennedy, who is betrothed to Scarlett's sister, Suellen, and running a store in Atlanta.

Suddenly Scarlett's eyes fill with tears and Ashley holds her head against his chest.

She wonders if Rhett will kiss her, but to Scarlett's irritation, he does not.

* Captain Rhett K. Butler: Scarlett's admirer and third husband, Rhett is often publicly shunned for his scandalous behavior and sometimes accepted for his charm.

* Archie: An ex-convict and former Confederate soldier who is imprisoned for the murder of his adulterous wife, he is taken in by Melanie and then later became Scarlett's coach driver.

* Charles Hamilton: Melanie Wilkes ' brother and Scarlett's first husband, Charles is a shy and loving boy.

* Frank Kennedy: Suellen O ' Hara's former fiancé and Scarlett's second husband, Frank is an unattractive older man.

Frank is unable to comprehend Scarlett's fears and her desperate struggle for survival after the war.

He is " shot through the head ", according to Rhett Butler, while attempting to defend Scarlett's honor after she is attacked.

* Caroline Irene (" Carreen ") O ' Hara: Scarlett's youngest sister, who also became sickened by typhoid during the Battle of Atlanta.

* Gerald O ' Hara: Scarlett's Irish father and an excellent horseman, Gerald is sometimes seen leaping fences on his horse while intoxicated, which eventually leads to his death.

* Susan Elinor (" Suellen ") O ' Hara: Scarlett's middle sister, who became sickened by typhoid during the Battle of Atlanta.