摘要

玛格丽特•米歇尔写的《飘》在世界文学中占据着不可替代的位置。这部小说描写了战争的爆发到结束的情景，通过斯嘉丽、瑞特、阿希礼和梅兰妮之间复杂的爱情来铺设线索，呈现出一幅精彩、生动的图画。
作为一个妻子，梅兰妮坚定地相信她的丈夫--阿希礼•维尔克斯，她可以勇敢地说出阿希礼的想法，尽管阿希礼的想法与其他人的想法并不一致。作为一个朋友，她非常了解斯嘉丽，她清楚地知道她的朋友真正需要的是什么。她就像斯嘉丽的母亲一样尽她所能保护着斯嘉丽。而作为一个女人，她向整个社会展示了她渊博的知识，她的仁慈以及高尚品德。她成为那个时代女性的榜样。无论什么事情发生在她的身上，她总是可以应对得非常完美。在她周围的人总是可以从她的身上感受到美好和温暖。总之，梅兰妮可以作为一切美好事物的代名词。

关键词：《飘》，梅兰妮，完美女人
                                 
Abstract

    Gone with the Wind, the novel written by Margaret Mitchell has taken an irreplaceable status in the world literature. The novel portraits the livelihood from the breaking out to the ending of the war, sets its clues through the complex love between Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, and Melanie, to show a splendid and vivid picture of the southern American.
    As a wife, Melanie trusts her husband--Ashley Wilkes firmly, she supported Ashley’s ideas firmly although these ideas didn’t accord with people’s opinions. As a friend, Melanie understood Scarlett very well, she knew exactly what her friend really needed. She protected Scarlett just like Scarlett’s mother--Ellen with all her forces. As a woman, Melanie showed her profound knowledge, leniency and noble virtues to the whole society. She became a role model of all woman in that times. She could always perform perfectly no matter what happens to her. People around her could feel kindness and warmth all the time. In a word, Melanie can be used as pronouns of all good things.

Key Words: Gone With the Wind, Melanie, perfect woman

1.Introduction
    The novel Gone With the Wind written by the American writer Margaret Mitchell is world-famous, so is the film of the same name. The book was published in 1936 and Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction a year later. The book is a perennial bestseller with thousands of copies sold every year, making it one of the most successful novels of all time, even though critics are ambivalent about the literary merits of Margaret Mitchell's historical saga. Gone With the Wind has been hailed as a triumph of American literature. The novel depicts a picture of the social life of the Southern region of America and describes the change of the America during and after the civil war.