Abstract

   Gone with the wind is the one and only novel written by American woman writer Margaret Mitchell who is also famous for the very novel. With a background of American civil war, this love story attracts people’s attention around the world since it was published in 1936. For over 70 years, this book has always been among the best-sellers. Different views of this novel are held among literary critics. Some believe that it is a classical novel worth studying. While others think the novel is just a popular novel which can hardly be classified as literature. However, this novel is a hot topic of many researches both at home and abroad. One of the greatest features of this novel is that the character of each main role is complex. The combinations of character show us round images of those leading roles which in turn reflect many aspects of the environment. Since there is much flexibility in the character of each main role, there is more room for the study of their character so as to see which components are most important and critical to people’s destiny.
   This thesis intends to discover the relationship between the character of principal roles and their destiny, and try to find out what kind of character leads to survival and what to doom. This thesis will not only analyze the round character, but also discuss how it influences or determines people’s fate in the particular historical environment--the Civil War. The first part of the thesis focus on the background of the novel. The second part discusses the typical character of each main role. And with the development of the plots in the novel, the relationship between the character and the destiny will be found. Above the analysis, the paper intends to help to comprehend the whole novel.

Keywords: Gone with the Wind；character；destiny；relationship

摘 要    
        
   《飘》是美国著名女作家玛格丽特•米歇尔的唯一一部长篇小说，也是其成名之作。这部以美国南北战争为背景的爱情小说自1936年问世以来，一直为世人所瞩目，七十多年来，畅销不断，深得广大读者的喜爱。文学界对这部小说的评论也莫衷一是，有些人称赞其为一部旷世经典，有些人则认为其只不过是一部通俗小说难以跻身美国文学之列。然而，这部受争议的小说却一直是国内外学者探究的重点。人物性格的多面性是这篇小说的一大特色。各种性格的组合塑造了丰满的人物形象从而也反映了历史环境的方方面面。人物性格的多样性也为研究提供了更大的空间，即研究哪种性格对人物的命运影响是至关重要的。
    以这篇小说作为选题，旨在探讨当时主要人物不同的性格与命运之间的关系，从而发现哪些性格能够使人幸存哪些则会使人毁灭。本文章从人物性格与命运的关系着手，在特定的历史环境即内战中来赏析这部小说主要人物性格的塑造以及各种性格对命运的影响。本文章首先通过分析小说的背景，来了解主要人物都是在怎样的环境下被塑造的。其次通过研究对小说主要人物的典型刻画，来剖析人物不同性格。最后，通过结合情节的发展，来综述人物命运是如何被性格左右的。通过以上分析有助于对小说的理解。

关键词：《飘》；人物性格；命运；关系