Gone With the Wind, a Classic Soul Mate Story
Gone With the Wind, a Classic Soul Mate Story
“Oh Rhett, Rhett, where will I go? What will I do?” Scarlett cries out to Rhett as he walks away from her into the fog.
Rhett turns, tips his hat and says “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” and disappears into the dark foggy night.
Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara, now THAT my dear, although fictional, is a classic soul mate story.
The book came out in 1936 and was written by Margaret Mitchell, I read it annually as I love the story so much. In 1936 this book was way ahead of its' time, very racy, and it was “cleaned up” quite a bit for the screenplay.
In the movie, Scarlett only produces a child with Rhett, but in the book, Scarlett has several children with several different men and is not what one would classify as a “good mother”, but Rhett loves her despite her callous ways. Survival turns Scarlett into a greedy opportunist (among other things), but yet, Rhett loves her and wants to protect her and cherish her. Scarlett will not accept his love.
The book goes on and tells of all the trials and tribulations and attempts Rhett makes to win Scarlett over, yet she remains untouched, until the very end, when she finally realizes that her “love” for Ashley Wilkes was nothing more than a childish obsession.
Unfortunately for Scarlett, Rhett has exhausted his emotions and the well of love has run dry. Rhett picks up and leaves Scarlett for good (despite the follow up book written by Alexandra Ripley entitled Scarlett which tries to make it into a happy ending story and takes away from the dramatic ending of the original work).
That is how soul mate stories end if we do not learn the lesson karma has tried to provide us.
According to karmic laws, Rhett and Scarlett would not meet again in Ireland in the same lifetime as presented in the sequel, but would have to wait for a future incarnation and begin all over again amidst equally difficult circumstances as presented in the first novel.
Don’t just watch the movie, if you haven’t done so already, read this book, there is much more to the story than presented in the film.
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