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- The O’Haras’ plantation, Tara, represents survival. Before the war, in an attempt to comfort a heartsick Scarlett, Gerald tells Scarlett that land (rather than love) is the only thing that lasts.
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Scarlett is willing to forego her previous fineries and make her hands raw, working like a slave in order to keep Tara going. She is even willing to debase herself in front of Rhett—the one man who has always been able to see beneath her carefully managed surface—in order to hold on to Tara.
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The timeline below shows where the symbol Tara appears in Gone with the Wind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Scarlett O’Hara is sitting with twins Brent and Stuart Tarleton outside at Tara, the O’Hara’s plantation, in April 1961.
Scarlett O'Hara uses the title phrase when she wonders if her home on a plantation called "Tara" is still standing, or if it had "gone with the wind which had swept through Georgia". [16] In a general sense, the title is a metaphor for the demise of a way of life in the South before the Civil War.
Scarlett O'Hara is the oldest living child of Gerald O'Hara and Ellen O'Hara (née Robillard). She was born in 1845 on her family's plantation Tara in Georgia . She was named Katie Scarlett, after her father's mother, but is always called Scarlett, except by her father, who refers to her as "Katie Scarlett". [ 4 ]
Tara Plantation, often referred simply as Tara, was the plantation that was property of Irish immigrant, Gerald O'Hara. It was in Georgia, and was one of the few plantations to survive the great civil war, it's nearest counterpart, Twelve Oaks , did not have the same luck.
She recovers her father’s plantation, Tara, after the war leaves it decimated, and she achieves great success with her sawmill in Atlanta. Despite her sharp intelligence, however, she has almost no ability to understand the motivations and feelings of herself or others.
Scarlett O’Hara is the protagonist of Gone with the Wind. She is not beautiful, but she is very charming, with dark hair, strong eyebrows, pale skin, and green eyes. She is the oldest daughter of Gerald and Ellen O’Hara, and lives at Tara when the story begins.
