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Mammy. Ashley Wilkes is the object of Scarlett O’Hara ’s love throughout the story. He has blonde hair and a dreamy, remote expression in his eyes. He is the son of John Wilkes of Twelve Oaks and marries his cousin Melanie Hamilton early on in the story; they have one son, Beau. Before the war, Ashley likes to ready poetry and discuss lofty ...
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Ashley is the man with whom Scarlett O'Hara is obsessed. Gentlemanly yet indecisive, he loves Scarlett, but finds he has more in common with Melanie, his distant cousin and later his wife. However, he is tormented by his attraction to Scarlett. Unfortunately for him and Scarlett, his failure to deal with his true feelings for her ruins any chance s...
Ashley is a gentleman in the true sense of the word: patient, kind, genteel, wealthy and idealistic to the level of being impractical, having an obsession with honour. He is a pacifist and while he shows courage in the Civil War, and is promoted to the rank of Major, he only fights out of love for his country. His nostalgia causes naivité. He says ...
In a sense, he is the character best personifying the tragedy of the Southern upper class after the Civil War. Coming from a privileged background, Ashley is an honorable and educated man. He is in clear contrast to Rhett Butler, who is decisive and full of life. Rhett is both ruthless and practical, and is willing to do whatever he must to survive...
Ashley Wilkes. Blond, dreamy, and honorable, Ashley Wilkes is the foil to Rhett’s dark, realistic opportunism. Ashley courts Scarlett but marries Melanie Hamilton, thus setting in motion Scarlett’s central conflict. Ashley is the perfect prewar Southern gentleman: he excels at hunting and riding, takes pleasure in the arts, and comes from ...
I'll tell you, Scarlett O'Hara, if you'll take that Southern-belle simper off your face. Someday I want you to say to me the words I heard you say to Ashley Wilkes: "I love you!" Scarlett: That's something you'll never hear from me, Captain Butler, as long as you live.
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Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin’ for, worth fightin’ for, worth dyin’ for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.”. Though Scarlett is too brokenhearted to pay attention to the advice Gerald gives her during the opening scenes of the film, it is one of the few bits of shared wisdom that seems to actually have an ...
Gerald early on calls Ashley "queer" (2.104) because he's interested in art and poetry and culture, and that's not just a description, but a condemnation of unmanliness. Ashley is often referred to as a dreamer—and because he's a dreamer he's "as helpless as a turtle on his back" (40.102). Not exactly a vote of confidence for dreams.
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After her conversation with Ashley, Scarlett makes Tara the driving force in her life, which complements her resolution never to throw herself at Ashley again. She has abandoned all trace of her foolish girlhood and has become a woman on a mission. A summary of Part Four: Chapters 31–34 in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind.
