View the classic film Gone With the Wind.
View the classic film Gone With the Wind (1939).
This is one of the most important American films ever made, but as for HISTORY, it has some BIG problems. Answer the 6 questions in essay form 1. What is the film-makers’ view of the southern plantation way of life? How is slavery portrayed? 2. What was the main theme(s) of the film? What were the film-makers trying to get us to see? 3. Why, according to Rhett Butler, can the South not win the war against the North? Who/What does Rhett Butler look out for? How are he and Scarlett alike? 4. Which scenes in the movie are particularly authentic, in your opinion. 5. Was there something about the movie you did not understand? 6. In the broader context of American History, what is the meaning of the film’s title, “Gone With the wind”