the Civil War. Selfish, shrewd, and vain, Scarlett inherits the strong will of her father, but also desires to please her well-bred, genteel mother.РScarlett O'HaraРWhen hardships plague Scarlett, she shoulders the troubles of her family and friends. Scarlett’s desire for the Southern gentleman Ashley and the opportunistic New Southerner Rhett Butler makes use of the South’s struggle to cling to tradition and still survive in the new era.РRhett ButlerРScarlett’s third husband, and a dashing, dangerous adventurer and scoundrel. Expelled from West Point and disowned by his prominent Charleston family. He es an opportunistic blockade-runner during the war, emerging as one of the only rich Southern men in Atlanta after the war. He proves himself a loving father and, at times, a caring husband.