Gone With the Wind, a Classic Soul Mate Story
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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.
To read further blogs on Soul Mates see
http://www.keen.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Brigid_Bishop/Soul-Mates-by-Brigid-Bishop/116216.aspx
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