tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post4020087252789940205..comments2011-08-07T15:11:29.064-05:00Comments on How We Do Run On: The Quotable Rhett Butler: A Mouthful of Dead Sea FruitThe Old Guardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862747970556035077noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-34105618415784780752010-10-27T10:21:17.832-05:002010-10-27T10:21:17.832-05:00Ooo! I love that imagery.Ooo! I love that imagery.bluesneaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-54568199827614529332010-10-27T08:52:10.357-05:002010-10-27T08:52:10.357-05:00Mais oui, certainement!Mais oui, certainement!Rita from St. Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-54171539531287127742010-10-27T08:43:09.058-05:002010-10-27T08:43:09.058-05:00Nice comment. Now tell me, aren't you happy we...Nice comment. Now tell me, aren't you happy we switched to this new commenting system? ;-)Bugsiehttp://gwtwscrapbook.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-46510014081214100012010-10-27T07:26:30.117-05:002010-10-27T07:26:30.117-05:00I like this. Then again, I was accused of being a ...I like this. Then again, I was accused of being a romantic before :DBugsiehttp://gwtwscrapbook.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-47519314957872167802010-10-27T07:25:14.579-05:002010-10-27T07:25:14.579-05:00I am going to say yes to the question. I think Sca...I am going to say yes to the question. I think Scarlett would've realised eventually. <br />I am going to make a big call and say that if Scarlett hadn't fallen down the stairs they would have all lived happily ever after - reasonably. The mill incident, however, had to happen. I'm going to use a couple of quotes from chapter 56 (all thoughts of Scarlett's during Rhett's absence) to make my point. <br /><br />His (Ashley's) helplessness in the face of the present situation irked her. She did not know what he could do to better matters but she felt that he should do something. Rhett would have done something. Rhett always did something, even if it was the wrong thing, and she unwillingly respected him for it.<br /><br />Out of the welter of rapture and anger and heartbreak and hurt pride that he had left, depression emerged to sit upon her shoulder like a carrion crow. She missed him, missed his light flippant touch in anecdotes that made her shout with laughter, his sardonic grin that reduced troubles to their proper proportions, missed even his jeers that stung her to angry retort.<br /><br />So a child was coming from those moments of high rapture--even if the memory of the rapture was dimmed by what followed. And for the first time she was glad that she was going to have a child. If it were only a boy! A fine boy, not a spiritless little creature like Wade. How she would care for him! Now that she had the leisure to devote to a baby and the money to smooth his path, how happy she would be!<br /><br />So much of the keen zest had gone out of life recently. If only she could recapture the thrill and the glow of Ashley--if only Rhett would come home and make her laugh.<br /><br />Okay, I'm back. The first quote implies that she disrespects Ashley and admires Rhett in the same thought. The implication of the second is quite clear, she misses Rhett, and to the point she becomes quite depressed. The third quote shows how happy she is to be having Rhett's baby - Scarlett who's about as anti-mother as they come. She is changing. The fourth shows that Ashley has already been tarnished in her eyes. She doesn't want him, she wants Rhett. <br />Now, for my theory as to why everything would've went well if Scarlett hadn't fallen down the stairs.<br />If the mill incident hadn't occurred, Rhett wouldn't have felt the need to molest her and she would never have become pregnant. Scarlett was desperate for Rhett to come home and she was thrilled to be having his baby. By this time Scarlett was starting to get over Ashley and his incompetence in business matters drove her mad. <br />Someone around here said in a comment to an earlier post that in the later days of the marriage Rhett stopped being able to read Scarlett's thoughts. This is true, and we know he still loved her and thought her love for Ashley hadn't changed, and that's why he said such a cruel thing. <br />If he hadn't, Scarlett would've had the baby, loved it along with Rhett and I think they would've all been happy together and they would be less indulgent with Bonnie - Scarlett was a much stricter parent then Rhett and it was only Rhett's obsession with Bonnie that made him so indulgent. With a baby boy (potentially) to obsess over, I think that Scarlett would've had a bit more control over Bonnie's behaviour and her punishments. I think as part of a happy family unit, Scarlett wouldn't have felt the need to long for Ashley. And I think Rhett could've still got her, or tricked her, to sell the mills. <br />So basically, if Rhett hadn't been such an arsehole, everything would've turned out fine for the Butlers. <br />There, I've said my piece!MCM84noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-85237581847530281562010-10-27T07:03:45.817-05:002010-10-27T07:03:45.817-05:00I disagree. I think a Scarlett knowingly in love ...I disagree. I think a Scarlett knowingly in love with Rhett would have been true ambrosia, chased down with some nectar of the gods.bellalestrangenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-21123677194850204992010-10-27T06:46:15.549-05:002010-10-27T06:46:15.549-05:00The ironic part of it, of course, is that Scarlett...The ironic part of it, of course, is that Scarlett is Rhett's Dead Sea fruit.Rita from St. Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-40704910490760264432010-10-27T06:24:26.523-05:002010-10-27T06:24:26.523-05:00I agree pretty much. Perhaps if the mill incident ...I agree pretty much. Perhaps if the mill incident was not actually an incident (i.e. no one caught them) and her relationship with Rhett went for the better somehow, she might have slowly realized she didn't really want/need/have any conceivably use for Ashley.Bugsiehttp://gwtwscrapbook.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-7837645633791554782010-10-27T06:24:25.553-05:002010-10-27T06:24:25.553-05:00Haute cuisine at the Butler mansion!Haute cuisine at the Butler mansion!Bugsiehttp://gwtwscrapbook.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-16535981046394733032010-10-27T06:24:24.147-05:002010-10-27T06:24:24.147-05:00Yes, very sad. Thanks for commenting, Beth.Yes, very sad. Thanks for commenting, Beth.Bugsiehttp://gwtwscrapbook.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-29795412803897148752010-10-27T06:15:37.909-05:002010-10-27T06:15:37.909-05:00What a fine dinner it would be for Scarlett to eat...What a fine dinner it would be for Scarlett to eat Dead Sea Fruit and for Rhett to eat crow when he realizes how he can't live without our darling girl.bellalestrangenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-66604438986134690052010-10-27T06:14:49.021-05:002010-10-27T06:14:49.021-05:00The fruit turned to "ashes", sounds too ...The fruit turned to "ashes", sounds too much like Ashley!<br /><br />Probably the surest way for Scarlett to realize he wasn't for her was to get him. Nothing anyone else said seemed to dent her enthusiasm for him. It seemed like Scarlett was slowly realizing how different she and Ashley were, and had Melanie lived, she might have fully come to that conclusion in another five years or so. <br /><br />I don't think she would ever come to realize his real worth as a person. Before the war, the man Scarlett "loved" was the perfect gentleman and possessed all the right attributes for his class and social standing. He was not the type of person Scarlett could respect after the war. Grandma Fontaine called it at Gerald's funeral, but Scarlett was still too besotted to see. When she condemns him at the end for being helpless and poor-spirited, Rhett enjoins her to see him as he really is, a gentleman caught in a world he doesn't belong in, trying to live by the rules of the old days.iris354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-69517812895494809362010-10-27T06:08:12.774-05:002010-10-27T06:08:12.774-05:00I think she realized that Ashley was not for her w...I think she realized that Ashley was not for her when Melanie died. She then realized what she really needed and wanted was Rhett, but it was too late...Beth Owens Laughlinhttp://www.facebook.com/people/Beth-Owens-Laughlin/1381249543noreply@blogger.com