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One thing I find redeeming about Scarlet is that when the chips were down, she could be depended upon. It took a lot of courage to stick with Melanie when she was having her baby as the Yankees were ravaging the town. It would have been so much easier to flee with the rest of the people, but she stayed there in the midst of intense danger. It could be said that her motives weren't pure--that she was only doing it for her love of Melanie's husband Ashley--but the fact remains that she stayed by her at great risk to her own life.
Likewise, all those folks at Tara and elsewhere who depended on her for financial support could always count on her to come through. She never let them down.
Yes, she was self-centered, vain, and self-serving, and what she said to Rhett after Bonnie's death was unforgivable; but she also had some admirable qualities, and possessed a great deal of inner strength.
Last edited by WT Sharpe; 03-03-2010 at 02:14 PM.
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