yes i do have this poster in my room
posted by melilotnfosco | 10:36 PM
About Me
- Name: melilotnfosco
i'll put my disclaimer here - if any of these pictures are copyrighted, let me know and i'll remove them immediately. as for my profile? 'i'm just a boring example of everybody else.' - steve burns
- jason bateman and jimmy fallon
- huh. and here i always thought it was 'downtown ab...
- i still don't get it
- Melilot Classic: October 5th, 2008
- so what did you do friday night?
- i love it!
- not a spoiler cuz it's from the opening credits
- prayer request
- two months down, one to go
- why why why
8 Comments:
oh, except mine isn't signed
the epitome of tall, dark and handsome... you're not helping with my "issues" right now, you know. :P ;)
oh, that's right, you did call him the epitome of tall, dark, and handsome! you are so wise.
and this has nothing to do with your issues. technically speaking, he's dead.
not sure if this is really signed, either - unless it's a picture, not a poster
tall, dark and handsome sure. But also cruel, manipulative and violent. Apart from his love for Bonny (love, not parenting skills) he's a terrible person. Especially when put up against some of the other characters -which the author does several times. I don't think the she wanted us to revere him.
i disagree, kim. while rhett definitely had moral flaws - drinking and prostitutes among them - i don't see him as cruel. there were times he went head to head against scarlett. he refused to be fooled by her games and made that clear. but i can't think of an incident where he was cruel.
he wasn't manipulative. rhett was rhett - with the exception of sweet-talking the ladies of atlanta in order to assure bonnie's status, he didn't hide who he really was. he spoke his mind, even when his opinion wasn't popular. he didn't pretend to be more gentlemanly than he was. he knew everyone knew he was a scallywag and didn't try to hide it. yes, his blockade running was self-serving, but he didn't pretend it wasn't. and when he did have a change of heart and join the soldiers, he kept that to himself rather than do it for glory.
violent - scarlett's fall down the stairs was an accident. she swung at rhett, he deflected her swing, and she fell. as for the rape, i'm NOT defending him, but i will point out that in that day and time, it wasn't considered rape, as she was his wife; also, according to the book, she liked rough sex, and she woke up pretty happy about it. rhett was wrong, yes. scarlett was also wrong, locking her husband out of her room and pining after another man.
for all his flaws, rhett was quick-thinking and brave. he was who he was and was the perfect foil for scarlett's games. but he admired those who had a good heart. he had no time for people who were phony (with the exception of scarlett), but he had a lot of respect and affection for melanie and for belle, because they were kind and genuine.
well said, hobsis
You don't find him placing his hands on her head and threatening her with death to be violent?
And I don't even know what to say about your thoughts on rape.
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