作者：Gu Liulu
　　【Abstract】Gone with the Wind is one of the most popular American novels， which is written by American female writer Margaret Mitchell. When the book was published， its sales broke many records among the publishing circles， and it is famous all over the world. The novel mainly describes the life of Scarlett who is the daughter of Tara’smaster during the American Civil War. The love triangle created between Scarlett， Ashley， and Rhett drives the narrative. Among all the roles， Scarlett， is the most successful one who is a vivid， abundant， complicated feature. Rebecca have different living conditions. While they have the same personailities.
　　【Key words】Cleverness； Ambition； Rebellion； Independence； Selfishness and Coldness
　　【作者簡介】Gu Liulu， Yangzhou technician college jiangsu province.
　　Introduction
　　Vanity Fair is a novel with out a hero， the first major work publish by William Thackeray under his own name， was published serially in London in 1847 and1848.In the pages of Vanity Fair， “all is vanity and all is vain. ” Gone with the Wind，first published in 1936， written by Margaret Mitchell， is one of the powerful historical novel. The novel mainly described the life of Scarlett who was the daughter of Tara’s master around the American Civil War. Meanwhile with the hint of a triangular love between Scarlett， Ashley and Rhett， the novel depicts a wide and prosperous picture of the social life of the South in America。
　　I. Cleverness and Ambition
　　Both Rebecca and Scarlett had some similarities， such as cleverness and ambition. Rebecca’s appearance， expression， action and experience were just like the Vnus’s arm， a room for our own imagination. Green eyes， fair skin， pretty figure， famous frontal development. Where are the ambition come from？ The key was the influences of their family and educations. Rebecca was born in a poor family， her father was an artist and in that quality had given lessons of drawing at Miss Pinkertons School. Scarlett’s father， Gerald O′Hara， a little， hard-headed and blustering Irish man， was not well educated， he believed that a man who wanted to be rich should be strong and not afraid of work. Her father loved land very much. Scarlett and her father were good friends. They have the same character， such as confidence， bravery and so on. In fact， her father had an impact on her whole life. “It was no necessary for her to think about anything but just to dress in new costumes to attract the sights of the boys and to join the balls. ”If she wanted to be like her mother， she must miss many things. So “Scarlett always showed her best face to her mother，， concealing her escapades， curbing her temper and appearing as sweet-natured as she could in Ellen’s presence， for her mother could shame her to tears with a reproachful glance. ”But her real face could never be concealed. “While Rebecca took advantage of the means of study the place offered her； and as she was already a musician and a good linguist， she speedily went through the little course of study which was considered necessary for ladies in those days. ” “Many a dun had she talked to， and turned away from her father’s door. ”She sacrifices husband， child， friends to it； but she enjoys the battle. In a letter to Amelia， after Becky had gone to Queen’s Crawley， she says， “At least I would be amongst gentlefolks， and not with vulgar city people. ” It refered to both the Sedleys and the Osbornes， because Gerge had thwarted her marriages with Joseph Sedley. She continued， “You might lodge all the people in Russell Square in the house， I thought， and had space to spare. ”Both of them had their cleverness and ambition， but they lost a lot and won a lot.