The Cause of Desire in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

Xiaoshuang Dong^1, and Lixin Zhang¹

¹School of Foreign Languages, CUPL (China University of Political Science and Law), Beijing, China

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Xiaoshuang Dong and Lixin Zhang. The Cause of Desire in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2021; 7(2):41-45. doi: 10.12691/wjssh-7-2-1

Abstract

A literature response to Lacan's concept of the objet petit a - the imaginary “object-cause” of desire, which accounts for certain consciousness and unconsciousness of Scarlett for her pursuit of Ashely. And then I explore the Lacanian dimension of phantasy and gaze appear in object a to elucidate the inner object-cause of desire of Scarlett in order to demonstrate the lack and loss deep in her mind of symbolic castration to her mother.

Keywords:
Lacan desire objet petit a gaze Gone with the Wind

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