Scarlett or Melanie?

I wonder what Margaret Mitchell struggled with in life....my suspicions are that she struggled between being Scarlett O'Hara and Melanie Wilkes. It's truly a conundrum, that!



Deep down one (hypothetically of course) can be Scarlett through and through, but constantly trying to be like Melanie. But if Melanie is who one becomes, one could look back on life without any satisfaction of having will and fire and Scarlett's "passion for life."

So do we (especially as christians) try too hard to be the Melanie's of the world, all the while forsaking the more difficult, and possibly more rewarding task of conforming a Scarlett spirit to the image of God?



Second, can a Scarlett EVER be a Melanie on a bad day?

Why does Rhett Butler respect and revere Melanie so deeply but love Scarlett despite her absolutely opposite (to Melanie) nature? Would Rhett have loved Melanie if Ashley wasn't there first?

Last, is Melanie like that because she is inbred? ;) I sure hope so!