Scarlet Tourmaline| Forêt Collection

One of the finest stories of the previous century, "Gone with the Wind" has been hailed as an enduring classic since its publication in 1936. Scarlett O'Hara is evidently not the quintessential female protagonist literature has churned out time and again. She does have her virtues, but they lay deeply buried under layers of flaws and come out only in flashes. In the novel, she occupies the space between a protagonist and an antagonist, often times doing more harm than good. And yet, she has retained a singular position in literature, a protagonist who has earned our grudging admiration, a conflicting woman who refused to succumb to adverse situations, and one who claimed her body and her right to live, long before readers were acquainted with feminism. Scarlett breaks every mold of her time in both the novel of the same name and the film. She’s indomitable, proud, beautiful, flirtatious but, above all, a warrior, a true survivor who doesn’t allow defeat.