Rhett Butler
Tara's roguish suitor
Rhett Butler is the roguish male lead in Margaret Mitchell's novel *Gone with the Wind* (1936) and its film adaptation.
A wealthy blockade runner during the Civil War, he pursues Scarlett O'Hara with sardonic charm.
His parting line—Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn—became one of cinema's most quoted exits.
- ScarlettIntense red color
- my dearTerm of endearment
- TaraIrish feminine name
- Gone with the WindCivil War era epic
- leading manPrincipal male actor
Clark Gable · Atlanta · Civil War · rogue · scoundrel · Vivien Leigh · plantation · blockade runner · war profiteer · Charleston · mustache · gambler · frankly · don't give a damn · damn · Southern · cad · Melanie
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Romantic FiguresRomeo, Juliet, Casanova, Don Juan, Cleopatra
- literary loversRomeo, Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Lancelot and Guinevere, Heathcliff
moral character and honor code
Rhett ButlerAtticus Finch
gentleman farmer · Sir Galahad · noble knight · man of honor · idealist
moral character and social conduct
Rhett ButlerAtticus Finch
Jean Valjean · Mr. Darcy · noble hero · gentleman · idealist