Rhett Butler

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fictional character film character literary character

Rhett Butler is a charismatic, cynical, and roguishly charming Southern gentleman who serves as the complex romantic foil to Scarlett O’Hara in Margaret Mitchell’s novel and its film adaptation, Gone with the Wind.

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Rhett Butler canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptationOf character in film Gone with the Wind based on Margaret Mitchell’s novel ⓘ
affiliation Confederate States of America ⓘ
surface form: Confederate States (social milieu)
appearsIn Gone with the Wind ⓘ
surface form: film Gone with the Wind (1939)

novel Gone with the Wind ⓘ
associatedWith Tara plantation (through Scarlett O’Hara) ⓘ
child Bonnie Blue Butler ⓘ
createdBy Margaret Mitchell ⓘ
culturalImpact iconic figure of classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ
symbol of the roguish Southern gentleman archetype ⓘ
famousLine Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. ⓘ
firstAppearance Gone with the Wind ⓘ
surface form: novel Gone with the Wind (1936)
gender male ⓘ
literaryGenre historical romance ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation blockade runner ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
origin Charleston ⓘ
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
personalityTrait charismatic ⓘ
charming ⓘ
cynical ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
sarcastic ⓘ
portrayedBy Clark Gable ⓘ
role antihero ⓘ
romantic foil to Scarlett O’Hara ⓘ
romanticInterest Scarlett O'Hara ⓘ
surface form: Scarlett O’Hara
setting American Civil War ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
spouse Scarlett O'Hara ⓘ
surface form: Scarlett O’Hara

Referenced by (17)

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Gone with the Wind → mainCharacter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Scarlett O'Hara → loveInterest → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Scarlett O'Hara → spouse → Rhett Butler ⓘ
The King of Hollywood → relatedCharacter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Rhett the Boston Terrier → namedAfter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Bonnie Blue Butler → father → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Bonnie Blue Butler → closeTo → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Bonnie Blue Butler → lovedBy → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. → spokenByCharacter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Twelve Oaks plantation → associatedCharacter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Katie Scarlett O'Hara → loveInterest → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Katie Scarlett O'Hara → spouse → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Tara plantation → associatedWithCharacter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Ella Lorena Kennedy → stepfather → Rhett Butler ⓘ
Ella Lorena Kennedy → relative → Rhett Butler ⓘ
novel Gone with the Wind → mainCharacter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
subject surface form: Gone with the Wind
novel Gone with the Wind → hasCharacter → Rhett Butler ⓘ
subject surface form: Gone with the Wind