2. The connotations of the names
A person’s name often suggests one’s personality.
Scarlet O’Hara is the heroine of Gone with the Wind. She is wild and can not be controlled. Just as her name suggests—Scarlet, the word in English means “bright red” [2], a color which is often associated with enthusiasm, wildness and brightness. And there is also a word in English —red-blooded, which means “full of vigor; virile” [3] It indicates that Scarlet is full of vitality. If a woman is called Scarlet, we can drop a hint that this is an immoral woman. [4] She never cares about others but only herself, in other words, she is an individualist.
Different from Scarlet’s wildness and vitality, Dong Xinbi is full of docility. Her name reminds the readers of the phrase “小家碧玉”( beauty from a small family), which indicates that Xinbi is delicate and graceful, while in another aspect it shows her dependence on her husband. Besides,“碧” equals to “绿”, which means green. And the word “green” in Chinese means vitality, or in other words, it stands for the hope of survival. If one’s heart is green, it means that he or she is vigorous, so her name suggests that Xinbi is always full of hope and never lose heart. Also, the word “green” usually associates with bamboo, which drops a hint that Xinbi’s character is somehow the same as bamboo—pure and noble.
Moreover,Xinbi is the mother of five “玉”(jades). The jade is warm and humid which drops a hint that Xinbi is gentle and magnanimous. Even there is an old saying that—“Rather be a broken piece of jade than a whole tile.” It also indicates that Xinbi is dauntless.
In a word, Xinbi’s name is a typical one of the traditional Chinese women—it indicates the delicate, graceful, dependent, pure but strong essence of Chinese women.

3. Pretty images
3.1 Beauty in appearance
There is no doubt that Scarlet O’Hara and Dong Xinbi are charming and attractive. Scarlet O’Hara is described as “a flower of evil” and Dong Xinbi “a matchless beauty”.
However, their beauty is not of the same kind, Scarlet O’Hara is a beauty of mixture--“In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother, a Coast aristocrat of French descent, and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father…” [5] And she is very attractive—“but it was an arresting face, pointed of chin, square of jaw. Her eyes were pale green without a touch of hazel, starred with bristly black lashes and slightly titled at the ends” [6] However, her beautiful face also indicates that she is somehow masculine—“Above them, her thick black brows slanted upward, cutting a startling oblique line in her magnolia line.” [7]
But, at the same time, Scarlet is elegant—“ the modesty of her spreading skirts, the demureness of hair netted smoothly into a chignon and the quietness of small white hands folded in her lap.” [8]
It is well accepted that Dong Xinbi is a beauty as well. But different from the western version of Scarlet, Dong Xinbi’s beauty is of Chinese version--“she is about 13 or 14 years old, in other words, she is just growing up. However, she is an absolutely beauty—a girl with beautiful arched eyebrows, phoenix eyes, red lips, white teeth and with a Gusu accent.” [9] (当时她已十三四岁，初长成人，柳眉凤眼，唇红齿白，一口糯糯的姑苏软语，十足是人见人爱的美人坯子)
Xinbi is a delicate and exquisite beauty of Southern China, which Chinese people praise highly. From what is mentioned above, we could imagine an enchanting and obedient beauty.
In a word, Scarlet O’Hara is a beauty of mixture: the mixture of France and Irish, and the mixture of masculine and elegant beauty. She is a representative of the masculine western beauty. Though beautiful and enchanting as well, Dong Xinbi is a traditional Chinese beauty. She is delica

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