Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind

Many people argue that love for family, a lover, or a career propels individuals forward in life by giving them a reason to succeed. However, this love may cause some people to become so obsessed that they lose sight of what transpires as truly important to them in life. Different types of love, such as romantic, family, and career, blind people from seeing clearly in life, and being able to obtain their goals and true purpose.
Love for significant others acts as one of the most powerful forces in the world - so powerful that it can defer people from their true destiny. In Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, the protagonist Scarlett O'Hara faces her demise because of her obsessive one-sided love with Ashley Wilkes. Scarlett preying on Ashley for a relationship causes her to do drastic deeds that she would not do otherwise, such as marrying Charles Hamilton to hurt Ashley. Being so engulfed in this forged relationship with Ashley also makes Scarlett blind to what’s true in her life like her more …show more content…
In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman the protagonist, Willy Loman, becomes truly engulfed by his love for his career that it leads to the loss of his family and his life. Willy puts so much effort into trying to be the best traveling salesman that he can be, it creates so much unneeded pressure and stress that he takes out on his wife and family. Also, Willy cannot spend as much time with his family and become a true family man, which subdues the importance of family in his life. Hyper focussing on Willy’s career so much and not being successful establishes the epitome of his demise. Willy becomes poor and cannot provide for his family, so this leads to the only option he sees left - suicide so that his family may collect the insurance money. The love for Willy’s job eclipses his life, and makes him not see clearly about being there for his family emotionally and