<P> Ashley is the man with whom Scarlett O'Hara is obsessed . Gentlemanly yet indecisive , he loves Scarlett , but finds he has more in common with Melanie , his distant cousin and later his wife . However , he is tormented by his attraction to Scarlett . Unfortunately for him and Scarlett , his failure to deal with his true feelings for her ruins any chance she has for real happiness with Rhett Butler . Ashley is a complicated character . He is not sympathetic to the cause of the North . However , he is n't an ardent Confederate patriot , either . What Ashley loves about the South is the serene , peaceful life that he and his dear ones know at Twelve Oaks and similar plantations . At one point ( following the war ) he comments to Scarlett that `` had the war not come he would have spent his life happily buried at Twelve Oaks . '' </P>
<P> Ashley is the man with whom Scarlett O'Hara is obsessed . Gentlemanly yet indecisive , he loves Scarlett , but finds he has more in common with Melanie , his distant cousin and later his wife . However , he is tormented by his attraction to Scarlett . Unfortunately for him and Scarlett , his failure to deal with his true feelings for her ruins any chance she has for real happiness with Rhett Butler . Ashley is a complicated character . He is not sympathetic to the cause of the North . However , he is n't an ardent Confederate patriot , either . What Ashley loves about the South is the serene , peaceful life that he and his dear ones know at Twelve Oaks and similar plantations . At one point ( following the war ) he comments to Scarlett that `` had the war not come he would have spent his life happily buried at Twelve Oaks . '' </P>
who did ashley marry in gone with the wind
who did ashley marry in gone with the wind
Melanie
Melanie