<P> Rhett Butler , a wealthy older bachelor and a society pariah , overhears Scarlett express her love to Ashley during a barbecue at Twelve Oaks , the Wilkes ' estate . Rhett admires Scarlett 's willfulness and her departure from accepted propriety as well as her beauty . He pursues Scarlett , but is aware of her impetuousness , childish spite , and her fixation on Ashley . He assists Scarlett in defiance of proper Victorian mourning customs when her husband , Charles Hamilton , dies in a training camp , and Rhett encourages her hoydenish behavior ( by antebellum custom ) in Atlanta society . Scarlett , privately chafing from the strict rules of polite society , finds friendship with Rhett liberating . </P>
<P> Rhett Butler , a wealthy older bachelor and a society pariah , overhears Scarlett express her love to Ashley during a barbecue at Twelve Oaks , the Wilkes ' estate . Rhett admires Scarlett 's willfulness and her departure from accepted propriety as well as her beauty . He pursues Scarlett , but is aware of her impetuousness , childish spite , and her fixation on Ashley . He assists Scarlett in defiance of proper Victorian mourning customs when her husband , Charles Hamilton , dies in a training camp , and Rhett encourages her hoydenish behavior ( by antebellum custom ) in Atlanta society . Scarlett , privately chafing from the strict rules of polite society , finds friendship with Rhett liberating . </P>
in gone with the wind who does scarlett o'hara first marry
in gone with the wind who does scarlett o'hara first marry
Charles Hamilton
Charles Hamilton