A Dream of Red Mansions tells us a story about a feudalistic family from the height of power and splendor to downfall. The writer Cao Xueqin creates a group of vivid and truthful images. Wang Xifeng is the typical among them. She is a feudalistic noble wench with specific personality, but she is also one of tragic victims. All of these make her character so colorful and complicated. And there is a similar image in American literature of Gone with the Wind. That is Scarlett. She is also in dispute. She is a slaveholder with complicated and various character. She has a dirty heart behind her beautiful appearance. She enjoys high rank and lives in ease and comfort, but she dares to confront the numerous difficulties and take the responsibility bravely in face of the great changeable life and the terrible war. She is so noticeable for her complicated and changeable personality, especially her three-time marriages. Comparing the two similar images and their differences, we know the reasons for them are their different social environments, family environments, and their own personalities.
