Aunt Pittypat
aunt pittypat hamilton was a character in the novel and movie, -gone with the wind.- she was the older maiden aunt of scarlett’s first husband, charles. she was also the aunt of melanie hamilton, scarlett’s friend and romantic compet-tor for the affections of ashley.
after the death of charles during the war, scarlett moved from her home at tara in jonesboro to live with aunt pittypat in atlanta. when general william t. sherman and the federal army attacked atlanta in the summer of 1864, he deliberated sh-lled the civilian population of atlanta. in the story, aunt pittypat flees the city to escape the bombardment shrieking “yankees in georgia!” just after a sh-ll explodes as she boards a carriage.
during the battle of atlanta, melanie who is “with child” gives birth. scarlett’s slave, miss prissy, promises to help deliver the child if needed. scarlett goes to the doctor for help only to find him overwhelmed with the wounded from the battle. scarlett reluctantly returns home to aunt pittpat’s house. she turns to miss prissy for the promised help when miss prissy famously begs out saying, “oh, miss scarlett, i don’t know nothing about birthing no babies.” scarlett slaps her and then proceeds to deliver the baby herself.
after melanie gives birth, a stray yankee soldier enters the house looking for loot. scarlett confronts him on the stairs and he attacks her. unknown to the soldier, scarlett is packing a pistol and shoots him in the face as melanie comes up from behind scarlett brandishing a sword.
a restaurant in contemporary downtown atlanta is named “aunt pittypat’s porch” in honor of aunt pittypat and the culture that she represented.
aunt pittypat with sh-lls bursting in the background: “yankees in georgia!!!”
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