Conceptual metaphor “WOMEN ARE WARRIORS” in Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell

Abstract

The conceptual metaphor WOMEN ARE WARRIORS is used frequently in the novel Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell. The women are conceptualized as warriors through the projection of attributes from the source domain WARRIORS to the target domain WOMEN. This article explores the mapping mechanism of this metaphor, its low- level metaphors, and also investigates metaphorical expressions, metaphorically used words in terms of number and frequency of occurrences. The metaphor WOMEN ARE WARRIORS reflects a different view about women, portraying them with boldness, courage, fortitude and willingness to sacrifice themselves for others.