India Wilkes

India Wilkes is a fictional character in the novel and film of Gone With The Wind. She is the sister of Ashley Wilkes and rival of Scarlett O'Hara. She is portrayed by actress Alicia Rhett.

Biography
In the novel, India despises Scarlett for stealing the attentions of Stuart Tarleton. India also resents Scarlett for marrying Charles Hamilton, the man that everyone assumed would marry her sister, Honey Wilkes. In the film, India is in love with Charles Hamilton and despises Scarlett for marrying him. The book also mentions that the only word that could be used to describe her looks was "plain". After Scarlett's marriage to Charles, in the novel, Stuart resumes courting India but dies in the American Civil War before they could make their relationship official. Since it is assumed that Stuart would have married India had he lived, she is given respect accorded to widows. Once afforded this status, she grows more sharped-tongued, and is able to say things that most unmarried women cannot.