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Abstract
Jane Eyre is a realistic masterpiece in
19th century, which has a strong romanticism
color. People
universally
consider
that
the
work
is
based
on
its
author’s
life
story,.
This
thesis
discusses
the
similarities and
differences of characters between the writer
Charlotte Bronte and the heroine Jane
Eyre and mainly focuses on the
character of Jane Eyre. This article includes life
experiences of
Charlotte and Jane and
the true love but complicated between Jane and
Rochester. Therefore, the
novel
successfully
builds
a
feminine
image
that
is
born
to
be
mean
and
live
a
path
winding,
however, actually keeps a positive
attitude which maintains independence and keeps
initiative in
love, life and society,
and dares to struggle, and dares to strive for the
free equal standing. The aim
to
write
this
article
is
through
Jane
Eyre,
we
can
find
a
new
female
who
enjoys
noble
quality
which involves self-respect, tough and
independent.
Key words Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre,
equality, independent, love
摘
要
《简爱》是
19
世纪一部具有浓厚浪漫主义色彩的伟大现实主义长篇小说，
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人们普遍认为
该作品是其作者生平的真实写照。
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本论文结合当时社会背景讨论了
作者夏洛蒂
?
勃朗特和
女主人公简
?
爱的性格异同点，
并着重分析简
?
爱的性格。
论
文内容包括夏洛蒂
?
勃朗特和简
?
爱的生平事迹以及简
?
爱与罗切斯特之间一
波
三折的爱情故事，成功地塑造了一个出生低
微，生活道路曲折却对爱情，生活和
社会始终坚持独
立自主，维护独立人格的积极进取态
度和敢于斗争，
敢于争取自
由平等地位的坚强女性形象。
写作本
论文的目的在于，
透过简
?
爱的人格魅
力，
我们看到了一个新时代女性身上赋有的自尊自爱自立自强
的高贵品质
.
< br>关键词：夏洛蒂
·
勃朗特
,
简
·
爱
,
平等
,
独立
,
爱情
Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION
OF SOCIAL BACKGROUND AND JANE EYRE ............4
2 THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CH
ARLOTTE BRONTE’S AND
JANE EYRE’S
CHARACTERS......
..................................................
..................................................
. 4
2.1
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
CHARLOTTE
BRONTE’S
CHARACTERS
................................ 4
2.2
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
JANE
EYRE’S
CHARACTERS
............................................... 5
3.
CONTRAST
THE
CHARACTERS
BETWEEN
CHARLOTTE
BRONTE
AND
JANE
EYRE ...
..................................................
.............7
3.1
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHARLOTTE BRONTE AND JANE
EYRE .... 7
3.1.1 Different characters
in childhood
................................................7
3.1.2 Different
situations on pursing equality
......................................8
3.1.3 Different
situations on pursing independence
.............................9
3.2 THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN
CHARLOTTE BRONTE AND JANE EYRE........ 9
4.
CONCLUSION ............................
..................................................
..... 11
Analysis of Charlotte Bronte and Jane
Eyre
1.
Introduction of social background and
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte’s
representative work in 19th century and it is such
a great novel
that it holds an
important position in the history of British
literature. Our eyes were caught by her
words
which
struggled
for equality
and
freedom.
Charlotte
Bronte
made herself
as
a
prototype,
created
successfully
a
new
woman,
Jane
Eyre,
who
was
plain
but
constantly
strived
to
become
stronger,
she
had
courage
to
fight
continuously
for
freedom
and
equality
in
the
male
word.
Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre had some
experiences in common. So through the analysis of
the
novel, we can see the miserable
predicament of English women in that time and
their strong desire
of
seeking
for
equal
social
position
with
men.
The
novel
begins
with
little
Jane
as
a
despised
orphan
in
the
house
of
her
uncle’s
widow.
Being
rebellious,
she
is
packed
off
to
a
charitable
boarding school, which administers
harsh discipline with especial vigor. Jane sets
herself to learn,
qualifies
herself
as
a
teacher,
advertises
for
a
post,
and
is
employed
as
governess
of
the
illegitimate French
daughter of Rochester in his country mansion,
Thorn field. Dramatically, Jane
and
Rochester have affections; they two fall in deep
love with each other. When they prepare to
get
married,
Jane
unfortunately
gets
the
news
that
Rochester
has
a
legal
wife.
Without
any
complains, Jane leaves. After rescued
by the River family, Jane happens to get a sum of
heritage.
When
John
proposes
for
Jane’s
love,
she
hears
a
supernatural
cry
from
Rochester,
without
hesitation,
she
rushes
back
to
Thorn
field
only
to
find
the
house
has
been
burnt
down
and
Rochester has been
maimed and blind. However, Jane decides to marry
him in the end because she
thinks they
are in real equal.
2.
The
development
of
Charlotte
Bronte’s
and
Jane
Eyre’s
characters
2.1
The development of Charlotte Bronte’s
characters
Charlotte Bronte is a typical female
who is rather independent and tough in character.
She is born
in 1816 at Thornton, in
Yorkshire, England. Her father is an Irish
Anglican clergyman, and her
mother is a
housewife, who is unfortunately dead of cancer
when Charlotte is only five years old.
Charlotte is the third child of the six
children. In 1824, Charlotte is sent with three of
her sisters to
the Clergy Daughters’
School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire. Because of
its poor condition and
awful
treatment,
two
of
her
sisters
die
,
Charlotte
still
maintains,
but
her
health
and
physical
development are
permanently affected, so she and her sister Emily
removed from the school and
go
back
home
in
Haworth
Parsonage.
When
Charlotte
is
a
little
girl,
she
is
very
interested
in
literature and she writes many short
stories and poems to prepare for her literary
vocations. When
Charlotte
grows
up
to
fifteen
years
old,
she
continues
her
education
at
Roe
Head
School
in
Midfield. In 1839, Jane leaves Roe Head
School and she takes up the first of many
positions as
governess to various
families in Yorkshire. The job at that time is
treated with bias and she suffers
and
bears so much. During 1839 to 1841, Jane workes as
a governess two times but each period
was short because she hated even
abhorred the occupation so she can’t take it up
any mo
re. To
make a living,
Charlotte and her sister Emily want to open a
school to teach children French, but
they are not good at this language. In
1842, they travel to Brussels to learn French.
They meet Mr.
Herger, the owner of the
Pension at Herger, a girl’
s school,
where Charlotte and Emily are pupils
and Charlotte later teaching. Mr.
Herger is a handsome and intelligent man. During
the period of
learning, Charlotte falls
in love with the married man. But she puts her
affections deeply in her
heart.
Her
first
novel,
The
Professor
published
under
the
name
Currier
Bell,
is
based
on
her
experiences of teaching in Brussels,
but never found a publisher in her lifetime.
Undeterred by her
own rejection,
Charlotte begins Jane Eyre, which comes out as an
immediate success. The novel is
described as “the masterwork of a great
genius.” To describe Charlotte’s love story, it is
simple.
During the period between 1839
and 1842, there are two men ask for Charlotte’s
proposal, one is
the brother of
Charlotte’s friend, anothe
r is a young
clergyman. Charlotte rejects to them for the
reason that she thinks she is not their
true love but a tradition but to follow the
tradition to marry a
woman, however,
when Charlotte meets her true lover Mr. Herger,
who has been married, she just
puts her
love in heart deeply. Her attitude towards love is
very vivid; it is precious that she knows
who she loves and what she wants.
2.2 The
development of Jane Eyre’s characters
The
heroine
Jane
Eyre
is
a
very
poor
girl
but
in
her
temperament,
she
strives
for
equality
and
self-
respect. Jane Eyre is
an orphan, in the eyes of Mrs. Reed and the
mistress’s children; Jane is
an
“external person”, an “alien”, “a person rather
than servant”. In Gate head, everyone treats her
meanly
and
coldly,
she
does
not
have
an
explicit
position
and
identity,
she
does
not
feel
comfortable about her living
environment but she is not able to change it. The
reality brings her up
into
a
personality
of
solitary,
sensitive
and
obstinate.
She
cherishes
her
rights
and
dignity
as
a
human, especially when she is only a
little girl, she uses a pair of eyes of early-
maturing child and
a pure child’s heart
to observe and judge good or bad around. She has a
rich inner world but no
one to tell, so
it brings her a personality of quiet and
indifferent outside but passionate heart inside.
As
Mrs.
Reed
cannot hold Jane
any
longer,
Jane
is
sent
to
a
charitable
school
for poor
girls
in
Logwood. At first, she thinks it is a
paradise but in fact a hell except the benevolent
intention in
name. Bad food, thin
clothes, two girls live in one small bed, six
persons use one basin. People
can’t
receive timely cure if they catch a cold, so
pestilence is spreading. Jane suffers molestation
of the spirit and body continuously,
but the strong motion of studying and the rebel
independent
spirit
makes
her
survive
in
difficult
environment,
she
grows
up
bravely
and
becomes
a
woman
who has good accomplishment. Just like
Jane says to her good friend Helen Burn: “when we
are
struck at without reason, we should
strike back again very hard, I am sure we should
hard as to
teach
the
person
who
struck
us
never
to
do
it
again.”
During
that
period,
Jane
becomes
more
mature
in
mind
and
she
makes
a
further
development
of
her
severe
self-
dignity
and
self-
consciousness.
Before
long,
Jane
is
employed
as
a
tutor
of
the
illuminate
daughter
of
Rochester in his country mansion, Thorn
field. It is a new beginning for Jane, she works
very hard
there and adapts to the new
environment and new job easily. As a tutor, Jane
knows what status