《傲慢与偏见》中的女性形象分析

毕业论文

题目：《傲慢与偏见》中的女性形象分析Title:An Analysis of the Imagery of

Woman Characters in Pride

and Prejudice

2009年 5 月 20 日

Acknowledgements

I acknowledge with gratitude the various critical guidance and substantial assistance, which are indispensable to the completion of my thesis.

First of all, I should express my gratitude to my family who supported me heart and soul，I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the numerous other teachers in my four study years, who teach me much essential knowledge .

Then I want to thank my friends in my academy, whose help and inspiration have benefited me much.

Finally, I am greatly indebted to my supervisor Han Yaqiong, who, with invariable kindness and patience, has carefully scrutinized and corrected my draft, which makes this thesis less imperfect. But for their great help in collecting the reference materials, giving me valuable advice and encouragement at different stages of its conception, I can not finish my thesis.

Abstract

Pride and Prejudice is Austin’s great work. Through the discussion of the different imagery of woman characters, the discussion of their marriages and love, the writer demonstrates her concept about love and marriage: love and marriage is closely associated with property and society, however, love and marriage can not only be decided by the property and social status. An ideal marriage should be based on mutual affection and respect. She rejects the marriage based on wealth and stresses the element of emotion in a marriage. The imagery of woman characters in Pride and Prejudice was taken as some typical images, which are used to analyze how money influenced their matrimonial value orientation.

Key words: love; marriage; property; social status

摘要

《傲慢与偏见》是奥斯汀的伟大著作，小说中的四段婚姻基本完全概括了当时社会中爱情和婚姻的状况，小说通过对故事中不同女性角色形象及她们不同的婚姻和爱情的描写，解析和探讨了，从分体现了作者的爱情和婚姻观。这篇论文就是通过对这四段婚姻的详细地分析，来探讨《傲慢与偏见》中的爱情观和婚姻观，那就是：恋爱婚姻与财产和社会地位相互关联，但恋爱婚姻不能仅取决于财产和社会地位，正确的婚姻应当建立在相互爱慕、相互尊重的基础上。作者奥斯汀即反对为金钱而结婚，也反对轻率结婚，她强调了婚姻中感情因素的重要性。《傲慢与偏见》中的女性形象已成为用来分析金钱与财富是如何影响当时女性婚姻爱情观的典型代表。

关键词：爱情; 婚姻；财富；社会地位

Contents

Introduction (1)

I. The introduction of the different marriages and love in the book (1)

1.1 The writer’s concept about love and marriage (1)

1.2 The discussion of the different marriages and love (1)

1.2.1 Collins and Charlotte’s Marriage (2)

1.2.2 Lydia and Wickham’s Marriage (2)

1.2.3 Jane and Mr. Bingley’s Marriage (2)

1.2.4 Darcy and Elizabeth’s Marriage (3)

II. Woman characters in Pride and Prejudice (3)

2.1 Symbolic figures (3)

2.1.1 Mrs. Bennet (3)

2.1.2 Jane Bennet (4)

2.1.3 Elizabeth Bennet (4)

2.2 Setting (5)

2.2.1 Stage background (5)

III. Theme interpretations with reference to symbolic images (6)

3.1 The feminist consciousness reflected in Pride and Prejudice (6)

Conclusion (7)

Bibliography (9)