《简.爱》中女性意识

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《简爱》中的女性独立意识

简介《简爱》是英国作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特所著的经典小说，被誉为英国文学史上最重要的作品之一。

本文将探讨小说中女主角简·爱在19世纪英国社会背景下展现出的独立意识。

1. 女性地位与自由19世纪的英国是一个男权至上、女性地位低下的社会。

然而，在小说中，简·爱并不满足于传统女性的角色定位，她追求自由和独立。

她勇敢地迈出了争取平等和尊重的一步，并摆脱了对男性社会期望的束缚。

2. 教育与知识渴望虽然简·爱来自贫困家庭，但她对教育和知识的渴望却没有被压制。

她从小喜欢阅读，并通过自学获取了很多知识。

这使得她能够与他人进行智力上的交流，并且更加坚定地追求自我实现。

3. 追求工作与经济独立对于当时大部分女性来说，婚姻是唯一的出路和经济来源。

然而，简·爱并不满足于仅仅依靠婚姻生活。

她积极追求自己喜欢的工作，并通过努力获得了经济独立。

她拒绝了虚伪和无爱的婚姻，选择在经济上独立并追求自己的幸福。

4. 爱情与个人价值尽管简·爱展现出了女性强大的独立意识，但这并不代表她对爱情无所需求。

相反，她渴望真正的爱情，渴望被尊重和平等对待。

她认为个人价值不应该被社会地位和财富决定，而是应该取决于人们内心对彼此的真诚感受。

5. 启发与影响小说中简·爱坚韧不拔地追求自由、独立和自我实现的精神鼓舞着许多读者。

她的故事为当代女性赋予了勇气去跨越社会束缚，并争取平等权益。

结论《简爱》中的女主角简·爱以其独立意识和坚持不懈的追求成为了女性解放运动的象征之一。

她用自己的行动证明，女性也可以追求自由、独立和幸福，超越社会的偏见和限制。

论《简爱》中简爱的女性意识

论《简爱》中简爱的女性意识作者：祝娟单位：博英阳光幼儿园【摘要】夏洛蒂•勃朗特最负盛名的一部作品《简爱》出版于1847年。

在那个年代，由女性作家创作的以女性作为主角的长篇小说实属难得，更可贵的是作品中体现出的女性独立意识，虽然这种独立意识在强大的社会价值观念的作用下显得有些无助甚至——在极端的情况下——有些病态。

但《简爱》的女主人公简爱敢于反抗压迫,要求独立自由,追求平等的精神体现出的强烈的女性意识,使其成为那个时代最具有代表性的全新的女性。

【关键词】简爱女性意识平等独立女性意识界定所谓女性意识,就是指女性对自身作为人,尤其是女人的价值的体验和醒悟.对于男权社会,其表现为拒绝接受男性社会对女性的传统定义,以及对男性权力的质疑和颠覆；同时,又表现为关注女性的生存状况,审视女性心理情感和表达女性生命体验。

具体得说：“‘女性意识’指女性的自我意识⋯⋯它主足于女性的‘此在’去感知，体验人生与世界，传达女性的欲望与追求，肯定女性的经验与价值”。

19 世纪的英国是“女性小说的时代”。

批判现实主义作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特的《简爱》以其鲜明的女性主义主题创作出超越时代的女主人公简·爱。

她既不是“家里的天使”也不是“理想的淑女”，她的桀傲与叛逆显然和时代的主流意识格格不入，却因勇敢的挑战男权控制下的既定秩序，追求女性的独立、平等成为女性文学不朽的经典人物形象。

女性意识在《简爱》中的体现十九世纪的英国普遍存在的妇女观是什么呢? 当时的思想家约翰·拉斯金在其散文《论女王的花园》中就说, 理想的妇女和理想的家庭与现实的原始森林式的生存竞争互不相容,妇女的地位不是在社会上, 而是在家庭中。

按照当时流行的说法, 就是做“家里的天使。

”这就意味着女人必须在家里侍奉丈夫和孩子, 否则就是不合乎“家里的天使”的模式, 也就失去了女人存在的价值。

显然, “天使”集中概括了一个男权主义世界里十分荒谬的妇女观。

论《简爱》中的女性意识

安阳师范学院人文管理学院本科毕业论文An Analysis of the Feminist Consciousness of Jane Eyre论《简爱》中的女性意识摘要《简爱》是英国著名的女作家夏洛蒂.勃朗特的代表作品，由于她成功地塑造了一个典型的人物—简爱，她也因此被认为是一位卓越的女作家。

这部作品一经出版，简爱这个人物就引起了人们极大的关注，她表现出早期女权主义者的某些特征，主要表现在她敢于反抗压迫和社会偏见，努力争取独立，自由，平等和真爱，为追求幸福生活而顽强斗争，宣告了女性自我意识的觉醒。

本文首先通过事例分析对简爱的女性意识的表现进行介绍，着重描写她的人格平等意识；维护女性尊严，追求独立人格的意识；强烈的爱情和婚姻自主意识；追求经济上的独立意识。

然后从个人和社会因素分析简爱这种意识形成的原因。

最后简要分析简爱的这种女性意识对当今女性的启迪意义，从中挖掘现代女性所应具备的个性品质。

关键词：女性意识；尊严；真爱；独立AbstractJane Eyre is the most famous work written by Charlotte Bronte in England. By creating successfully the typical figure, Jane Eyre, is also considered as an extraordinary woman novelist. When the book is published, the character of Jane Eyre has caught people’s broad attention. She showed some of the characteristics of early feminists, such as the persistence to rebel and fight bravely against the social oppression and discrimination, her unremitting efforts of pursuing freedom, equality, independence and true love and she always tries her best to seek for a happy life. That declared the awakening of female self-consciousness. At first, this essay attempts to introduce Jane’ female consciousness through an analysis of some cases happened to her, and a plenty of works will be done to describe her personal equality consciousness, her maintaining the dignity of woman and the pursuing of her independence both in marriage and economy. Then next part analyzes the causes of the formation of Jane Eyre’s female consciousness from the aspects of individuality and society. In the end, an analysis of revealing will be made about the female consciousness of Jane Eyre for women today, from which it can be seen obviously that the modern female have their own personal traits.Key Words: female consciousness, self-respect, true love, independenceContents摘要 (I)Abstract........................................................................................................................................ I II1. Introduction (1)2. The Performance of Female Consciousness of Jane Eyre (2)2.1 Personal Equality Awareness (2)2.2 The Pursuit of Dignity and Independence (4)2.3 The Pursuit of Love and Marriage (5)2.4 Independent Awareness in Economy (6)3. T he Causes of the Formation of Jane Eyre’s Female Consciousness (7)3.1 The Individual Factors (7)3.2 Family Factors (8)3.3 The Social Factors (8)4. The Revealing of Jane’s Female Consciousness for Modern Female (9)4.1The Influence of Jane Eyre (9)4.2 The Significance for Modern Female (10)5. Conclusion (10)Bibliography (12)Acknowledgements (13)1. IntroductionCharlotte Bronte is a great critical realist in the 19th century who was born in a poor family at Thornton Yorkshire. Her father is a country clergy man who has three daughters, and the another two are Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. Wuthering Heights was a great work written by her sister Emily and the other sister Anne has ever published Agnes Grey. Their novels based on their miserable lives are very popular in the word. Charlotte Bronte went to a charity school where bad food and poor living conditions were provided, and then, she was removed from the school to start a sketchy learning at home. She had been in a boarding school, and later was appointed as a family teacher. She has not received much formal schooling in her youth, but wide reading and home education seemed to give full play to her imagination. She had written lots of works in her long life. In 1842, Charlotte learned French for nine months in Brussels, and got a job. The job gave her a chance to work there as a teacher for one year. Later, she got married with a clergyman, but less than one year she died in 1855.Her masterpiece, Jane Eyre, is a world famous novel in 1847, and has been translated into many languages. She later wrote a great number of works in the past 40 years, which made her enjoy a high reputation.Jane Eyre is a novel written by Charlotte Bronte based on her own experiences, which is her most famous work. This novel has brought public attention and a heated discussion for over 150 years. On the surface, Jane Eyre is about a love story that tells us the beautiful love between a poor young woman Jane Eyre and a rich man Mr. Rochester. But when we read it carefully, it can be found out that this work is not only a simple love story, but also reflects some social issues in Victorian. Eyre is an orphan who is plain, timid and weak. She is ill-treated seriously by her relatives. She rebelled and fought bravely against the social oppression and discrimination, made unremitting efforts of pursuing freedom, equality, independence and true love and she always tries her best to seek for a happy life, which makes her a tough character with strong self-respect, beautiful ideal and wisdom. It can be seen that Jane Eyre, a marvelousfigure, has left us so much to recall and to think: she is a special image out of ordinary. She has the bravery to express her own idea and creates her own life. She always works hard and keeps her self-respect, intelligence and her tough personality under the pressure of life. In her point of view, everyone is not different at the same sky. Though there are differences in status, property and appearance, but all the human beings are equal in personality. She represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for the recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being. Jane tries her best to gain women’s liberation and to pursue freedom, equality and true love in spite of all difficulties. She began to understand the true meaning of life, and tried to brave and strong to live. She thinks i t’s her spirit that makes the life meaningful. Jane Eyre was Charlotte Bronte’s own embodiment to resist the oppression of the traditional morality.The heroine Jane moves most readers as a unique image in spite of her plainness, poverty and low position. There is no doubt that this novel is of great importance in the history of world literature, and a new image it creates gives a profound meaning about Jane’s personalities. It can be said that Jane Eyre is an excellent declaration of women. It is Jane Eyre’s female consciousness that awakens women’s strong desire for liberation. This thesis manifests the females’ situations under the traditional morality in Victorian age. Jane Eyre fights against to break the traditional morality at that time, which is the appearance of feminine consciousness. Women’s pursuing of equal social status like men and independence in life can be easily found.2. The Performance of Female Consciousness of Jane Eyre2.1 Personal Equality AwarenessWomen were discriminated against by men and almost had no right at Victorian Age because man dominated and controlled everything, including woman. However, Jane Eyre dares to challenge men’ authority and traditional ideas in the process of going for the freedom and equality in her life. One of the eternal sights is her powerful confession of love. In a pleasant evening, to tempt Jane Eyre, Rochester saidhe was going to marry Miss Ingram, but also expressed that he was passionately in love with Jane. He hoped that Jane would stay with him. Jane Eyre immediately retorted: “Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?--a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;--it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal,--as we are!” (Charlotte Bronte, 2007: 23) Here, Jane Eyre thought that her pride was hurt, and pure emotions played a trick by the traditional concept, so she sent out the angry voice under the patriarchal culture depressed women and gave a call of equality between men and women. In this section of the confession of love, it can be found that the poor consciousness and the sense of the slave of the employees are far from Jane Eyre. Some others thought that she was easy to look down on, thanks to her ugly looks and poor family. So when someone met Jane Eyre, they always seemed quite contemptuous, for that they think that they obviously much prettier than Jane. But as the little Jane had said: ‘Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!’(Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre, 2003: 67) from that the idea of equality was showed strongly in Jane Eyre’s mind. She was not given the beautiful looks and an amount of money, but everyone is equal in the eyes of God, and Jane is not an exception. She has a kind heart and a thinking brain, which is different from others. What she impresses us most is her awareness of everyone is equal and the sense of self-respect. The strong power can be felt in her small body. Jane Eyre never forgets that she is equal with other people when in the face of that arrogant noble young lady. She always insists on the principle of equality between men and women. She said angrily and discontentedly: “women generally are considered to be very loyal, but they also have the same feelingwith man. And they, like their brothers, also need to play their talents to the full, to exert them to the harsh environment.” (Charlotte Bronte.Jane Eyre, 1997:45)the book shows its uniqueness and force because of Jane’s insistence on equality and shocked many women around the world. In order to strive for equality, Jane made a strong resistance. It can be said that Jane played the female consciousness of that age.2.2 The Pursuit of Dignity and IndependenceJane’s strong independent awareness has an impact on the people from other parts of the world. She was thrown into a survival environment where her parents were dead. However, it is possible for Jane to pursue her self consciousness and self rights. Aunt’s contempt, cousin’s insult and beat and the snobbishness of the servants, these are never made her give up. Instead, she rises up to struggle against opponents with terrible fear, and never compromises. Jane Eyre begun to realize that she had to rely on nobody but herself to get the respect from others at the Lockwood boarding schools. Although constantly humiliated in school, she didn’t sink in humiliation. She got her strength to obtain independence from her dear teacher and fellow students. Maria Temple, an independent woman, is the headmaster of the Institution. She has a responsible attitude toward students and sees everyone equally, even the low students. From then on, Jane began to realize that independence is of great importance thing for everyone to fulfill their values, which is a meaningful lesson she leaned from Maria Temple. Later Jane made great progress in the aspect of her studies and won the respect and understanding from her teachers and students. Eventually she succeeds and gains respect and popularity from the people around her.Later Jane began her teaching career, which made her be independent economically. Without economic independence, female liberation movement would be impossible. When Rochester provided Jane with a chance to free her passions, Jane came to realize that she would be sacrificing her dignity for the sake of her feelings, so she refused without hesitation, because she thought that the freedom and independence she achieved by living as Rochester’s mistress is shameful and disgraceful. From the point of Jane’s view, everyone is equal in terms of personality, without regard to their different status, property and appearance. Love must be basedon equality and mutual independence. Women with independent personality, self-esteem, self-love, but not attached to the other people can get others’ respect, love and real happiness. So when the rights and dignity was invaded, she will be desperate to resist for their human dignity.2.3 The Pursuit of Love and MarriageIn Britain, at that time, it is difficult for women to obtain a majority position that truly belongs to them. Women don’t free to choose a spouse and to enjoy freedom. But Jane is a woman full of new love. She has the bravery to be against the social order and convention. The love between her and Mr. Rochester is on the basis of equal exchange mind and spiritual communion, especially on the emotional communication. That is a kind of love o f ‘soul calling soul’. She insists on that she doesn’t need any stranger who has no common language and is incompatible with her. She needs a type of person with me; she can get emotional resonance together. Love is equal and need mutual exchanges. This is the first criteria of mate selection in Jane Eyre’s view. She is just a poor teacher with a small figure and no charming beauty, and she hasn’t a noble position, an illustrious background, and an amount of wealth or a beautiful appearance. The only proud thing is her self-respect and her staunch independence. She never expects Rochester to love her for that she thinks there is a wide gap between them. In order to not lose herself, Jane always keeps her self-respect and independence when they fall in love. Therefore she has won the love of Rochester. It can be acknowledged that the reason lies in her unique personality and bright spirit that is her most valuable personality.It is said that love is the most beautiful thing in the world, which can bring human beings the spiritual happiness and delighted warmth. However, some people regard their love as goods that can be sold and measure their marriage by some materialistic staff, such as social status, money and power. Maybe they have never tasted the true love. Jane and Rochester love each other; the true love is their common goal that can enjoy the same thing. They can break the bonds of tradition and surpass all obstacles. More efforts like that have been done to achieve true love after they experienced a lot of sufferings. Eventually Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochesterwho has rich experience and wisdom, but not for his wealth and high rank. Rochester loves Jane for her unique character.Honesty should be based on mutual trust and play a very important role in love. Communication is also very important in inter-personal relationships, especially in love. Two people during the time of loving, they will communicate with each other honestly and share the same interest. Then they can have a perfect love. Jane and Rochester are just like this. At the beginning, they have some certain love feelings due to their frank exchanges. Jane understands and loves Rochester more when he tells all things about what happened in his past. Actually, Rochester sees Jane as a real independent person, not an employee or the slave of man and has a strong desire to get true love from her. When it comes to Jane’s love, her marriage has to be built on equality, mutual respect and honesty. She looks down upon the people who get married for money, status and any other beneficial things and refuses to be a puppet especially in the rich family. She truly loves Rochester and has nothing to do with his wealth and social status.2.4 Independent Awareness in EconomyIn the novel Jane Eyre Charlotte expressed strongly a view that female must achieve independence in economy. Charlotte mentioned that, no more than one, if the unmarried women have not their own property, they have to face the hard situation of their low status and aimless to live. She also thought women should not be the goods of the market for sale, but should actively fight for their position, and pursue the spiritual liberation and personality independence that is on the basis of economic independence. It is very necessary for woman’s liberation and their dignity, personality and position.Jane does not want to be the slave of money and to rely on others. She falls in deep love with Rochester. But he does not want Jane to go on working he wishes Jane belongs to him completely and considers Jane as his property. Jane refuses his suggestion without any hesitation．In her opinion，if she loses her job, she must depend on Rochester to live，thus economic independence says goodbye to her. She thinks that a kind of independence in property may also be a kind of comfort. Shedoes not want to be piece of personal belongs of Rochester. At last, she decides to preserve her independence.In the beginning of the novel, economic factors have obvious performance. Her father left her no penny in childhood, so she had to be a sponsor with abuse and humiliation. But through her own hard work, she had a job, a family teacher, which made her gain independence in economy. And at the same time, she also paid more attention to seek spiritual freedom. This freedom and independence are to maintain the foundation of all rights. Eventually she was married Rochester whose a large number of heritage burnt in a big fire. Here, it can be found that Ja ne’pursuit of economic independence is just the way of the achievement her independent personality.3. The Causes of the Formation of Jane Eyre’s Female Consciousness 3.1 The Individual FactorsJane Eyre has her own wisdom, courage and knowledge to achieve a happy life and realize her values, from which she comes to be recognized and respected. Her positive attitude towards life and the confidence in her own experiences make her take a turn for the better．Frankness and rejoicing is her hopeful attitude toward her unfortunate life. In Jane’s long life road, her attitude was formed from her life experiences, her feelings and viewpoints, and the life attitude also experiences a process of growth and maturation. Jane Eyre indicates her resolution by action, making all the costs to maintain human dignity.Jane has some qualities that modern woman should have. In such an era, the patriarchal cultural oppression exists in every corner of the female life. Jane Eyre figures out that a powerful man is based on wom an’s ignorance and obedience, and she comes to realize that women can not be controlled and dominated by man. On the contrary, woman should go for the equal rights in occupation, education and any other facets in life. Because Jane Eyre is strong, and can always keep a clear mind, in any crisis emergence, she always shows calmness. Whenever Rochester is in trouble, heinstinctively turns to Jane who can give him the inner power of life. In the process of getting along with Jane, Rochester has been totally attracted by her unique personality charm, so that he is totally dependent on Jane Eyre in spirit and life. Jane Eyre’s individual factors are the important elements for the formation of her female consciousness.3.2 Family FactorsJane Eyre is an orphan, whose parents passed away when she was very young, being raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. Jane has ever received kindnesses from a servant named Bessie who often told her some interesting stories and singing songs. One day, she fight with her bullying cousin John Reed, and said “Wicked and cruel boy!” “You are like a murderer.” (Charlotte Bronte, 2007: 12). After that, Jane was confined in the red-room by cruel aunt, in which Jane’s Uncle R eed died. While locked in, Jane was so frightened that she believed she saw her uncle’s ghost, and she screamed and fainted. The sufferings from humiliation teach Jane to be maintaining dignity over anything else. She wakes to find herself in the care of Bessie and Mr. Lloyd, the kindly apothecary who suggests to Mrs. Reed that Jane be sent away to school. When her aunt said she was a liar and nasty girl. Jane felt her personality is suffering from a brutal trample, so her humiliation and anger turned into strong resistance in her heart: “You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so, and you have no pity. People think you a good woman, but you are bad, and you are deceitful!”(Charlotte Bronte 2007 , 2 第三十页) This victory made Jane Eyre hurt in her young mind once again , she realized that the only way was the resistance if one wanted to be survive, and obtain fair treatment as anyone else. These family factors have a great impact on her female consciousness later.3.3 The Social FactorsIn 19th century, women did not have any status. They were discriminated and had no such choices. Most of them lived in a state little better than slavery. They had little choice but to obey men, because man dominates all the things in most cases. Girls are forbidden from college and can land only low-income jobs. Women s solepurpose was to marry and reproduce. At that time, woman just was teaching as school mistress or a tutor in a private family. They are educated to remain ignorant and uneducated.In the late 19th century, feminism began to gain popularity in some western countries such as Britain and America and so on so forth. Feminism means that women can get equal rights and opportunities with men; it is a social reform that seeks to end the inferior status of women. Feminism is worldwide. Its aim is to save women from all forms of oppression, and led to unity between women. The charter movement in which the proletariat struggle for democratic rights is rising. From then on the position of women was given prominence. Many people put forward the slogan of freedom for woman's rights, and woman’s independent awareness has been greatly raised. They think they are all equal with men and they have the right to decide their own marriage. Jane with unique character is different from many other women in the male-dominated society. Jane’ great character inspirits not only women but also men. Jane’s a great soul is a bright star to guide us in a long journey.4. The Revealing of Jane’s Female Consciousness for Modern Female 4.1The Influence of Jane EyreJane Eyre develops from an angry, rebellious girl into a sensitive, confident and independent young woman. In fact, she is also the prototype of the author in this novel. It can be said that Jane’s biggest barrier is her social class, but even so, Jane never give up pursuing her financial and emotional independence. The reason why she rejected to marry Rochester was that she realized she can get married with him so long as she has obtained the financial independence. She acknowledged that self-esteem and economical independence were the basis of maintenance a marriage of equality. She is valued for her humanity and values. The story told with terrific intensity. The hardships Jane experienced were illustrated in such a simple and plain language that you could not be read without emotion. Jane Eyre is unique in Victorian fiction. It is one of the most popular of all English novels and has a great effect on thepeople all over the world.4.2 The Significance for Modern FemaleIt can be seen that the status of woman has been improved so fast nowadays, but woman’s status is also very low in some countries. Most feminists believe discrimination against women still exists in North American and European nations, as well as worldwide. But as we all known, it have taken a considerable leap for the rights and status of woman. It is also interesting to witness that in recent years some developing nations, such as India, and Israel that have chosen women as heads of state. What’ more, many women are working in many big companies as leaders or boss. Moreover, we take for granted that women can choose whether or not to marry, and whether or not to have children, and so on. On the whole, we can say that the liberation of woman is no longer a big issue, but we still need to make every effort to fight for more rights for woman. There also seems little doubt that the demand for sexual equality will persist until it has fully been granted everywhere. Today, however, in addition to economic issues, problems of sexual self-determination have come to the foreground. We should do everything we can to advance woman’s right s and status, and achieve real equality between men and women.5. ConclusionFrom the analysis above it can be seen Jane is a good model for women in all aspects, such as, her self -esteem, respect, independence, and her views on true love, her courage, her spirit and ideas. This road in J ane Eyre’ life is full of hardships. In this process, she has ever been depressed, but she was brave and still struggled for her own ideal and dream under the bad environment. She has a heroic spirit in facing hardships. There is a process of growth and enrichment in Jane Eyre’s attitud e towards life, which includes the formation of personality, the attitude toward love and the attitude toward life and death. From this a new feminine image from Jane is presented; the image can be the firm ideals and persistent pursuit of self-esteem, independence, self-reliance, the choice of one’ own life. This is the charisma of JaneEyre, as well as the purpose of this paper. So we still say Jane Eyre is great. Charlotte who publishes her own idea through Jane Eyre is greater. Through Jane Eyre , It can be understood that the woman can find the true love and the sense of belonging so long as they does not submit to the social class and the sex prejudice, and does not approve the oppression, or the status which controls them.Finally, the sprits of independence and sovereignty for women advocated by Charlotte Bronte is what the modern women are pursuing even day, which also influences millions of her readers who can’t get an equal treatment in the society from ancient time till now. Let the great work light up every corner of being unfairly treated women.Bibliography[1] Bronte Charlotte. Jane Eyre [M].New York: Oxford University Press. 1975[2] Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre[M]. Shanghai: Foreign Language Teaching andResearch Press. 1996[3] Gaskell Elizabeth. Life of Charlotte Bronte[M]. Hammondsport:PenguinPress.1975[4] Wu Wyden. History and Anthology of English Literature[M]. 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《简_爱》的女性意识探析

《简·爱》的女性意识探析李桂燕汉语言文学专业函授本科2010级学号 920106300086摘要简•爱是英国女作家夏洛蒂•勃朗特的代表作《简·爱》中的女主公。

命运对她的不公,使她的一生走着异常艰难坎坷的道路。

简爱的成长过程，实际上就是女性意识的觉醒过程。

她有高尚的灵魂、坚毅的信念、平等的爱情、独立的人格地位。

她的生命力是永恒不朽的。

关键词女性意识简爱平等追求自由在世界各国对女性问题的讨论中,女性意识被列为热门话题,这一话题引出了许多有关女性的重大议题，并正在影响着政府决策，那么，究竟什么是女性意识呢？众说纷纭。

有人认为女性意识，是女性关注自身命运，试图在“男女都一样”的特殊历史背景中分离出“女人”的自我意识，就我个人认为：女性意识实际上就是女性的观念、思想，是一种历史的产物，女性意识应该包括社会对女性的认识和女性自我意识两个方面，而女性的自我意识是指妇女作为有感觉、能思维的人的认识主体，对自身客体存在的价值、道德、审美等一系列活动的认识、感受和评价。

在数千年的父权社会女性被排在第二位，排第一位的是男性，女性是卑贱之众，处处受男人支配，男人认为这是正常现象，大多数女性应该如此。

这种看法实际上是女性意识处于一种长期的沉睡状态，女性意识还没有被唤醒。

随着人类历史的进程，女性逐步意识到自身的重要性和对社会的价值。

女性不甘于趋之男性之下，并且为此做出不懈的努力。

妇女天生就是自由人，和男人有平等的权利。

社会的差异只能建立在共同利益的基础之上。

妇女的这种天赋的权利应包括：“自由、产业、安全，尤其是反抗压迫”。

也是在1791年，深受法国大革命冲击的英国人玛丽.沃尔斯通克拉夫特写下了《女权辩护》，向世界提出了女性权利的要求。

在美国废奴运动中，女性们在看到黑人奴隶苦难的同时，意识到自身所处的同样受压制、无权利的状态，开始起来为争取自己的权利而奋斗。

1848年，在美国首届妇女权利大会上通过了伊利莎白.斯坦顿起草的《观点宣言》，这份宣言以美国《独立宣言》为蓝本，在19世纪末20世纪初，欧美各国妇女陆续获得了选举权。

《简·爱》的女性意识思考

有尊严、有地位的人。简・爱的童年里充满了痛苦，也
经历了贫穷，但是由于她的不懈努力，最终因为才华出众成为一名教师，从此在经济方面她完全可以自食其力。在经济独立方面，简・爱自始至终都有很强烈的渴望。她面对罗切斯特为她买的那些昂贵的饰
品和衣服的时候，她的做法就是全部推辞掉，并且简・爱对罗切斯特表明了自己的意思—— “ 不接受任何的财物，只想使自己的心不被过多的恩惠所压倒” 。她从心里就受不了“ 让罗切斯特先生把我打扮得像一个玩偶，每天让金雨淋在我周围” 。简・爱将家庭教师的工作放弃了，只是给阿黛勒做家庭教师，为的是挣自己的生活费。当她离开了自己心爱的男人和桑菲尔德以后，选择了圣约翰为她介绍的辛苦的
海伦，责骂和鞭打对海伦来说是家常便饭，可就是这
样，海伦从来不去抱怨，也不愤恨。简・爱看到海伦这样，经常告诉海伦： “ 他们要是敢用鞭子打我，我就会
抢过他们的鞭子，在他们的面前将那鞭子折断，我们也可以用同样的方法对那些宗教徒狠狠地回击。 ” 简・爱所说的“ 狠狠地回击 ” 充分地体现出了她性格
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《简・爱》中女主人公勇敢面对、反抗来自男权主义社会的种种压迫与痛苦，在追求平等、独立、自主
和自由的过程中，表现出了非常强烈的女性意识。同时反映出作者对独立人格和尊严的渴望。夏洛蒂・勃朗特的《简・爱》中所塑造的女性简・爱是一个追求独立自由、敢于反抗压迫的女性形象，这在当时的文学史上是一个突破，并且将主要以男性为中心的文化世界通过女性的眼光进行了重新审视，将一种主要以女性为中心的主体意识充分地体现出来，从而为女权主义文学掀开新的一页。

浅析《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》中的女性意识

浅析《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》中的女性意识
《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》是英国著名作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特的两部代表作，这两部小说描绘了不同年代、不同背景下的女性形象。

在这两部小说中，作者通过对女性意识的描绘，展现了女性在当时社会中的地位和生存状况。

《简·爱》中的女性意识主要体现在主人公简的身上。

简是一个出身贫寒的女孩，但却有着强烈的求知欲和自我意识。

她渴望得到教育和独立，追求自我的价值和尊严。

在一个男权主义的社会中，她不愿意接受一味地被人支配和摆布的命运，而是选择了寻找自我的道路。

她勇敢地逃离了自己被压抑的生活，去追求自由和完整的自我。

当她遇到罗切斯特先生时，她首先被他深厚的灵魂所吸引，而非他的社会地位和财富。

最后她也表达了自己对罗切斯特先生的爱和对自己命运的掌控。

这些都体现了她深刻的自我意识和对自主权的追求。

相比之下，《呼啸山庄》中的女性意识则更加被动和受限。

作品中描绘了几位女性，其中最重要的是凯瑟琳和伊莎贝拉。

凯瑟琳是一个美丽、聪明而又叛逆的女孩，但她的生活被父亲和兄长的权威所限制，导致她不得不接受婚姻，以满足她所期望的社会地位和财富。

她的婚姻生活也无法给予她所追求的自由和灵性的发展，最终导致她的悲剧结束。

伊莎贝拉则是一个相当无助的女性，在遇到希思克利夫和希斯克利夫两个男人后，她也无法独立地选择自己的人生，而是沉溺于自己的情感中。

尽管她曾经试图摆脱希斯克利夫对她的控制，但结果证明她仍被两个男人所绑架了。

论《简爱》中的女性意识

论《简爱》中的女性意识一、本文概述《简爱》是十九世纪英国著名女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特的一部脍炙人口的长篇小说，以其独特的女性视角和深刻的社会洞察力，成为女性文学的经典之作。

这部小说不仅描绘了主人公简·爱从一个孤儿成长为一位独立、自尊、自强的女性的过程，而且深刻地反映了当时社会背景下女性所面临的困境和挑战。

本文旨在探讨《简爱》中所体现的女性意识，分析简·爱这一形象如何展示了女性对于自我价值的追求、对于平等与尊严的坚守，以及对于爱情与婚姻的独特理解。

通过这一分析，我们不仅能够更深入地理解这部文学作品的内涵和价值，而且能够从中汲取启示，为现代社会中女性意识的觉醒和发展提供借鉴。

二、《简爱》中的女性意识体现《简爱》这部作品通过主人公简·爱的成长与感情经历，深刻反映了女性意识在19世纪英国社会中的觉醒与抗争。

简·爱这一角色不仅是夏洛蒂·勃朗特自我意识的投射，更是女性意识觉醒的象征。

简·爱坚守个人尊严和独立，这体现了女性对自我价值和独立性的追求。

在罗切斯特面前，她从不因自己的身份卑微而自卑，反而以其独特的智慧和个性赢得了罗切斯特的尊重。

她拒绝成为罗切斯特的情妇，坚持追求婚姻中的平等与尊重，这充分展现了女性对自我尊严的坚守和对独立人格的追求。

简·爱对爱情的追求也体现了女性意识的觉醒。

她拒绝了圣约翰的求婚，尽管圣约翰拥有崇高的社会地位和令人羡慕的职业，但简·爱认为他们之间没有真正的爱情。

她坚信，真正的爱情应该建立在平等、尊重和相互理解的基础上，而不是仅仅为了寻求物质上的保障或社会地位的提升。

这种对爱情的坚持和追求，彰显了女性对自我价值和情感需求的重视。

简·爱还通过教育和自我提升来实现自我价值。

她不断学习、成长，努力提升自己的能力和素质，这不仅让她在职业上取得了成功，更让她在精神上获得了独立和自由。

这种对教育的重视和对自我提升的追求，也是女性意识觉醒的重要体现。

解析《简爱》中的女性独立意识

解析《简爱》中的女性独立意识简介《简爱》是英国作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特于1847年出版的小说，讲述了主人公简·爱尔和罗切斯特先生之间的爱情故事。

在小说中，勃朗特反映了19世纪早期英国女性面临的社会限制和女性独立意识的觉醒。

本文将从以下几个方面解析《简爱》中的女性独立意识。

1. 社会背景与女性地位首先，我们需要了解19世纪早期英国社会对女性角色和地位的限制。

当时，女性通常被认为是弱势群体，没有政治权利和经济独立能力。

她们受到社会道德规范和家庭期望的束缚，并被视为婚姻、家庭和子育的主要责任。

2. 简·爱尔的成长与自我价值认知然而，在这个传统观念压迫下，主人公简·爱尔却展现出了强烈的独立意识。

她从小失去双亲，在贵族家庭中过着苦难的生活，却没有放弃对自我价值的探索与追求。

她努力追求知识、独立思考和个人成长，坚守内心的正义感和自尊。

3. 爱情觉醒与抗争《简爱》中的女性独立意识也体现在简与罗切斯特先生之间的爱情故事中。

尽管罗切斯特先生是一个富有、世俗而有权势的男人，然而简并没有完全依附在他身上，而是坚持保留自己的独立和主张。

她勇敢地向社会规范挑战，并最终获得了属于自己的幸福。

4. 勃朗特对女性独立意识的探索通过描写简·爱尔这一角色，夏洛蒂·勃朗特在《简爱》中探索了女性独立意识的重要性和价值。

小说呼吁女性追求平等、拥有自主权利和尊严，并以此为基础建立起真正平等和健康的伴侣关系。

5. 对当前社会的启示虽然《简爱》发表于19世纪早期，但其中的女性独立意识的探索对当代社会仍然有着重要的影响。

它提醒我们女性应该拥有自己的价值观和追求，并勇敢地为之奋斗。

同时，也呼吁男性应尊重并支持女性的独立成长。

结论总而言之，《简爱》这一经典文学作品通过主人公简·爱尔塑造了一个具有强烈女性独立意识的形象。

小说揭示了19世纪早期英国社会中存在的女性压迫局面，并呼吁追求平等和尊严。

浅论《简爱》中体现的女性觉醒意识

浅论《简爱》中体现的女性觉醒意识所谓女性意识，就是指女性对自身作为人，尤其是女人的价值的体验和醒悟，对于男权社会，其表现为拒绝接受男性社会对女性的传统定义，以及对男性权力的质疑和颠覆，同时又表现为关注女性的生存状况，审视女性心理情感和表达女性生命体验。

具体地说：“女性意识”指女性的自我意识，它不仅要求挣脱封建婚姻制和封建礼教的桔桎，实现婚姻自由和个性解放，而且还有更高层次的要求，那就是妇女价值的发掘与自我肯定。

”总的来说，19世纪的英国是：“女性小说的时代” 。

批判现实主义作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特的《简爱》以其鲜明的女性主义主题，创作出超越时代的女主人公简爱。

她既不是“家里的天使”也不是“理想的淑女”，她的桀骜与叛逆显然和时代的主流意识格格不入，却因勇敢的挑战男权控制下的既定秩序，追求女性的独立、平等成为女性文学不朽的经典人物形象。

一、女性意识在简爱中的体现在夏洛特生活的时代，妇女是男人的附属物。

她们社会地位低，被歧视。

但是简——一个没有社会地位的孤儿——被描绘成一个具有非凡的性格和坚强意志的新型妇女。

这使得这本小说完全不同于其他以才子佳人为理想的刻画对象的当代作品。

当时的思想家约翰·拉斯金在其散文《论女王的花园》中就说，理想的妇女和理想的家庭与现实的原始森林式的生存竞争互不相容，妇女的地位不是在社会上，而是在家庭中。

按照当时流行的说法，就是做“家里的天使”。

这就意味着女人必须在家里侍奉丈夫和孩子，否则就是不合乎“家里的天使”的模式，也就失去了女人存在的价值。

显然，“天使”集中概括了一个男权主义世界里十分荒谬的妇女观。

这种观点在十九世纪十分盛行，就在这种社会背景下，简爱却大声宣布“我不是天使，我就是我自己！”这呼声既是对以男子为中心的英国社会的公开挑战，也是为捍卫女性人格与尊严的呐喊。

若从妇女解放的角度说来，这句铿锵有力的话在当时有多么激进，多么有份量！可以说它是打开《简爱》的一把钥匙。

论《简爱》中女性意识的体现

论《简爱》中女性意识的体现《简爱》是英国女作家夏洛蒂勃朗特创作的长篇小说，讲述了一位英国女子面对各种磨难坚持自我，不断克服困难，最终获得幸福的故事，通过塑造“简爱”这一敢于反抗封建、争取自由的女性形象。

首先，反抗权势带来的压迫。

在10世纪的英国，女性意识还未完全觉醒，“妇女所拥有的地位不存在与社会，仅仅是停留在家庭之中。

”但就是在这样的额背景下，简爱却高喊“我就是我！”这句话也成为打开《简爱》的一把钥匙，由于反抗寄养家庭，简爱被送到了孤儿院。

对于这一对孩子们产生宗教束缚的机构，简爱表现出的依然是抵抗和桀骜不驯。

面对经常受责罚的海伦，她常常对海伦说，自己受到鞭打会把辫子夺过来这段，应当给予狠狠的回击。

这是简爱反抗精神最真实的写照。

其次，经济上的独立。

女性的独立包括两个方面，就精神上和经济上的独立。

在简爱看来，只有经济上独立，才能让她自己感觉到尊严。

经历过命途多舛的童年后，简爱通过自己的努力当上了老师。

后来，罗切斯特为她买衣服和首饰都被她一一拒绝，她只要“一颗没有被恩惠压倒的心。

”乡村老师这份工作也给了简爱极大的安慰。

不过，即便追求经济独立，简爱也并未让金钱懵逼自己的内心，她本可以接受叔叔的遗产，一夜之间变成扶风，但她还是将遗产大部分转给了表哥表姐。

这不是件也反映出简爱想要靠自己独立的渴望。

最后，追求平等的爱情。

简爱意识到自己爱上罗切斯特的时候，很清楚来那个人之间有无法跨越的鸿沟。

但出身的差距并没有让简爱妄自菲薄，而是向对方承认了自己的感情。

当罗切斯特想要带着简爱远走他乡的时候，简爱觉得自己像情妇一样，因此选择了离开罗切斯特。

这一点也让她和罗切斯特的爱情得到了升华。

综上所述，《简爱》中传递的女性意识可以分为以上几个方面。

简爱在追求经济独立和平等爱情上的努力，也值得生活在现在的我们思考。

论《简爱》中的女性意识

论《简爱》中的女性意识
《简爱》是英国作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特的代表作，也是一部具有深刻内涵的文学作品。

在这部作品中，勃朗特论述了简·爱·大山的斗争，她在法律、道德和传统习俗毫无凭借的情况下，如何支持和捍卫她的女性身份。

书中的女性意识主要体现在简·爱的性格特征中。

她力求在法律与宗教之间寻求平衡，尽管传统和宗教规范反对女权利和自由，但是她仍然尽一切努力去捍卫自身的权利，对非法和不正当的表现要发起抵制。

不仅如此，她以诚实、正直而为人所敬重，坚定地固守自我尊严与自由，获得女性自尊。

简·爱不断努力在政治与社会间寻求平衡，在以传统形式控制女性的环境中，勇于发起自我反抗，充分体现了女性意识。

她渴望自由、寻求独立，以强大的意志和毅力不畏强权，支持女性的自主权，以及反对传统观念中有关女性的表现。

这是她走在时代前沿、打破内心封锁的表现，极具时代性的女性意识抗争。

《简爱》中简·爱的性格与抗争，表达了女性意识的真正含义：支持女性的自由意志，坚决反对特权和歧视的威胁，支持女性在客观社会问题中发挥更大的作用，勇于反抗强势压抑，在重压下追随内心，坚持自尊自信，坚守女性自主权利。

简·爱可以说是界定时代的一位英烈，她的故事激发了无数女性拥抱未来的勇气。

《简·爱》：自由与尊严的女性意识觉醒

简·爱：自由与尊严的女性意识觉醒概述《简·爱》是英国作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特所写的一本经典小说。

出版于1847年，该小说以其深情、亲密的描写而备受赞誉，并被视为女性主义文学的先驱之作。

本文将探讨《简·爱》中所呈现的自由与尊严的女性意识觉醒。

自我价值与尊严在《简·爱》中，主人公简·爱通过经历一系列挫折和困境逐渐觉醒并坚守自己的尊严。

简·爱思想独立，追求平等和自由，并坚信每个人都应当被视为独立的个体。

她拒绝接受社会对于女性角色的刻板印象，不愿成为男权社会中乏味无趣、从属于他人的妇女形象。

相反，她努力保持自我独立，追求知识和职业上的成功。

参加了勃朗特女子学校进一步增强了她对自己价值和权力认可感。

简·爱强调自我价值与尊严的重要性，她深知只有保持独立和坚定的态度，才能在异质的社会中充分展现自己的力量。

这种觉醒与她最终选择爱情也息息相关。

爱情与自由选择《简·爱》所呈现的爱情观念也体现了女性意识觉醒的重要组成部分。

在小说中，简·爱追求真正的爱情，并寻找一个能够平等相待、尊重并接纳她的伴侣。

她拒绝了传统婚姻对女性身份和角色的束缚。

当她遇到罗切斯特时，两人建立起一种独特而平等的关系。

罗切斯特虽然是上层社会阶级，但他们之间没有权利和地位上的冲突。

简·爱坚信只有在这样平等和自由选择的基础上才能找到真正意义上的幸福。

尽管面临道德困境和社会规则压力，简·爱选择保持对自我需求和欲望的忠诚。

最后，在她重新获得独立身份后，能够真正地选择留在罗切斯特身边并追求属于她的幸福。

自由与平等的教育《简·爱》中还有一个重要主题是教育对女性意识觉醒的影响。

简·爱在勃朗特女子学校受到了卓越和平等的教育。

这使她不仅获得了知识，更形成了独立思考的能力和坚持自我价值观的勇气。

通过对罗切斯特庄园中露西和格雷丝两位佣人命运的描写，小说进一步呼吁社会给予女性平等教育的重视。

简爱的女性意识

简爱的女性意识2003年由英国广播公司推荐的100部英国人最喜爱的小说榜中，《简?爱》排在第六位；哈佛书店2006年公布的100本最佳小说中，《简?爱》排名第十，是前十名唯一的一本19世纪小说。

《简?爱》遍布世界的文化播散在为其注入新活力的同时，促成了异质文化间的互动和交流。

迄今为止，《简?爱》已经被翻译成20多种语言，单在英国就有20多个版本。

《简?爱》这部作品自出版至今，持续地对世界各地的读者产生影响。

《简?爱》是女性文学的代表作，简?爱追求自由平等的爱情，有着独立意识的性格，她的性格还具有一定矛盾性和反叛性。

本文以女性主义为视角，分析了女主人公简?爱的女性意识发展历程。

一、女性意识的萌芽――在舅母家简?爱从小就失去父母，被寄养在盖兹海德府的舅舅家中，过着寄人篱下的生活。

在舅舅里德先生过世后，简?爱坠入了黑暗的生活深渊，受到了残酷的折磨。

蛮横无理的表哥和表妹把她当作仆人一样殴打。

由此，简?爱的反抗意识开始被唤醒，她没有再逆来顺受，而是毫不畏惧，奋起反抗。

她怒视迫害她的小魔王：“你这个男孩实在是又可恶又残酷！你像个杀人犯……你像个虐待奴隶的人……你像罗马的皇帝！”然后，简?爱和她们扭打起来，最后的结局是她为自己的行为付出了巨大的代价，她被舅母关进了黑暗可怕的红房子。

她在房子中绝望地呼喊、认错，但没有任何人关心她。

她清晰地认识到：这个世界太不公平了！此时，简?爱幼小的心灵已经认识到“在绝望中更是要反抗到底，没有必要用自己的尊严去换取她人的欢愉”，她的女性意识开始萌芽。

二、女性意识的产生――在劳沃德学校在劳沃德学校，简?爱的反叛性格和她的女性意识表现得更为明显。

简?爱在劳沃德学校一呆就是八年，这段时间可以说是她人生中的一次蜕变，她由盖兹海德府中的一个无助的孤女一步步蜕变为一个思想独立、自信聪颖的姑娘。

也就是在这段时间，她的女性意识逐步形成。

当她唯一的好朋友海伦因小事受鞭笞的时候，简?爱说：“要是她用那个鞭子揍我，我会从她手中夺过来，当着她的面把它折断。

《简爱》中的女性主义

《简爱》中的女性主义摘要：《简·爱》被认为是一部女性主义小说，但从当代女性主义的角度来看，它在反对父权制方面存在局限性。

本文主要分析《简·爱》中的女性主义意识，并探讨了小说作为经典与当代女性意识的关系。

关键词：简·爱；女性意识；矛盾态度；当代意义一、概述《简爱》是英国作家夏洛特·勃朗特的一部小说，被认为是最早的女性主义小说之一，女主人公简·爱是独立、自立、主动追求幸福的新女性的代表。

当时人们认为，社会是由男性主导的，男性观点是优先考虑的，妇女遭受着这些社会中贯穿历史的不平等，而女权主义就旨在反对和改变这种不平等。

二、《简爱》中女性意识的表现在《简爱》中，女性意识表现在很多方面，主要表现在简自幼的平等意识和反叛精神、对婚姻的态度、对父权文化中女性审美的反叛以及对女性被动地位的拒绝。

1.简从小的平等意识和反叛精神简·爱首先以叛逆者的形象进入读者的视野。

也许是因为她是个孤儿，简爱从小就摆脱了家庭的束缚，追求独立、捍卫自我。

即使还是孩子的时候，简也认为自己与周围的一切都是平等的。

这件事引起了贝西的注意，她谴责说：“你不应该认为自己与里德小姐和里德大师是平等的。

”[1]然而，简声称自己的行为要“坦率和无畏”。

简爱设法自己找了份工作来改善自己的处境。

她不要求任何男人的帮助，这种自给自足的行为在简看来似乎很自然，但对当时大部分女性来说却不那么自然。

2.在爱情和婚姻中追求精神独立19世纪的英国人普遍认为，婚姻是女性的唯一归宿，至今仍有许多人相信这一点。

婚姻只是一种形式。

婚前，女人是从属于父亲的，婚后，是从属于丈夫们的。

与当时的陈规定型的、只关心做一个好妻子和丈夫的仆人女性角色不同，简坚定地说：“每当我结婚时，我下定决心，我的丈夫不是我的对手，而是我的陪衬。

在王位附近，我不会有任何竞争对手，我将一视同仁地向她致敬。

”[2]虽然简因为罗切斯特的求婚而感到幸福和充实，但她仍然对婚姻感到担忧，她害怕在爱情中失去理智，成为男人的玩物，她也担心婚姻会使她陷入家庭，失去宝贵的自由，所以她拒绝了罗切斯特昂贵的礼物，坚持做家庭教师来维持经济独立。

《简·爱》中的女性意识：探索性别平等与自我价值

简·爱中的女性意识：探索性别平等与自我价值介绍《简·爱》是英国作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特所创作的一部经典小说，以女主角简·爱的成长为主线，讲述了一个智慧、独立且追求自由的女性形象。

本文将通过分析《简·爱》中女性角色的形象和思想观念，探讨其中体现的性别平等和自我价值观念。

男权社会下的女性地位在19世纪英国，男权社会占据主导地位，女性往往受到压制和限制。

相比之下，《简·爱》中的女性形象呈现了一种不同寻常的力量和坚定。

尽管受到社会环境的束缚，她们依然追求独立、自主和实现个人价值。

简·爱：独立而聪明简·爱是小说中最具代表性的女性角色之一。

她从小受到虐待和贫困的困扰，但她保持坚韧不拔，并展现出聪明、敏感和独立思考的能力。

她通过教育充实自己的头脑，不依赖任何人去获得幸福和自我认同。

洛思黛尔：追求平等与自由洛思黛尔是另一个重要的女性角色，在19世纪英国封建社会这个男权主导时代，她始终坚持自己的独立和追求平等的信念。

洛思黛尔不愿意成为被动的女性道德榜样，她希望获得平等、自由和尊重，并勇敢地表达了对传统价值观的批判。

社会对女性自我价值的认可《简·爱》中揭示了社会对女性的偏见和歧视，然而，小说也展现了女性在实现自我价值方面所取得的一些成功。

简·爱最终成功找到属于自己的幸福，并通过她坚强、智慧以及独立精神赢得了广泛赞誉。

众多读者感受到了女性真正实现平等和自由的希望。

总结《简·爱》中塑造出一系列独立、坚韧且富有智慧的女性形象。

她们努力追求平等和自由，并通过自身的努力和智慧实现了自我价值的提升。

这一描绘进一步推动了性别平等与女性权益的主张，并为后世女性树立了榜样。

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这些内容展示了小说中女性角色的形象和思想观念，以及她们在19世纪男权社会中追寻平等和尊重的努力。

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对于简・爱来说，爱情是美好的。美好的爱应该是平等的。按照维多利亚时期妇女的行为规范，简・爱有两大过错：一是向一个男人（罗切斯特）主动表达自己的爱情；二是拒绝另一个男人（圣约翰）的求婚。简・爱大胆得爱上了她的主人罗切斯特。在蛮横暴躁，高高在上的罗切斯特面前，她落落大方，不卑不亢。她的自尊、坚忍、朴实渐渐吸引了罗切斯特。当她误会罗切斯特要与贵族小姐结婚时，压抑的情感如火山喷发，她不顾一切的大胆表达： “你以为我会留下来，成为你觉得无足轻重的人吗？你以为我是一架机器吗？一架没有感情的机器吗？你以为，因为我穷、低微、不美、矮小，我就没有灵魂没有心吗？你想错了！——我的灵魂跟你一样，我的心也跟你一样完全一样！我们站在上帝脚跟前，是平等的，这优话字字珠玑， ” 斩钉截铁的表现了女性对自由平等的渴望与呼唤。真心的爱情应建立在相互尊重的基础上，像舒婷的《致橡树》中所写：我必须是 “ 你近旁的一株木棉，作为树的形象和你站在一起。 ” 在传统的婚姻里，女人是男人的付庸，其道德规定，审美情趣，价值观念都被男性设定在一定的框架中。著名女权主义者西蒙・波伏瓦一语中的： “女人为之女人，与其说是天生的，不如说是形成的，是后天造就了女人，是传统的习俗和男权社会的需要造就了女人。 ” 圣约翰多次向简・爱求婚。他并不爱她。他的求婚，是为了完成上帝交给的任务，是为了将基督教传播到更广阔的地方。他对简・爱的求婚更象是命令：你是为了工作而不是 “ 为了爱情才给造出来的。 ” “把你的复杂的兴趣，感情、思想、目的简化一下，把所有的考虑全部溶合在一个目标中。那就是有效地—有力的—完成你的伟大的主的使命。在这里， ” 圣・约将简・爱当作了一个工具，当作了 “主” 的奴隶，实质隐喻了女人就是男人的奴隶。简・爱果断了拒绝了圣约翰。她认为没有爱情的婚姻也是不平等的。在对男性菲勒斯主义的消解下重构女性社会价值，《简是・爱》显而易见文本倾向。幽闭的女性行为话语一旦出口便掷地有声。女人也是人” “ 的自觉将引导女性走向美好的明天。

《简爱》中的女性意识

《简·爱》，夏洛蒂·勃朗特梦的化身梦，源于生活，而又高于生活，它是对人在现实生活的一种延伸和扩展。

在梦中，可以对现实生活有更高的、更美好的憧憬；也可以有对现实生活的不满和排斥;还可以有对整个生活年代的控诉。

法国哲学家丹纳曾经说过“要了解一件艺术品，一个作家，一个艺术家，必须正确的设想他们所属的时代精神和风俗的概况。

”《简·爱》当然也不例外，要想深刻的了解到这本书的精华，和对全文的思想主题及其潜在的思想内涵做一正确的认识，也必须要结合夏洛蒂·勃朗特的生活来读这本小说。

夏洛蒂1846年生于北部约克郡的豪渥斯的一个乡村的贫穷牧师家庭。

母亲早逝，八岁的夏洛蒂被送进一所专收神职人员孤女的慈善性机构——柯文桥女子寄宿学校。

在那里，她的两个姐姐玛丽亚和伊丽莎白因染上肺病而先后死去。

于是夏洛蒂和妹妹艾米利回到家乡，15岁时她进了伍勒小姐办的学校读书，几年后又在这个学校当教师。

后来她曾作家庭教师，最终她投身于文学创作的道路。

她的人生的经历为她日后的创作提供的十分丰富的素材，在小说的许多情节中，我们都可以看到她生活的影子。

当时十九世纪的英国，女性还在是处在一个地位比较低的时期，她们过着一种附属于男人的生活，得不到应有的尊重和认可。

大多数的女性没有自由，在还是闺房小姐的时候，就被家里教育怎么样成为上流社会的淑女；结婚之后，就在家中守着丈夫和房子过着望着黎明、盼着天黑的枯燥空乏生活。

英国资本主义发展的成熟，资产阶级与封建势力的矛盾转化为工人阶级对资本主义的普遍反抗，是历史上极为动荡不安的时期。

就是在这样一个特殊的时期，夏洛蒂·勃朗特用柯勒·贝尔这一个笔名创作的《简·爱》面市了，她用简·爱作为她的化身，用女主人公的身份表现了她要求女性独立的强烈愿望。

在小说中，她用简·爱这样一个渺小的人物，代表了的是这类在男权社会中深受压抑的女性，为当时社会所不能容忍的“疯狂”的情感欲望和反叛心理。

论简爱中的女性意识

编号22湖南民族职业学院毕业论文课题名称论《简爱》中的女性意识系部外语系专业商务英语作者姓名胡细花班级 0804班学号 22号指导老师孙六荣2010 年 12月 10日论《简爱》中的女性意识胡细花（湖南民族职业学院外语系商务英语0804班）摘要：《简爱》是19世纪英国批判现实主义文学作家夏洛蒂勃朗特的代表作。

它成功地塑造了塑造了英国文学史中第一个对爱情、生活、社会以及宗教都采取了独立自主的积极进取态度和敢于斗争、敢于争取自由平等地位的女性形象。

本论文主要从简爱的性格特点以及人的价值、尊严、爱进行分析，使现代女性从简爱身上得到启发。

关键词：女性意识;平等;独立；自尊一．《简爱》的相关介绍(一)、作者夏洛蒂•勃朗特的介绍夏洛蒂·勃朗特（Charlotte Brontë）（1816－1855），英国十九世纪著名的小说家。

她出生于英国约克郡一个穷苦的牧师家庭，母亲早逝，幼年的夏洛蒂和三个姐妹被送进一所寄宿学校。

那里生活条件极其恶劣，她的两个姐姐因染上肺病先后死去。

于是夏洛蒂和妹妹艾米莉回到家乡，在荒凉的约克郡山区度过了童年。

十五岁时她进了伍勒小姐办的学校读书，毕业后又在这个学校当教师。

后来受生活所迫，她曾两次做家庭教师，但因不能忍受贵妇人、阔小姐对家庭教师的歧视和刻薄，放弃了这条谋生之路。

她曾打算自办学校，为此她在姨母的资助下与艾米莉一起去意大利进修法语和德语。

然而由于没有人来就读，学校没能办成。

但是她在意大利学习的经历激发了她表现自我的强烈愿望，促使她投身于文学创作的道路.(二).作品《简爱》的简介简爱父母早亡寄居在舅舅家，舅舅病逝后，舅母把她送进孤儿院，来到桑恩费尔德，当男主人公罗彻司特先生家的家庭教师，罗彻先生脾气古怪，经过几次接触，简爱爱上了他。

在他们举行婚礼时，梅森闯进来指出古堡顶楼小屋里的疯女人是罗彻司特先生的妻子，简爱不愿作为情妇，离开了桑恩费尔德。

来到一个偏远的地方在牧师的帮助下找到了一个乡村教师的职业。