《简爱》中的主要人物分析

《简·爱》中的主要人物

分析

An Analysis of Key Characters

in Jane Eyre

Contents

Abstract .................................... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... (1)

Key words .................................... ... ... ... ... . ... (1)

I. Introduction the Author (1)

II.Introduction to the Novel (2)

2.1 Social Background (2)

2.2 The Novel (3)

III. Analysis of the Main Characters (4)

3.1 Jane Eyre (4)

3.2 Edward Rochester (6)

3.3 Helen Burns (7)

3.4 Mrs. Reed (8)

IV. Conclusion (8)

References (9)

摘要：本论文主要分析《简爱》中主要人物的性格特征。不管简爱见了什么, 不管她在哪里, 她总反抗那个不公平的社会, 她从不放弃试图得到自由、独立、公平的生活和真

实的爱。由于不懈的努力她最后得到了尊严, 自由和真爱。从小说中简的话语中我们

可以分析出她的性格特征：自重、自尊、自强、自立、善良、朴实、纯洁、高尚。这就

是为什么一个纯洁的爱情故事能被广大读者喜爱的原因。

关键词：简爱罗切斯特自由独立

Abstract: This article mainly analyze the character of key figures in Jane Eyre. No matter what Jane met, no matter where she was, she always rebelled against that

unfair society, she never gave up to try her best to get free, independent, fair life

and true love. By unremitting efforts she finally got dignity, freedom and true

love. Jane’s special character ran though the whole novel. From the utterance of

Jane in this novel, we can analysis her character: self respect; self esteem and

simple. This is the reason why that a pure love story loved by masses of reader. Key words: Jane Eyre Rochester free freedom independent

I. Introduction to the Author

Charlotte Bronte wrote this book. Charlotte Bronte was born on April 21, 1816, at Thomton, Yorkskire. She was the third child of Patrick Bronte, Curate of Hawoth. When Charlotte was very young, her mother died, leaving behind six children. Charlotte and three of her sisters were sent away to Cowan Bridge school .Where conditions were very harsh. The two oldest sisters died there and Charlotte and Emily returned home. They wrote what has become know as the “Bronte juvenilia “Stories of imaginary words in miniature books. Charlotte Bronte is one of those author whose life has attracted as much attention as her writing. Charlotte and her family have been the subject of many books, a stage play, and a film by the French director Truffaut for same people, interest in Bronte family is almost on the level of a cult, and there are even organized tours to the place associated with the family’s h istory.

Charlotte attended Clergy Daughter's School in Lancashire in 1824. She returned home next year because of the harsh conditions. In 1831 she went to school at Roe Head, where she later worked as a teacher. However, she fell ill, suffered from melancholia, and gave up this post. Charlotte's attempts to earn her living as a governess were hindered by her disabling shyness, her ignorance of normal children, and her yearning to be with her sisters.

Undeterred by her own rejection, Charlotte began Jane Eyre, which appeared in 1847, and became an immediate success. Charlotte dedicated the book to William Makepeace Thackeray, who described it as 'the masterwork of a great genius'. The heroine is a penniless orphan who becomes a teacher, obtains a post as a governess, inherits money from an uncle, and marries after several turns of the plot the Byronic hero. It was followed by Shirley (1848) and Villette (1853), based on her memories of Brussels. Although her identity was well known, Charlotte continued to publish as Currer Bell. Her tragedy, Belisarius, is lost.

In Jane Eyre the author used her experiences at the Evangelical school and as governess. The novel severely criticized the limited options open to educated but impoverished women, and the idea that women "ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags." Jane's passionate desire for a wider life, her need to be loved, and her rebellious questioning of conventions, also reflected Charlotte's own dreams. Jane is an Ugly Duckling, who fulfills all the teenage romantic dreams of passion that breaks all obstacles. The gloomy hero, Mr. Rochester, represents a woman man: the ideal of masculine tenderness is combined with a