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1、 PINGDINGSHAN UNIVERSITY 毕业论文题 目: The Perfect Match Ordained by FateOn Realistic Feasibility of Romance between Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester 院 系: 外国语学院 专业年级: 2008级英语专业 姓 名: 吴丽 学 号: 081020124 指导教师: 马慧莲（副教授） 2012年4月30日Thesis: The Perfect Match Ordained by Fate On Realistic Feasibility of Romance betwee

2、n Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester佳偶天成浅析简爱和罗彻斯特浪漫爱情的现实可行性School or Department: College of Foreign LanguagesGrade and Specialty: 2008, English Language and LiteratureName: Wu LiAdvisor: Ma Huilian (Associate Professor)April 30, 2012毕业设计诚信承诺书本人郑重声明：所呈交的毕业论文（设计）是本人在指导老师指导下取得的研究成果。除了文中特别加以注释和致谢的地方外，论文（设计）中不包

3、含其他人已经发表或撰写的研究成果。与本研究成果相关的所有人所做出的任何贡献均已在论文（设计）中作了明确的说明并表示了谢意。签名： 年月日AbstractJane Eyre is a novel with love as its theme. Its known to all that art copies life but in a more abstract way than the typical way. No doubt, in Jane Eyre there are lots of romantic colors, among which the love and marriage

4、between Jane Eyre and Rochester is the most enchanting one. Romantic as their love is, this thesis aims at discussing its realistic feasibility of the love between the heroine and the hero: the right time and the right place make the two meet and love each other. They are the perfect match ordained.

5、Key words: feasibility; right time; right place; right person摘 要简爱是一部以爱情为主题的小说。众所周知，艺术源于现实但也高于现实。简爱无疑是一部具有浓厚浪漫主义色彩的小说。主人公简爱和罗彻斯特的爱情和婚姻更为人所津津乐道。本文拟从三个方面论证其男女主角浪漫爱情背后的现实可行性：合适的时间，合适的地点使两人相遇相恋，他们是佳偶天成。关 键 词: 现实可行性；合适的时间；合适的地点；合适的人Table of ContentsAbstracti摘 要iiTable of ContentsiiiChapter 1 Introduction

6、1Chapter 2 Literary Review3Chapter 3 Feasibility Determined by the Right Time53.1 Rochesters Standards in Choosing a Wife before Jane53.2 Their Meeting to be Missed If Jane Inherits the Legacy63.3 The Match Meeting at the Right Time73.3.1 Rochester Meets Jane at His Right Time73.3.2 Jane Meets Roche

7、ster at Her Right Time8Chapter 4 Feasibility Determined by the Right Place104.1 Thornfield, a Completely New and Attractive Place to Jane104.2 Thornfield, Both a Blessing and Heartbreaking Place for Jane and Rochester11Chapter 5 Feasibility Determined by Their Complementary Character135.1 Rochester,

8、 Fascinated by Janes Inner Workings135.2 Jane, Attracted by the Charm of Rochesters Character145.3 The Spiritually Equal Match15Chapter 6 Conclusion17Bibliography18Acknowledgements19 - iii -The Perfect Match Ordained by FateOn Realistic Feasibility of Romance between Jane Eyre and Mr. RochesterChapt

9、er 1 IntroductionOf all Victorian literary names none has so proved its power to excite curiosity, stir dramatic imaginations, and evoke chatter and personal discussion, as has the name of Bronte. Among the four impressive novels Charlotte writes, Jane Eyre proves to be the most enduring. On the Glo

10、bal issues of literary criticism Bronte Literature, Jane Eyre has been one of most concerned works by scholars from various countries. Since the publication of the magazine “Woman” in 1917 which introduced Bronte sisters to Chinese readers the first time, Jane Eyre has been warmly welcome by the age

11、s of Chinese readers and scholars, and criticism of Western literature in China has become a hot topic in that time. Tracing criticism on Jane Eyre history in china, during the past hundred years, it is in the current surging.“Marxism, feminism, and Christian cultural studies, literary criticism and

12、 other narrative theories from the perspective of their theory of Jane Eyre have made a certain depth of research, which, undoubtedly, have achieved a lot of useful results in Chinese and foreign literature history. Jane Eyre was written in the 1940s, with the global democracy, freedom, equality, ci

13、vil rights movement ongoing. Not only the peoples class consciousness was awakening, but womens sense of equality with men was gradually self-awaring. Then in the literary criticism Feminist theory followed. Because Jane is the representatives of the rebellious spirit of the literature with a strong

14、 female character in British literary history, many domestic and foreign scholars have criticized the text from the feminist perspective.” (Liu Yan, 2011:5) Of course there are some scholars having made their researches from the perspective of love. But they always focus on Janes vision of love. Som

15、e talk about why the plain and poor Jane can gain the love of Rochester, paying much attention to the charms of Janes characters. So these studies are mostly one-way view to study the text, splitting the text to pieces. The main focus of this thesis is to discuss the realistic feasibility of romance between Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester. The difference of this thesis is that it studies not only Janes charming character but also some other factors, such as time, place and their compl