On Jane Eyre from Feminist Theory简爱中的女权主义.docx

1、On Jane Eyre from Feminist Theory 简爱中的女权主义On Jane Eyre from Feminist TheoryChapter 1 IntroductionJane Eyre is a famous novel in foreign literature history. Many people read this book and begin to think her romantic life. Many scholars have begun to realize the value and effect of her feminist though

2、t. As we all known, we can easily find the most important characterindependence from the heroine Janes struggle to society and attitude to love. Jane Eyre is not only a lively and real woman but also a representation of new female. Different people regard her as different roles from their unique ang

3、le of view. This paper mainly discusses Jane Eyres character and life experience from feminist theory and helps reader to get touch with the soul of Jane. 1.1 Jane Eyres author-Charlotte BronteJane Eyres author is the British novelist Charlotte Bronte. She was born in a clerical family in 1816. Her

4、family sat in a small village of the northern England She is the third child in the family and has two younger sisters and a brother. Bronte sisters are the famous female writers in the British literature but Charlotte is the most popular among sisters. She has a miserable childhood because her moth

5、er died when she was only five years old. And her fathers income was too low to maintain the expenditure. Although the life of her family was very hard and deplorable, she never gives up the hope of life. She was send to the boarding school with her sisters, but the life condition was so terrible th

6、at she and her sister Emily decided to go back home. They spend their childhood in desolate mountainous village. Then she went to Ms Words school to study at fifteen. A few years later she became a teacher in this school. In order to enlarge her eyeshot, she decided to be a governess in private fami

7、ly. But she gave up this job because she cant bear the discrimination from noblewoman and richer. Charlotte Bronte also was a girl who wanted to study and improve herself. She and her sister went to Italy to study French and German by her aunts help. When she came back hometown, she began to set a s

8、chool by herself. But no people came to her school. Although her plan was fail finally, she was deeply influenced by the study experience in Italy and began her way on written. Evermore she dedicated all her life to the literature.1.2 Jane Eyres heroine-Jane EyreJane Eyre is a novel about a kind-hea

9、rted woman who pursuits freedom and independent love. She is a unique female in her era. Janes parents died when she was only a child. In order to survive she must lived with her aunt. During the life in her aunts family, she suffered from the maltreatment. Occasionally she got an opportunity to go

10、to the boarding school. But the life in the school was not happy because girls were often regarded as the inferior. She studied there six years, and then became a teacher in that school. She wanted to experience different life and made an advertisement on newspaper. Luckily she got a job to be a gov

11、erness in Thorn field and met her lover Mr. Edward Rochester. Jane had a wonderful life there and decided to get married with him finally. But before the wedding Jane found Rochester had got married and his wife still alive. With no doubt this was a serious shock for her. Although Mr. Rochester had

12、anguish, Jane can not accept him and decided to leave him to seek the peace of her own heart. Then she suffered the tribulation and illness. At that time she met St. John Rivers who helped her get rid of the terrible life. They found that they are cousin before long. This kind and gentle man wanted

13、to marry with Jane. But Jane refused because she didnt love him and seek her independence and equality. Jane got a considerable sum of heritage surprisingly from her uncle. She can live an ascendant life, but she cant forget Rochester and backed to Thorn field. Although Rochester was blind and his a

14、rm was broken, Jane didnt give up her true love to him and decided to get married. Finally they had a peaceful wedding under equality. From Janes beautiful love story, we can easily find her independent attitude to life; her self-respect to love. The effect of this novel is great, because Jane is a

15、unfamiliar female figure in the world literature.1.3 The relationship between author and Jane EyreFrom the life experience of Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre, we can easily find the similarity between them. As we all known, Jane Eyre is a book according to its authors experience. They both had the li

16、fe to be a governess and a miserable childhood. Although the plot is unreal, the author got the most materials from her life, including the life environment and characters. Jane Eyre, an orphan child with a fiery spirit and a longing to love and be loved, a poor, plain, little governess who dares to

17、 love her master, a man superior to her in many ways, and even is brave enough to declare to the man her love for him, cuts a completely new woman image. We can regard her as an epitome of the middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human

18、 being. Obviously, Charlotte Bronte is the one of them. She demonstrated her intense feelings and thought from the main character Jane Eyre. The most important character of two women is independence and self- realization. “ The reality of autobiography dont demonstrate at every plots”. It should pre

19、sent at the thought of the writing. Both of them have the earnest hope to beautiful love and happy life. They also experienced the loneliness and desperation of love affair. Jane Eyre is an autobiography of Charlotte Bronte. Even the most professional scholars can not distinguish whether this book i

20、s an autobiography or a novel. Because most of them find it hard to separate Jane from Bronte. In some degree, Jane realized her value through her struggle and happy ending with Rochester. Bronte demonstrated her love to the Puritanical code and nature. The never dying popularity of Jane Eyre is the

21、 best gift to her undoubtedly. Not only Jane but also Bronte seek self-realization by themselves.1.4 The significance of the Research Jane Eyre is a famous novel，so many people read it and love it. They analysis it from different angels. Although this love story is very moving, I mainly want to disc

22、uss this book from the spirits. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society. Jane is a normal woman, but she also is a delegation of new female. The societal signification of Jane Eyre helps many middle class women to get rid of conventionalism and realize their value. This paper wan

23、ts to make people know it clearly and breathe with Jane and its author during reading.Chapter 2 Jane Eyres character from Feminist theoryFeminist theory is a thought about the equality which many women stick for a long time. No doubt Jane Eyres character is central of this novel. From the beginning,

24、 Jane possesses a sense of dignity and a trust in God. But the societal environment forces her to balance the dream and reality. As an orphan, Jane feels exiled and ostracized, and the cruel treatment she got in aunt family only brought her feeling of alienation. But Jane never gives up the desire t

25、o find freedom and autonomy in internal. In some degree, we can understand Janes behavior present the main spirits of feminist and this novel is a clarion of womens liberation.2.1 Jane Eyres self-respect and self-confidenceJane is a girl who early experiences the cruelty and miserable society. Howev

26、er, Jane still has various confidences to the life and inner power. Like most people, Jane also wants to get respect from other people around herself. But she knows it impossible. Maybe other girls bear the discrimination with no words and feel that they are real inferior to men. Jane is a unique fe

27、male in that era. She is poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul. Although there are differences in economical status and in appearance, everyone is equal. During the love between Jane and Rochester, she never lost her dignity and self-respect. On the contrary, she thinks they should respe

28、ct each other. Janes self-respect and self-confidence make her have a special charm which attracts Rochester. They fall in love under the condition of equality. When they prepared to marry, she knew the fact and refused to be mistress for him. She says to him. I care for myself. The more solitary, t

29、he more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man. I will hold to the principles received by men when I was sane, and not mad-as I am now, laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are

30、for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigor; stringent are they; inviolate they shall be. If at my individual convenience I might break them, what would be their worth? Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there

31、I plant my foot. 2 (241)Although Jane loves Rochester sincerely, she can not bear to be a doll. Finally she chooses a rational determination to persist her self-respect. In her opinions, independence is more important than beautiful love and rich life. We can see it from the ending of novel. When Ro

32、chester is disabled, she didnt abandon him. Janes different behavior tells us that she is a strong woman, a short and small woman, having strong self-respect. She pursues a kind of bright, sincere and beautiful life unswerving. Jane ever claimed her earnest whoop: Do you think, because Im poor, obsc

33、ure, 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 through the medium of custom, conversatio