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1、简爱的悲惨经历及忠贞的爱情观Jane Eyres Miserable Life Experience and Her Pursuit of True LoveContentsAbstract1I Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2II The discussion about Janes miserable life experience3A.Janes childhood at Gateshead .3B.Her education at the Lowood School.4C.Her time as Adeles gov

2、erness at Thornfield.5D. Her mature time with the Rivers family.6III.The experiences create a positive effect on Janes character.6 a.1 .6 a.2 .7 a.3 .7IV.The discussion about Janes pursuits of her true love.8A.Her true love vs. autonomy.8a.1 love vs. freedom.8a.2 The need for love contrasted with th

3、e need for independence.8a.3 Janes search for religion.9a.4 The barriers of social class.9b.1 Jane finds love in two different places.9b.2 Love in The Victoria Period.10B. The relationship with Mr. Rochester.10a. Jane and Mr. Rochester begin to love11b. Jane flees Mr. Rochester for independent love1

4、2c. The love affairs carry out.14C.The relationship with Mr. St John.14IV. Conclusion.15References.16Jane Eyres Miserable Life Experience and Her Pursuit of True Love 摘 要：简爱自1947年出版以来备受青睐，小说的女主人公更是吸引了众多读者。本文通过对简爱的悲惨经历及忠贞的爱情观进行讨论。本文共分为两部分：第一部分讲述简爱的悲惨经历，其中有四个不同时期进行说明简爱经历的悲惨，以及她的成长。第二部分对其忠贞的爱情观进行说明，主要是

5、简爱的爱情观，她与罗切斯特的关系，她与圣.约翰之间的爱情关系。简爱的一生是耐人寻味的。关键词：简爱 悲惨经历 忠贞 爱情观Abstract: Jane Eyre has been popular with readers all over the world since its publication in 1847. It was written by Charlotte Bronte. It is the girl of Jane Eyre who attracts everybody of us. This paper tells and discusses Janes miserabl

6、e life experience and her pursuit of true love, which is divided into two parts, in the first part, which is divided four periods: childhood at Gates head, and girlhood at Lowood, adolescence at Thornfield and maturity at Marsh End. And the second part tells Janes pursuits of her true love. Through

7、the discussion, it explores why Jane conquered our readers and the image of Jane remains attractive till today. Now, our people can still learn from Jane the importance of preserving themselves when facing the various temptations. Keep what we really want in our mind. Key words: Jane Eyre; Miserable

8、 life experience; True loveJane Eyres Miserable Life Experience and Her Pursuit of True LoveIIntroduction Jane Eyre has been popular with readers all over the world since its publication in 1847. It was written by Charlotte Bronte. It is Jane Eyre, the protagonist of the novel，who attracts everybody

9、 of us. Quite different from heroines in other works, Jane is a poor, plain, little orphan. What impresses our readers is not her appearance but her personality. In her whole life, Jane does not stop struggling for her spirit of independence and self-dignity. Such a woman is rare one at that time, a

10、nd respectable one today. That is why the image of Jane remains attractive till today.Many scholars talk about Charlotte Brontes feminine courageousness: Her works are famous for the depiction of life of the middle-class working women, particularly governesses. Her representative work, Jane Eyre is

11、the first important governesss novel in the English literary history.Because I love this topic, so when I accept my theme, I begin working on this. Jane Eyre is not just a story of Jane, it is a book how Jane pursues her own true love after miserable life experience. And Jane Eyre is the representat

12、ive of Charlotte Bronte on females. So I choose this topic for knowing the situation of that period in which Jane lives, and I can get information of their conception of love. And Janes devotion to love, which rooted in my mind. From Jane Eyres brave pursuit of freedom, independence, love and happin

13、ess, Charlotte infuses a brand-new womans value into Jane Eyre. Many women learn the courageousness from Jane Eyre, although she is a little restrained because of the sense of self-respect. This desire tempers her equally intense need for autonomy and freedom. In her search for freedom, Jane also st

14、ruggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants.Although the feminist campaign has been rising these years, there are still many women who can not face love and difficulties bravely because of some interesting factors. Many readers are moved by Jane Eyres bravery and faith in love when s

15、he chooses a poor blind and crippled man whom she loves so deeply to be her husband.This paper introduces Jane Eyres miserable experience, so we can see English women of that time, and their desire of seeking for equal social position with men. Besides, the paper tells that how Jane Eyre pursues her

16、 true love. People have to go through all kinds of physical or moral tests to obtain their final happiness. In Jane Eyre, there are five distinct stages of development, each linked to a particular place: Janes childhood at Gateshead, her education at the Lowood School, her time as Adeles governess a

17、t Thornfield, her time with the Rivers family at Morton and at Marsh End (also called Moor House), and her reunion with and marriage to Rochester at Ferndean. From these experiences, Jane becomes the mature woman who narrates the novel retrospectively.The discussion about Jane Eyres miserable life e

18、xperience In creating the character of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte did something that was very daring at the time: She presented her readers with a heroine who was not beautiful! In the first half of the 19th century, readers took it for granted that the heroines of novels were supposed to be beauti

19、ful, just as we assume that a high fashion model will be slender and glamorous. But Jane Eyre is described as small and plain, a rather mousy-looking young woman who will never be transformed into a femme fatale or a romantic beauty and has no interest in trying to become one.I began to read the Eng

20、lish original novel. Once I was lost in Jane Eyre .Janes miserable childhood, her hard life, her courage to bear misfortune. A.Janes childhood at Gateshead Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. One day, as punishment for fighting with her bullying cousin Joh

21、n Reed, Janes aunt imprisons Jane in the red-room, the room in which Janes Uncle Reed died. While locked in, Jane, believing that she sees her uncles ghost, screams and faints.“Of Mr. Reeds ghost I am: he died in that room, and was laid out there. Neither Bessie nor any one else will go into it at n

22、ight, if they can help it; and it was cruel to shut me up alone without a candle, - so cruel that I think I shall never forget it. (chapter4) Janes good-hearted but strong-willed determination and integrity become apparent. It becomes evident, that Jane is mistreated, physically abused and punished

23、for things she should not be held responsible for. Jane is so sacred and afraid. So we know such punishment is very terrible for a child. So we understand why Jane shows her resentment before her aunt: Shaking from head to foot, thrilled with ungovernable excitement, I continued- I am glad you are n

24、o relation of mine: I will never call you aunt again so long as I live. I will never come to see you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty. (chapter3) So we

25、know that the description is irony. Jane is so angry with her aunt and hates her aunts actions. She wants freedom and besides all of these, for a little girl she wants to be honest, be a good human being. Jane wants to love and to be loved. But lets read this episode: Not you. You told Mr. Brocklehu

26、rst I had a bad character, a deceitful disposition; and Ill let everybody at Lowood know what you are, and what you have done. Jane, you dont understand these things: children must be corrected for their faults. Deceit is not my fault! I cried out in a savage, high voice. But you are passionate, Jan

27、e, which you must allow: and now return to the nursery- theres a dear- and lie down a little. I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here. (chapter4)And we want to say like Jane to her aunt: How dare I, Mrs. Reed? How dare I? Because it is the tr

28、uth. 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. I shall remember how you thrust me back- roughly and violently thrust me back- into the red-room, and locked me up there, to my dying day; though I was in agony; thoug

29、h I cried out, while suffocating with distress, Have mercy! Have mercy, Aunt Reed! And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me- knocked me down for nothing. I will tell anybody who asks me questions, this exact tale. People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-h

30、earted. You are deceitful! (chapter4)At Gateshead hall Jane knew ten years of neglect and abuse. Janes miserable experiences are completely different from those of others in childhood. And on the other hand, the experiences make her so strong in mind. What she experiences in her childhood change her

31、 conceptions of life.BHer education at the Lowood SchoolDuring the eight long years in Lowood School, Jane suffers a lot both physically and mentally. But out of Mr. Brocklehursh expect, Jane is the same as the little girl in Gateshead except she is more independent in her spirit than before. What s

32、he experiences in Lowood School carves her into a more strong-minded girl. During January, February, and part of March, the deep snows, and, after their melting, the almost impassable roads, prevented our stirring beyond the garden walls, except to go to church; we had no boots, the snow got into ou

33、r shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morn

34、ing. Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid. From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished great girls had an o

35、pportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion. Many a time I have shared between two claimants the precious morsel of brown bread distributed at teatime; and after relinquishing to a third half the contents of my mug of coffee, I have swallowed the remainder with an acco

36、mpaniment of secret tears, forced from me by the exigency of hunger. (chapter5)Except this poor condition of Lowood, Jane suffers a lot in metal: This I learned from her benefactress; from the pious and charitable lady who adopted her in her orphan state, reared her as her own daughter, and whose ki

37、ndness, whose generosity the unhappy girl repaid by an ingratitude so bad, so dreadful, that at last her excellent patroness was obliged to separate her from her own young ones, fearful lest her vicious example should contaminate their purity: she has sent her here to be healed, even as the Jews of

38、old sent their diseased to the troubled pool of Bethesda; and, teachers, superintendent, I beg of you not to allow the waters to stagnate round her. (chapter7)And Mr. Brocklehursty judge: Let her stand half an hour longer on that stool, and let no one speak to her during the remainder of the day. (c

39、hapter7)All of those Jane bears only makes Jane more strong-minded. But she can not accept that her good friendHelen is dead in the Lowood. A young girl leaves her for seeing God. It is painful and pitiful, but this is true. Like Helen Burns says to Jane: I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear tha

40、t I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is nothing to grieve about. We all must die one day, and the illness which is removing me is not painful; it is gentle and gradual: my mind is at rest. I leave no one to regret me much: I have only a father; By dying young, I shall escape great suf

41、ferings. I had not qualities or talents to make my way very well in the world: I should have been continually at fault. And then: Helen was- dead. (chapter7)Maybe death is one way to escape from the miserable life, but Jane doesnt accept these conceptions .We learn Jane talks to Helen:If people were

42、 always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people world have it all their own way; they would never feel afraid, and so they would never attar, but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we sho

43、uld be so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again. (chapter7)In Lowood School, the more she studies, the more she feels dissatisfied with the authorities. She thirsts for real knowledge of life. She realized that it lies with herself to escape into freedom. And, her consciousn

44、ess of freedom is completely realized by herself. So Jane wants to leave Lowood School to be a governess.CHer time as Adeles governess at ThornfieldAs a governess at Thornfield, Jane acquires a sense of usefulness, dignity, affection and something so horrible for a girl. She loves Mr. Rochester, but

45、 she can not speak out. Jane feels no good. There is a cloud over her head: The sounds I had heard after the scream, and the words that had been uttered, had probably been heard only by me; for they had proceeded from the room above mine: but they assured me that it was not a servants dream which ha

46、d thus struck horror through the house; (chapter20)Jane notices that there is something strange. And Mr. Rochester maybe has bad relationship with this. And it is so horrible for her to nurse a man who attacks in the attic. all the night I heard but three sounds at three long intervals,- a step crea

47、k, a momentary renewal of the snarling, canine noise, and a deep human groan. (chapter20)Janes employer at Thornfield, Mr. Rochester, is a dark, impassioned man, with whom Jane finds herself falling secretly in love. But Rochester brings home a beautiful but vicious woman named Blanche Ingram. Jane

48、expects Rochester to propose to Blanche. This is paradox for a girls feelings. And at last Rochester instead proposes to Jane, who accepts almost disbelievingly. The wedding days arrives, and as Jane and Mr. Rochester prepare to exchange their vows, the voice of Mr. Mason cries out that Rochester al

49、ready has a wife. Mason introduces himself as the brother of that wifea woman named Bertha. Jane can not accept this, she escapes from Thornfield. D. Her time after escaping at MortonPenniless and hungry, Jane is forced to sleep outdoors and beg for food.What was I to do? Where to go? Oh, intolerabl

50、e questions, when I could do nothing and go nowhere! - when a long way must yet be measured by my weary, trembling limbs before I could reach human habitation- when cold charity must be entreated before I could get a lodging: reluctant sympathy importuned, almost certain repulse incurred, before my

51、tale could be listened to, or one of my wants relieved! I touched the heath: it was dry, and yet warm with the heat of the summer day. I looked at the sky; it was pure: a kindly star twinkled just above the chasm ridge. The day fell, but with propitious softness; no breeze whispered. Nature seemed t

52、o me benign and good; (chapter28)After Jane gets out of Thornfield , Her situation is so poor .She must beg food because she is hungry. She has to sleep in harsh because she is penniless and weary. III. The experiences create a positive effect on Janes charactera.1 Throughout the course of life, the

53、 places where people live and the experiences gathered there serve to develop their characters. As in Charlotte Brontes novel, Jane Eyre unfolds through many scenes the characters paths of life lead them to different places where they encounter new experiences and deal with their circumstances in di

54、fferent ways. The environment surrounding a person can influence his or her life in such a way that it creates a positive effect on his character. Harsh institutions provide the rough circumstances needed to refine an individuals character. Lowood Boarding School contains the experience needed to pr

55、oduce positive refinement in its inhabitants. As Jane Eyre studies at Lowood, extreme physical deprivation confronts her. “Despite terrible deprivation, however, Jane is given something at Lowood gar more precious than the food and clothing she had at Gateshead: a sense of her own worth”. Living in

56、a “crowded schoolroom and dormitory” with clothing “insufficient to protect them from the severe cold” adds to the “semi-starvation and neglected colds” that torture the students. These harsh conditions force Jane either to withstand the institutional experiences or to give up. a.2 As for St. John R

57、ivers and Rochester, a mans love for a woman can last a long way. If he really loves her with all his heart he would not do anything to hurt her. He would cherish her and treat her like the queen. If a man does not treat a woman like he should, then I believe that the man should not be with that wom

58、an. In the novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, a young womans passionate search for a better life did not come easy. Growing up in a Victorian society, the young woman, Jane Eyre, had to overcome terrible cruelty through her own willpower. Jane never had a father figure in her life to teach her ho

59、w to do it. The development of Jane Eyres character is a central topic in the novel. From the beginning, Jane possesses a sense of her self-worth and dignity, a commitment to justice and principle, a trust in God, and a passionate disposition. Her integrity is continually tested over the course of t

60、he novel, and Jane must learn to balance the frequently conflicting aspects of her so as to find contentmentAn orphan since early childhood, Jane feels exiled and lonely at the beginning of the novel, and the cruel treatment she receives from her Aunt Reed and her cousins only exacerbates her feelin

61、g of alienation. Afraid that she will never find a true sense of home or community, Jane feels the need to belong somewhere, to find “kin,” or at least “kindred spirits.” This desire tempers her equally intense need for autonomy and freedom.a.3 In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the

62、 question of what type of freedom she wants. While Rochester initially offers Jane a chance to liberate her passions, Jane comes to realize that such freedom could also mean enslavementby living as Rochesters mistress, she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings.

63、St. John Rivers offers Jane another kind of freedom: the freedom to act unreservedly on her principles. He opens to Jane the possibility of exercising her talents fully by working and living with him in India. Jane eventually realizes, though, that this freedom would also constitute a form of imprisonment, because she would be forced to keep her true feelings and her true passions always in check.Charlotte Bront may have created the character of Jane Eyre as a means of coming to terms with elements of her own life. Much evidence suggests that Bront, too, struggled to find a balanc