Abstract

With the development of the 19th century female literature, charlotte. - Jane eyre Bronte created a typical characters. . Charlotte Bronte is one of the greatest women writers in the contemporary British society. When the work is published, the character of Jane eyre has attracted great attention. Jane eyre is an autobiographical novel, mainly tells the story of an orphan stories what happened in the process of growth, mainly reflects in the 19th century British the sad condition of women. In the society at that time, men control almost everything, women just men's accessories. They have almost no rights and freedoms, but Jane eyre is an exception, she showed some of the characteristics of early feminists. Jane eyre on the good quality is mainly manifested in: rebellion, equality and independence. She thinks that a person's dignity than anything important. She is willing to pay anything to keep the sacred and pure quality. She wouldn't live in someone else's roof. For her, even if is a humble and lowly one thing can be reflected her independence. Therefore, Jane eyre is considered to be the most representative works of charlotte Bronte, is one of and also is one of the most memorable novels in the 19th century.

Himself, tries to discuss from the author's own experience of female consciousness of Jane body shown early characteristics, and how Jane is the formation of these qualities. This paper is to more deeply understand the feminist thought. . This idea is through the further analysis of charlotte Bronte and her Jane eyre had expressed.

Key Words：Jane Eyre; feminist consciousness; formation

摘要

随着19世纪女性文学的发展，夏洛蒂.勃朗特塑造了一个典型的人物—简爱。夏洛蒂.勃朗特是英国当代社会伟大的女性作家之一。当这部作品一经发表，简爱这个人物就引起了人们的极大的关注。《简爱》是一个自传体小说，主要讲述了一个孤儿成长过程中所发生的故事，主要反映19世纪英国妇女的悲惨状况。在当时社会里，男性几乎控制了一切，女性只是男性的附属品。她们几乎没有任何权利和自由，但简爱是个例外，她表现出早期女权主义者的某些特征。简爱身上的这些美好的品质主要表现在：反叛，平等和独立。她认为一个人的尊严超过任何重要的事情。她愿意付出任何东西来保持神圣和纯洁的品质。她不愿生活在别人的屋檐下。对她而言，即使是谦逊和卑微的一件事情都是可以体现她的独立性。因此，《简爱》被认为是夏洛蒂·勃朗特的最具代表性的作品之一，并且也是十九世纪最有纪念意义的小说之一。

本人试图从作者自身经历来探讨简身上所表现出早期女性意识的特点，以及简是如何的形成这些品质的。本文是为了更加深刻理解女性主义思想。这种思想是通过进一步分析夏洛蒂.勃朗特和她的简爱所表达出来的。

关键字：《简爱》；女性意识；形成

Introduction

In 1816, charlotte Bronte was born in Yorkshire in northern England's house w in remote mountainous area of a poor family pastor. At the age of five, charlotte's mother died of cancer. Father was a graduate of st John's college, Cambridge, knowledgeable, he often teaches children reading, guide their reading magazines, they tell a story. This gives the children the influence of initial, they had developed an interest in literature. Charlotte Bronte wrote four novels in the short life (" teacher "" Jane eyre", "Shelley" and "villette"), but her status in literature history is quite important. She used her own experience and experience to depict the characters in the novel, and the strong desire women demanded independence as the theme of the novel. So her work is seen as a model of "modern woman" novels. Her life story is the plot of "Jane eyre" is a microcosm.

A Probe into feminist Idea of Jane Eyre

Chapter One

Ⅰ.The introduction of the Novel’s plot

Foster care on the gates head office young Jane eyre lost parents, foster in my uncle's home. As my uncle died, unfortunate life followed. The cruelty of my aunt and cousin bullying abuse make Jane young and small mind has been difficult to heal wounds. By the John and difficult to curb heart angry, she said that John is a vicious beast, is the murderer, is a slave of the supervisor, the Roman tyrant. Imagine a ten-year-old child sponsor, she dare to scold proud domineering cousin, which fully reflects the girl inside there is a brave struggle against the fate of the indomitable spirit. Punishment and the red house was put into the cold, dark, Jane how terrified, but in her heart still Shouting unfair, the spiritual struggle has inspired her heart against the belief. Mrs. Reed found boarding school, for her to be introduced to brock Mr Hirst and Mr Hectoring tone when asked her how can I avoid to hell after death, Jane eyre's answer is keep healthy not die. Read here, I can't help but feel a tenacious vitality will eventually prevail. Leave gates head office when Jane love his heart of injustice and dissatisfaction of vent out, like broke through the bondage of intangible, never had a sense of freedom she experienced and victory. First taste of the taste of revenge is sweet wine, drink down spicy, warm aftertaste up is bitter, this once again aroused the Jane eyre restless impulse in nature.

Chapter Two

Ⅱ.Jane’s struggle with three main male figures

2.1 Feminism in the struggle against Brocklehurst

Boarding at lowood school was aunt Jane eyre as a bad boy, and did not give the lowood boarding school brock Mr Hirst leave a good impression, it is destined to her next school life as bleak. In lowood boarding school life even more difficult, strict laws to make the whole school is shrouded in dark gray suffocating atmosphere, teacher's cynicism, vicious beating, the school students were afraid. Live in such terror of Jane eyre's resistance spirit and, therefore, is not cut, more strong. [①]When the teacher severely beat with a cane Helen, Jane love to head up a helpless and angry feelings, she said: "if I were in you, I hate her, I will rebel. If she use pointer hit me, I will be taken away from her hand, break it in front of her." this reflects the Jane's body with this unruly, counted and fighting spirit. She can't understand Helen "endure" creed, more can't understand the tolerance of the punisher. So she dares to revolt against hypocrite brock hurst way: "Sir, I don't think that just because you ratio I big, or because you see more times than I, you have the right to command me". Lowood boarding school life condition is very poor, do not have enough to eat wear not warm, in the spring of an infectious disease took the lives of most of the students, Jane eyre has learned how to stubbornly live in harsh environment. Just because of what she has experienced many of the same age can't touch, also witnessed the cruel side of the world, to make her understand natural selection and evolution law of nature, so she understand survival needs strong, need to be independent. Strict laws and poor living conditions is her body, but to exercise her tenacious resistance, the spirit of struggle with adversity. Stay for two years teachers' Jane eyre knew life here does not belong to her, she must leave here to seek true freedom, in pursuit of independent life, she came to thornfield manor as family teacher, started a new life.

2.2 Feminism in the struggle against Edward Rochester

Coaching in thornfield has no social experience of Jane eyre came to thornfield manor, in the face of unfamiliar environment, she is some trembling with fear. When to serve her short stature, amiable person is just a housekeeper, she feel equality between two people is true, her situation is more free. Learned that students miss Adele is a lively and lovely, innocence, and very respect teacher, which aroused the Jane eyre to children's attachment and genuinely concerned about her happiness and progress. However it seems quiet life completely change due to the emergence of a man, the man is the master of thornfield manor --, rochester. When first met rochester, Jane eyre freely, displays a supercilious manner. In the following days after contact with rochester, Jane eyre outspoken and straight character won the manor master's trust and favor. And master wide forehead, deep eyes, too, was deeply attracted by the harsh mouth Jane eyre, full control of her emotions, she worked hard to eliminate the bud of love, from the own heart to the budding automatically raised up, grow green. When rochester consideration for interests and family relationships and the affectation of marry miss Ingram, she struggled to maintain her dignity, she angrily to rochester, said: "you think I could stay here to become you think unimportant person? Do you think I am a machine without feelings? Do you think I am poor, mean, not beautiful, small, I have no soul and no heart? You think wrong!... my soul like you, my heart is with you totally!... we stood in front of the god heel are equal." This is classic dialogue in this novel, Jane eyre is maintenance of human dignity, the fight for equal status of declaration, also it is the spirit of the pursuit of freedom and equality of love wins the rochester's love, to break through worldly prejudice they decided for the wedding. Appeared to mason's wedding revealed the truth of the rochester has a mad wife, mechanically poor Jane eyre took off his gown, let how honest confessions, rochester also failed to shake Jane heart of reason, as she says she is not a bird, no fall arrest. She is a independent with the will of the people, she will act according to own will now, leave him. She determined to make a decision immediately and thoroughly to leave rochester to pursuit true freedom and equality.

Drifting into the swamp despite the heart deeply in love with rochester, however, Jane eyre still resolutely to leave thornfield. She doesn't know where to go, wandering in the desert for three days, Jane eyre suffer hunger and cold, but failed to kill her to leave - sadly - determination to thornfield. One is live and injustice courtship, shame to stay at thornfield, Jane eyre is bound to become rochester's lover forever; Side is homeless and starving, leave thornfield, Jane eyre nowhere, without relying on, and she chose the latter without hesitation, bravely step out the door of thornfield, Jane eyre cannot lose human dignity, this is her principles of bottom line. We often say that god for you close one door at the same time open a window for you. Hungry dizzy of Jane eyre by pastor John saved, then confirmed that st John is her cousin, she has Cousins. She encountered not only relatives, but also unexpectedly won the Madeira uncle bequest of twenty thousand pounds. Can imagine for young lose family warm and plagued by poor Jane, this is what a big surprise and gift that she couldn't comb his messy thoughts, nature makes she couldn't wait to share his happiness and wealth to loved ones. Independent and rich, she has may be relatives, she think we four people, isn't it? Twenty thousand split, each with twenty thousand, the justice, prosperity and sharing will be implemented, there will be guarantee each other's happiness. Now her wealth is no longer a burden, it is not just money bequest - inheritance or life, hope and joy. Nothing Jane did not succumb to the temptation of money, with unexpected wealth, her first thought is to share, not greed, this is the result of the nature of the Jane eyre. In cousin st. John, Jane eyre is a docile diligent, is unselfish loyal, is firm and brave, and this character is the st John's looking for missionary assistant should have. St. John asked Jane became his wife, and be a good help to his missionary work in India. St John's, in fact, in her eyes had become no longer is the flesh and blood, but a devoted the whole people to the altar, to accomplish the sacred mission and make sacrifices. Jane think st John's cherish her like a soldier a good weapon. He gave each love is for the principle, of the sacrifices made by marriage, the sibling relationship sanctified to complete the mission of the Lord, she can't endure, also can't accept, so the martyrdom of really terrible. Jane love born from the slavery of natural emotion makes she couldn't tolerate the pastor's wife, guard at his side forever, always have, always need to self-restraint. Jane couldn't accept the body endured the burden of moment not to relax, and her heart and soul is free this fate. As the hard choices, a distant voice calling her, her heart aroused from a deep sleep, Jane will go to verify it penetrates the soul scream, to seek, it's true love.

2.3 Feminism in the struggle against St. John Rivers

Back to thornfield once again set foot on seinfeld way, Jane feels like a homing pigeons fly home. When see seinfeld smoldering rubble and bleak landscapes, her cheerful the joyful mood, fill up the whole heart doubts and fear. Learned from the innkeeper there is a fire engulfed the entire estate, is burned rochester, that crazy woman want to ensure everyone's safety, rochester was beams parts, he lost his one hand and one eye, mad woman, however, fell dead. Jane can't wait to Mr Ding rochester manor to residual and blind. When finally saw very haggard, sorrow extremely rochester, Jane eyre is with a gentle sadness, since a bye sweetheart for the first time, she has made up his mind to never leave the man. When rochester tell Jane eyre, he how surprise and disbelief, finally meet each other again. After for a long time, including two words. Jane said that she is now a fully independent woman, and tells the story of her reception in the swamp, act as teachers to find relatives, inheritance and so on all things. At first worried about Jane eyre will once again to leave rochester her uneasy, but Jane eyre deeply moved by his words and actions. Jane didn't because rochester's disability and abandon him, she felt the person I love is like a proud eagle is locked on the gallows, she don't want to cry, but to wipe the tears salty, try their best to comfort him and make him happy. Life tribulations have experience for many years the Jane eyre brave dangerous, not afraid difficulty of strong personality.

she understand not poor weak people, life is a supernatural powers call her come to people who need her most, she also want to realize your greatest wish: to marry rochester, become the happiest person in the world. (YangZhengzheng 75)

She became his eyes, reading a book for him; She became his crutch, take him to want to go to place; She is the bone of his bone, he is her meat in the meat. God mercifully mitigates the punishment for rochester, he recovered his sight and saw his own son. They trust each other fills, present and future, this is Jane eyre's pursuit of freedom and equality of love. Jane eyre with their tenacious perseverance and unremitting efforts to find the true love.

Conclusion

Jane Eyre" is not only a love novel is also a social novel, it reflects the social problems of women's issues. Civilians writer position stood on the progress of democracy, the popular with money, family, no beauty in exchange for mercenary marriage, complaints of the real meaning in the echo of the soul of love and dedication, give. At the same time it is the core of the password in the 19th century western women of strong female consciousness. To weak poor one thousand, seeking male protection, attached to the male of female, the writer constructed a mythological world, standing up, she received a platinum and Theseus it was grand strong power, showed men conqueror gesture. This women hero personality expressed haven't explicitly aware of a potential wishes: one day, the women and men will be neck and neck, in full equality to each other, can exchange relationship.

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Acknowledgements

First of all, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Gu Lisheng, for his instructive advice and useful suggestions on my thesis. I am deeply grateful of her help in the completion of this thesis.

Finally, I am indebted to my parents for their continuous support and encouragement.

[①] This passage is the classic portrayal of the spirit of Jane eyre, refer to biography [2].

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