Jane Eyre.doc

杭州师范大学外国语学院2010年级 2012-2013学年第1学期《英美文学史与作品选II》 期末考查 Choose a British or American literary work and write an English essay in about 1500 words, with such necessary parts as Title, Abstract, Key words, Body, and Bibliography. You may choose one title from the following given ones or give one by yourself. 班级__英语107班_____ 学号__1008031057_____ 姓名__李桑狄_________ Development of Jane Eyres character Abstract This article analyzes the unique character of Jane from three aspects. First of all, from Janes unhappy experience in her childhood, we can summarize the main reasons for her character, the premature death of parents, her aunts coldness and abuse, and the unfair treatment of the ward school, all of these are big shock to Jane’s little heart, which not only made her long for equality since the childhood, but buried/planted the seeds of the inferiority in her heart. Secondly, Jane has her own distinct personality: self-esteem, self-respect, self-improvement, constant fighting, courage in pursuing equality, all these characters add many gorgeous colors to her life later. But in the end, she almost miss the true love because of her inferiority. Jane didnt reface the love until she reached the so-called equality and released her inferiority. Jane is not a perfect goddess. Even though shes imperfect, Jane Eyre shows our readers a vivid picture, from which the readers form different images about Jane Eyre in their minds. Key words: unique character; equality; perfect; inferiority Introduction Jane Eyre is the typical works of Charlotte Bronte. It has high appraisal in literature history. The novel narrates Jane Eyre’s life experiences from an orphan to an independent woman. She was unfortunate when she was born, because she lost her parents and was sent to her aunt’s family, where she was heartlessly treated. Jane Eyre is little, ugly, timid, and is a “little thing” having no clear identity. All the power presses her, strangles her personality. But Jane Ey