爱玛的性格--毕业论文.doc

【标题】爱玛的性格 【作者】毛 小 琳 【关键词】?心地善良???傲慢偏见???自以为是???思想成熟 【指导老师】任 敏 【专业】英语教育 【正文】1. IntroductionThe novel EMMA was written by famous female novelist Jane Austen, it’s a comedy. Jane Austen was born in a ministry family, which belonged to the middle class. Although she lived in a small world, she got a deep understanding of the middle class. Her observation, experience and understanding were her sources of writing. The times when Austen lived was the time the great industrial revolution came about. Industrial capitalists were emerging and growing stronger and stronger. They became a new social trend that attacked the old structure of the society. The feudal society was being transformed into a capitalistic one. Then how did the nobles and middle class represented traditional ideas of value, of love and marriage and moral criteria? In the face of these strikes, should they abandon the old ideas or accept the new ideas completely? Or should they have an attitude to know when to say yes or no? Austen also sensed attacks and she put her own puzzles and ideas into her novels, of course, including EMMA.The key character of novel EMMA, Miss Emma was a clever, handsome, warm and arrogant girl. She never wants marriage, but she was trying her best to find suitable husband for her friend--Harriet, just by her subjective imagination, but never success. She did her best to make a match for others and make much mistake. Finally, she felt in love with Knightly unconscious. In daily life, Emma realized her error and accepted lesson at last. True love let three different types person get married, including Emma. They get married with their same class people. From the novel, we can discern that class system in England, in 19th century. At the same time, we can also discern that Jane Austen was agreed with the class system.2. Emma’s personality2.1 Kindness?(Before Taylor married)At the beginning of the story, the author describes Emma Woodhouse as: handsome, clever, and ric