简爱JaneEyre.pptVIP

A brief introduction Gothic fiction Byronic hero Jane Eyre Type of work：novel Genre ：Gothic novel ， romance novel， Bildungsroman（教育小说，以描述主角心理成长为主 ） Protagonist： Jane Eyre Point of view：?All of the events are told from Jane’s point of view. Narrator：a first-person narrative of the title character（Jane Eyre ） Setting（time）： Early decades of the 19th century Setting（place）：Gateshead Lowood School Thornfield Moor House Ferndean Climax: Jane almost receives the proposal from her cousin,St. John Rivers，meanwhile，she hears Rochester’s voice supernaturally calling her name so she decides to return to him. Themes：Love versus autonomy; gender relations Motifs：?Fire and ice; substitute mothers “to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple, or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone of my arm broken, or to let a bull toss me, or to stand behind a kicking horse, and let it dash its hoof at my chest” chapter 8 “ Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.” chapter 12 Tone：