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1、 是小柯论文网通过网络搜集,并由本站工作人员整理后发布的,是篇质量较高的学术论文,供本站访问者学习和学术交流参考之用,不可用于其他商业目的,的论文版权归原作者所有,因网络整理,有些文章作者不详,敬请谅解,如需转摘,请注明出处小柯论文网,如果此论文无法满足您的论文要求,您可以申请本站帮您代写论文,以下是正文。 Abstract:Jane Eyre, by far the best known of Charlotte Brontes literary production, published 1847. Jane, the heroine, a governesss rebelliousnes

2、s, her hate of servility, her insistence on equality with her master, and her declaration that she has a right to feelings and passions that impresses me most. This paper, from what Jane Eyre experiences and what she thinks about the happenings, analyses Jane Eyres independent characters and spirits

3、 in five segments each with its own setting: Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House, Ferndean, points out the significance of Jane Eyres independence in her ages.Key words:independence significance the nineteenth century five segments Chapter 1 At Gatesead: Consciousness of IndependenceJane, a te

4、n-year-old orphan living with her relatives, the Reeds, as a dependent who never seems to fit in at Gateshead. From Chapter 1 to Chapter 4 the author describes that although Jane seems to be defeated and punished at last because of Mrs. Reeds partiality for John, she appears her distinguished charac

5、teristic of fighting for independence.Janes characteristic charm and value is embodied for the first time.From then on Jane begins to realize that she needs to be saved from her blind fear of authority and be self-reliant or self-independent. Jane claims that “I resisted all the way: a new thing for

6、 me,like any other rebel slave, I felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths.” (P5) These sentences foreshadow what will be an important theme of the rest of the book, that of female independence or rebelliousness. At Gateshead it becomes obvious that Jane is self-willed and has a temper. H

7、ere Jane makes her first declaration of independence. She will no longer be considered a secondary member of the Reed household. We preliminarily see Janes independent spirit from her childhood and can continually find how the writer develops it to a higher level in the following chapters.Chapter 2

8、At Lowood Institution: Expansion of Struggle into a wider environmentIn Lowood Institution, Jane does not extricate herself from an awkward predicament. She suffers from cold, hungry, beat and humiliation. From Miss Maria Temple and Helen Burns, Jane learns the value of independence and comes to und

9、er influence of tolerance and endurance of suffering. Jane also learns from Helen the importance of duty and self-control. In the following novel, when Jane is back to Thornfield to see her dying aunt, she bears the snubs of her cousins with a new equanimity, and pities her helpless aunt with all he

10、r heart. She has learned to forgive.Jane spends eight happy years in Lowood, the last two as a teacher. There Jane gains strength from her teacher and fellow students to achieve her independence. If in Gateshead Jane resists only her aunts family, then in Lowood the resists object has expanded into

11、a wider environment.Chapter 3 At Thornfield Hall: Resistance to Traditional SystemBut after Miss Temple leaves to be married, Jane realizes that there is a great world beyond and longs to explore it. She longs for liberty and gives up her position in school to apply for the governess in Thornfield,

12、the house of Mr. Rochester. Till then, the character, Jane goes up on the social stage formally and goes on developing her independent character and shows her insistence on the rights of women to a complete and full life. Jane tries to regain control over her passion when she feels her loss of indep

13、endence after she accepts Rochesters love. She resists becoming dependent on him and his money. Twists and turns of love between Jane and Rochester produce a large space to open up Janes character entirely. However, she does not lose heart and withdraw or even belittle herself. She conducts herself

14、in this battle for love with a great disparity in social status. Jane refuses to have sexual relationship with Rochester because she fears that she will lose her independence because of passion. Janes high demand for equality is just to fight with the social unjust treatment and traditional marriage

15、 system.To this step, the object Jane resists has become a traditional system. To Jane, the appearance of the raving maniacMr. Rochesters wife, is undoubtedly a blot from the blue, but also stimulates her independent spirit. To defend her dignity and uphold the solemnity legality and purity of marri

16、age, Jane, too proud and independent to be just a mistress to Rochester, left lover resolutely and determinedly in spite of Rochesters countless implores, heart-brokenly. Janes indomitable fights not only win Rochesters respect and true love but also gain the high praise from millions of readers.Cha

17、pter 4 At Moor House: Pleasure of Self-sufficiency and Self-supportingAfter leaving Thorfield, Jane met with difficulties for forgetting her parcel in her disturbed state. Penniless and starving, she is saved and befriended by St. John Rivers and his two sisters. Jane becomes spiritually stronger an

18、d more confident through her friendship with them. She realizes that her problems are her own, that she has no claim on any people. In the long interlude before Jane is reunited with Mr. Rochester, she is tested still further, but she has grown in moral power and in recognition that she is fully res

19、ponsible for what she is and does.Jane Eyre rejects Johns proposal of marriage because she does not love him and he does not love her. Jane Eyre finally insists at the last moment depending on her born independent spirit. Jane now is fighting against not only St. John but also an ostensible Christia

20、n dutyto be a priests wife to serve God. So she once puzzles for the object she resists is in relation to scared God. Fortunately, Rochesters call draws her back and impels her to make up her mind to refuse St. John. We can easily prove Janes independent spirit from her analysis on her own character

21、. Chapter 5 At Ferdean: Achievement of Indepen 是小柯论文网通过网络搜集,并由本站工作人员整理后发布的,是篇质量较高的学术论文,供本站访问者学习和学术交流参考之用,不可用于其他商业目的,的论文版权归原作者所有,因网络整理,有些文章作者不详,敬请谅解,如需转摘,请注明出处小柯论文网,如果此论文无法满足您的论文要求,您可以申请本站帮您代写论文,以下是正文。denceAt Ferdean, Jane marries Rochester as his equal after his wifes death and his loss of all his p

22、roperty in a big fire. What I admire most and find touching is the self-respect, faith and persistence shows in Janes love to Mr. Rochester. Jane values love highly on basis of honesty and self-respect. Compared with her deep love to Rochester, she cherishes self-esteem and independent integrity eve

23、n more. According to the standards of womens moral behaves in Victorian, we could discover two faults in Jane: The first is that she expresses her love to a man actively; on the other hand, she refuses another mans love. But it is just these plots that show Janes independence sense and the strong wi

24、sh of longing equality extremely. Jane becomes a person who is admired, respected, and cared for, without compromising any of her other principles in her long struggle to attain her unchanged terms. Janes actions opens the doors for a new interpretation of women and shows that it is possible for a w

25、oman of the nineteenth century to achieve independence and success on her own.ConclusionThrough above analyses, we can know obviously that the author of Jane Eyre creates successfully a typical heroines personal character that has the spirit of independence and fights for freedom and equality is dif

26、ferent from the common run. Charlotte is also presenting through the character of Jane some of her own most deeply felt convictions, convictions of permanent importance in human life the right of the humblest person to affection and self-realization, honesty and integrity, the right to speak out fra

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