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1、 毕业论文题 目：看知识改变女性命运 Title：Knowledge Changes Females Fate Through Jane Eyre 院 （系）： 陕西师范大学 专 业： 英 语 学生姓名： 2011年2月1日Table of ContentsIntroduction11 The brief introduction of the novel and its author 11.1 Introduction of the novel 11.2 Introduction of the author22 The influence of knowledge upon Jane in
2、her different periods of life 32.1 The early childhood life of Jane 32.2 The education life of Jane 42.3 The love of Jane53 The great significance of knowledge to female today63.1 Females beauty coming from knowledge 73.2 The capital of modern females coming from knowledge83.3 Femalesmental health c
3、oming from konwledge103.3.1 Females confidence103.3.2 Females independence 114 The change of females fate coming from knowledge 12Conclusion 13Acknowledgements 15References 16摘 要 简爱是一部出色的自传小说。女主人公简没有娇好的面容，婀娜的身姿，却和其它著作中的美人一样，深深地吸引着我们；简出生贫寒，是一个可怜的孤儿，随后又被送进寄宿学校，过者艰苦的生活，但最终她成为了一位多才多艺的女子，拥有非凡的气质，并得到罗切斯特先
4、生的深爱。平凡的简是怎样变成一个不平凡的女性的？原因之一是：简爱读书和学习，她渴望从中得到知识，并从中汲取到生存，成长和争取幸福、自由的力量。 今天的女人走出了家门，和男人们比拼着生命的精彩，向世界展示着完整真实的自我，今天的她们需要更多的知识来提升和充实自己。本文将由知识对简一生的影响谈起，说明知识对女性，尤其对当今女性的重要性，并进一步分析知识给当今女性带来的益处。关键词：知识，女性命运，简爱AbstractJane Eyre is an excellent autobiographical works. The heroine Jane had not beautiful appeara
5、nce or a supple, graceful carriage, but she still attracted us deeply like the beauties of other works. Jane was born into an impoverished family and became an orphan, and then she was sent to Lowood Institution, living hard. But finally, she became a versatile fem, having extraordinary temperament
6、and getting Mr. Rochesters deep love. How could common Jane become an uncommon female? One of the reasons is: Jane loved reading and learning and eagerly sought knowledge from them, finally she obtained the momentum of survival, growth and struggling for happiness and freedom. The females today go o
7、ut of home, competing with males to display their wonderful life, and showing the complete and true ego. So the females today need more knowledge to improve and enrich ego. This paper will explain that knowledge is very important to females, especially to the females today. It will deal with the eff
8、ects of knowledge on Jane, and then make further analysis on the significance which knowledge brings to the females today.Key words :Knowledge ; Females fate ; Jean Eyre Introduction“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have a
9、s much soul as you, - and fill as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave youand we stood at Gods feet, equal, - as we are!” When you read this paragraph of classical dialogue, you will thi
10、nk of “the Cinderella- Jane” who is the leading character in the novel Jane Eyre of Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre has already come out for one and a half century. But up to now, readers still remember the works, because its heroine Jane is distinctive-She has normal appearance and unfortunate experien
11、ces, but has internal tempera- ment and happy marriage. Why could the unfortunate heroines life change? This paper will analyze the reason-Knowledge changes Janes destiny. And then can the knowledge change the fate of females today? The answer is certain. Knowledge can make homely females become goo
12、d-looking, and make beauty become more beautiful; Knowledge can bring the capital of modern females to the females today; Knowledge can make women mentally healthy; Knowledge can change females future and make them win the world.1 The Brief Introduction of the Novel and Its Author1.1 Introduction of
13、 the Novel Jane Eyre is an important works in the history of British literature. Jane Eyre is such a great novel that it holds an important position in the history of British literature. It has been translated into various languages and adapted for movie, dazzling generations of readers all through
14、the world. The period when Jane (the heroine in the novel Jane Eyre) lived roughly corresponds with the time of queen Victorias ruling. Victoria who ruled over the British Empire for over 60 years was a well known queen in English history. She mounted the throne in 1837 when British literature reach
15、ed a prosperous period. In the 1940s, British literature reached its peak. The realists were one of the main groups at that time, and the author of Jane Eyre belonged to this group. This novel begins with little Jane as a despised orphan in the house of her uncles widow. Being rebellious, she is pac
16、ked off to a charitable boarding school, which administers harsh discipline with especial vigor. Jane sets herself to learn, qualifies herself as a teacher, advertises for a post, and is employed as governess of the illegitimate French daughter of Rochester in his country mansion, Thornfield. A love
17、 relationship develops between Jane and Rochester. Janes resolute free spirit, her soul of fire, brings from the dominant Rochester a proposal of marriage. But at the very moment, the wedding ceremony was interrupted, for Rochester is discovered to have a mad wife who is hidden in that house. Jane d
18、oesnt want to be Rochesters mistress and subsequently leaves Thornfield, wandering far away. She is rescued by the Rivers family and urged to marry John Rivers in order to undertake missionary work at his side. Almost she consents, but as she ponders, Rochesters voice crying her name resounds in her
19、 ears. Then Jane gains a large amount of inheritance from her uncle whom she has never known before. She returns to Thornfield, but the mansion has been destroyed by a fire started by the mad wife. In a scheduled country house nearby, she finds Rochester, blind and alone; they marry and find happine
20、ss together.1.2 Introduction of the AuthorCharlotte Bronte was born in a Priests family in York shire in 1816. She had two elder sisters, two younger sisters and one younger brother. Her mother died when she was five years old, leaving six children. Fortunately, her father was an intellectual, so he
21、 often taught his children to read books and magazines and told stories to them. It influenced Charlotte in developing her interest in literature. When she was very young, she was sent to a boarding school with her three sisters. In 1825, her two elder sisters died of infectious disease in that scho
22、ol. Then, her younger sister Emily and she were forced to go back home and compile a journal named “Youth”, which laid a solid foundation for their later creation of literature. When she was 15, she went to another school to study. And in order to support her family, she became a teacher in this sch
23、ool after her graduation. After she left this school, she went to a rich family to be a tutor for twice, during which she declined the men who wanted to marry her. In order to teach French, Charlotte and Emily went to a French school to learn French. In that school, Charlotte fell in love with her F
24、rench teacher deeply, yet she didnt tell him. In 1847, under the name of Currer Bell, she published her first novel Jane Eyre which was a great shock at that time and made her successful. Her two younger sisters also published their novels and succeeded at that time. The great success of the Bronte
25、Sisters brought great happiness to their family. But in the following years, Charlotte suffered from great sorrow: her younger brother and two younger sisters died one by one in two years. But she persisted in writing and published another three fictions. She got married with a priest when she was 3
26、8 years old. After she enjoyed happiness for six months, she died in the next year. 2 The Influence of Knowledge upon Jane in Her Different Periods of Life2.1 The Early Childhood Life of JaneWhen little Jane as a despised orphan lived in the house of Aunt Reed who is her uncles widow, she was abused
27、 very much. But why could she live down bravely and keep mentally healthy? That is because she could get conciliation from the knowledge of books. During the period when Jane lived with her Aunt Reed, she had not a good-looking and no one loved her, her life was even worse than the servants of Aunt
28、Reed. When Aunt Reeds children Ehza, John, and Georgiana were clustered round their mama in the drawing-room, Jane had dispensed from joining the group. John Reed called Jane “Madam Mope! Bad animal!”, and bullied and punished Jane-not two or three times in the week, nor once or twice in the day, bu
29、t continually. At that time, she had no appeal whatever against those. Finally, Jane had turned against John to avert his irrational violence, so that she was loaded with general opprobrium and locked in the red-room. She was frightened badly, and then lost her consciousness. Speaking generally, a g
30、ood family environment is very important to the growth and the future of a child. For example, most of young criminals today are living in such kind of broken families; much less one child can undergo a family situation like Jane s. So we can say that one bad family environment will produce an unhea
31、lthy child easily, but Jane lived down strongly and had so healthy mentality. Why? Because of the knowledge of book, when she read books, she would be understood, be comforted and be told by books there was a beautiful world and she would be given survival hopeness. So when Aunt Reed kept her at a d
32、istance, she did not cry, but slipped into a small breakfast-roan which contained a bookcase to read book-Bewicks History of British Birds. At that time, she was deeply attracted by the books pictures and stories, forgetting the injustice. The next day of the incident of the red-room, Jane felt phys
33、ically weak and inexpressibly sad, which made her almost lose any interest towards any thing. But when Bessie, a servant in Gateshead, asked Jane if she would have a book, the word “book” acted as a transient stimulus, and she begged Bessie to fetch Gulliver s Travels from the library.2.2 The Educat
34、ion Life of JaneBeing rebellious, Jane was packed off to Lowood Institution, which was a charitable boarding school. She suffered the molestation of the spirit and body continuously, but because she had the motion of studying, she grew up bravely and became a woman who had good accomplishment. Lowoo
35、d Institution practiced one kind of ruthless education which declared “punish body to rescue soul”. Jane could not eat fully and wear warmly. Additionally, Mr. Brocklehust (the headmaster of Lowood Institution) accused her falsely: “The Evil one had already found a servant, she was a really bad chil
36、d.” At that time, her heart bore so much weight that she was almost crumbled. Fortunately, she met Miss Temple who is her teacher, announced that Janes imputation had been completely cleared.Jane was relieved from a grievous load, she set to work afresh from that hour, resolved to pioneer her way th
37、rough every difficulty: “I toiled hard, and my success was proportionate to my efforts; my memory, not naturally tenacious, improved with practice, exercise sharpened my wits.” So the motivation and conviction that she wanted to learn more knowledge there to improve ego made her survive there for a
38、long period of time and became a noble and intelligent woman. And then her qualification had made up her homely-looking.After eight years in Lowood Institution, Jane was tired of the routine. She desired to have a look at the outside world and see with her own eyes the persons, pictures which in the
39、 books she had read. So she advertised for a post, this was the beginning of her new and interesting life. All these are caused by the knowledge from reading .2.3. The Love of JaneLater, Jane was employed as governess of the illegitimate French daughter of Rochester in his country mansion, Thornfiel
40、d. She worked very hard there and gradually attracted the attention of the Mr.Rochester,who is rich and wise.How could she catch Rochester so deeply? It was not her pretty appearance orgood shape but extraordinary temperament, brilliant mind, especially noble nature and unsullied character. To a con
41、siderable degree, all of her qualifica- tions came from the accumulation of education and the conversion of the knowledge. Jane had been described by servants like this: “If she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; at any rate, a beauty like Miss Georgiana (she is one
42、of Aunt Reeds daughters) would be more moving in the same condition.” One time, Jane met with Rochester. When she said that she had lived in Lowood School for eight years, Rochester sighed: “Eight years! No wonder you have rather the look of another world. I marveled where you had got the sort of fa
43、ce.” These can explain that Jane really did not have an exterior to please others. But Bessie had also described Jane like that: “You were not beauty as a child, I dare say you are clever though.” It was the truth. In the eight years, Jane had learned to play piano, draw paint, both read and speak F
44、rench, work on muslin and canvas, but the beautiful Miss Reeds could not do these well. These internal things that Jane had learnt made her no beauty but delicately beautiful. Rochester once told Jane: “You- you strange, you almost unearthly thing! -I love you as my own flesh. You- poor and obscure,
45、 and small and plain as you are- I entreat to accept me as a husband.” Just because of the knowledge she had got from the books, she had an unearthly soul under ordinary appearance. Jane gradually grew up and the more she read books, the more she had knowledge ,and became more and more charming. Whe
46、n she slipped into the library of Thornfield, seeing these books in bookcase, she was contented temporarily and felt they could offer an abundant harvest of entertainment and information. When she was saved by Mr.St. John and lived with his sisters, she found they were more accomplished and read more books, so she began
