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1、Youcan’tjudgeabookbyitscover,butyoucanjudgeabookbyitsfirstsceneAcriticalliteraryanalysisofJaneEyrebyCharlotteBronte《简爱》文学评论“Therewasnopossibilityofawalkthatday”(p.7).Inthissimplesentence,CharlotteBronteestablishesthemotifofentrapmentandsubsequentindependencethatrecursthro
2、ughoutthenovelJaneEyre.Inthefirstsceneofthenovel,thesettinghelpstoshapeJane’scharacter.JaneintroducesthefirstofnumerousimagesofbirdsasshereadsBewick’sHistoryofBirds,andalsotheparallelimagerybetweenhumansandanimals.Jane’sfirstarticulationforeshadowstheplotofthenovel,predom
3、inantlythepersistentthreadofhermobility.Theseliteraryelements,whichhavetheirfootholdinthefirstsceneofJaneEyre,manifestbroaderthemesthroughoutthenovel.Jane’sfirstutteranceestablishesthespacethatsheoccupiesthroughoutthenovel:“Therewasnopossibilityoftakingawalkthatday…Iwasgl
4、adofit”(p.7).Jane’ssimpleascertainingofthefactshemustremaininsidethedreary,hostileGatesheadenvironmentforeshadowshercontinuedplightasaprisonerofpersonalandcircumstantialconstraints,andherendeavorstobreakfreefromtheseconstraints.Jane’sentrapmentbeginsatGateshead,wherecircu
5、mstanceshaveplacedherunderthecareofhercruelaunt.TheinclementweathersituatesherinsidetheGatesheadlibrary,enshrinedinthewindow-seat:“Foldsofscarletdraperyshutinmyviewtotherighthand;totheleftweretheclearpanesofglass,protecting,butnotseparatingmefromthedrearNovemberday”(p.8).
6、Here,althoughsheisaprisonerwithinthehouse,sheisalsoacaptiveofthefantasiesofliterature:Theywerethosewhichtreatofthehauntsofsea-fowl;of‘thesolitaryrocksandpromontories’bythemonlyinhabited;ofthecoastofNorway,studdedwithislesfromitssouthernextremity,theLindesness…Eachpicturet
7、oldastory”(p.8-9).Physically,shebecomesaprisonerintheredroom:“Takeherawaytothered-room,andlockherinthere”(p.12).ThisabuseischaracteristicofMrs.Reed’sgeneralattitudetowardsJane,continuallypreventingherfrombeingalovedmemberofthefamily,insteadmaintainingherasarelativenobette
8、rthanaservant.Mrs.Reed’stormentisamethodofpalpableentrapment.However,Jane’sentrapment,evenasachi