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1、JaneEyre—ABeautifulSoul目录Introduction……………………………………………………………………1CharlotteBronteandherJaneEyre…………………………………………1BackgroundofGrowth………………………………………………………..2FamilyBackground………………………………………………………3SocialBackground……………………………………………………….3SpiritualIndependence…………………………………………………..4AProbeintotheFeministIde
2、aofJaneEyre………………………………...5Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..6Bibliography…………………………………………………………………...78I.IntroductionTheworkisoneofthemostpopularandimportantnovelsoftheVictorianage.Itisnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety,e.g.thereligioushypocrisyofcharityinstitutionssuchasLowoodSc
3、hoolwherepoorgirlsaretrained,throughconstantstarvationandhumiliation,tobehumbleslaves,thesocialdiscriminationJaneexperiencesfirstasadependentatheraunt’shouseandlaterasagovernessatThornfield,andthefalsesocialconventionasconcerningloveandmarriage.Atthesametime,itisandintensemoralfable.Jane,likeMr.
4、Rochester,hastoundergoaseriesofphysicalandmoralteststogrowupandachieveherfinalhappiness.II.CharlotteBronteandherJaneEyreCharlotteBronte(1816-1855),thedaughterofaclergymaninasmallmilltowninnorthernEngland,haslongbeenconsideredoneofthemostoutstandingandcontroversialwomenwritersintheliteraryworldof
5、thenineteenthcentury.She,togetherwithhersistersEmilyBronteandAnneBronte,constitutedthemostmarvelousmythinthehistoryofBritishliterature.Theirmotherdiedofcancerwhenthechildrenwerestillyoungandtheyweremostlyleftontheirownastheirfatherfeltthat“theirprattledistressedhim,remindinghimofhisdeadwife”(Zha
6、ng2009).In1842CharlotteandEmilyweresenttojointheireldersisterMariaandElizabethatClergyDaughter’sschoolinCowanBridge.TheconditionoftheschoolmadeahorrifyingimpressiononCharlotte’smind.Thedisciplinewasharsh.Mariasufferedagreatdeal,andafterdevelopingtuberculosis,wassenthometodieattheageofeleven.InJa
7、neEyre,thedescriptionoftheinfamousLowoodSchoolwasbasedonthisunhappyexperience.Whenthegirlswerestillyoung,theirfatherbroughtaboxoftwelvewoodensoldiersfortheirbrotherBranwell,whoallowedeachofhissisterstochooseoneofthesoldiersa