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1、TheCharacteristicsofJaneEyreAsamasterpieceinEnglishliterature,JaneEyreestablishestheheroine,JaneEyre,tobeaforgiving,independent,brave,moralladywiththespiritofequality.“WhenwethinkofJaneEyrewehavetoimaginesomeonewhohadnolotinourmodernworld;wehavetocastourminds
2、backtothefiftiesofthelastcentury,toaremoteparsonageuponthewildYorkshiremoors.Inthatparsonage,andonthosemoors,unhappyandlonely,inherpovertyandherexaltation,sheremainsforever.”aspointedoutbyVirginiaWoolf.JaneEyre isafirst-personnarrativeofthetitlecharacter.It i
3、salsoregardedasanautobiographyofCharlotteBronte. Thenovelgoesthroughfivedistinctstages:Jane'schildhoodatGateshead,wheresheisemotionallyabusedbyherauntandcousins;hereducationatLowoodSchool,whereshemakesfriendsbutalsosuffers privations;hertimeasthe governess of
4、ThornfieldManor,whereshefallsinlovewithheremployer,EdwardRochester;hertimewiththeRiversfamilyatMarsh'sEndandMorton,wherehercousinStJohnRiversproposestoher;andshereturnstoThornfieldManorandmarriagetoherbelovedRochester.Firstofall,JaneEyrehasaheartofforgiveness
5、andkindness.Attheverybeginningofthenovel,readersareshowedanorphan,Jane,whoseparentshavediedofillness.JaneEyreisleftunderthecareofherauntMrs.Reed atGateshead. Thisunbearablelifejustcomesfromthedeathofheruncle,wholoveshislittleJanesomuchthatmakeshiswifepromiset
6、otakegoodcareofherathislast-time.Mrs.Reed,aselfishwoman,isveryunkindtothischild. In her eye,Jane isanugly,dependent,unlovableorphanandsharesherownchildren’sprosperityandhappiness.Naturally,afterfightingbacktheabusefromMrs.Reed’sson,JohnReed,Janeisthrownintoth
7、eplaceofdeath--“red-room”.Asaresult,Janeisfrightenedtobesickandiseventuallysenttoaboardingschool.Whensheisleavingfortheboardingschool,shesays:“YouthinkIhavenofeelings,andthatIcandowithoutonebitofloveorkindness.Ishallrememberhowyouthrustmeback—roughlyandviolen
8、tlythrustmeback—intothered-room.”However,whenJane’sauntisbadlyill,shecomesbacktoMrs.Reedassoonasshecan.Shealsoshowsforgivenessandmercytohermeanaunt.Inaddition,Jane’sindependenceandfirmbel
