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First, the novel analysis:

Jane Eyre's personality characteristics and its concrete manifestations

1. Self-esteem, independence and rebellion

Jane Eyre, at her aunt's house, had a conflict with her arrogant and cruel cousin John. She dared to wrestle with her cousin and berated him: "You are so vicious and cruel. You are like a murderer-you are like a slave abuser-you are like the Roman emperor. " He also dared to accuse Aunt Leng of justifying a fault: "You think you are a good person, but in fact you are very bad and cruel." Jane Eyre's childhood gave readers a preliminary understanding of her rebellious character and the spiritual starting point for defending her independent personality.

You can see how rebellious Jane Eyre is from the following paragraphs.

"I was knocked down by him, my head still hurts, and my blood is still flowing; John hit me rudely and no one blamed him; And I, in order to prevent him from making such absurd atrocities in the future, was criticized by many people.

"unfair! -This is not fair! " I said rationally. The painful stimulus forced my reason to exert its power prematurely; "Determination" was also inspired, urging me to take some wonderful ways to escape from this unbearable oppression-for example, running away, or if I can't walk, I will never eat or drink again and starve myself to death. In that tragic afternoon, my soul was so scared, my whole mind was so confused and my heart was so rebellious. However, this spiritual struggle is so dark and ignorant that I can't answer the eternal question: why am I so miserable? Now, it's been a long time-I don't want to say how many years-but I can see it clearly. "

Jane Eyre takes herself very seriously. She said, "I am my own master." When a couple's marriage plan was dashed, Rochester proposed to live in France together. Although the plan has indisputable appeal to people in love, she refused-"I care about myself." The more lonely you are, the fewer friends you have, the less help you get, and the more you have to respect yourself. " So she ran away.

2. Pursuing spiritual freedom and equality.

When Jane Eyre found herself deeply in love with her master, she dared to love in such a disparity position, because she firmly believed that all people were equal in spirit. A poor teacher dares to fall in love with an upper class. In a strict social concept, it is tantamount to begging for the king, so it is a bold challenge to society and prejudice. Just like this, it also means being laughed at or insulted. Only people like Jane Eyre who don't care about the powerful can openly fall in love. When Rochester pretended to marry a noble lady to test her, she said angrily, "Do you think that because I am poor, lowly, unattractive and short, I have no soul and no heart? You think wrong! My soul is the same as yours, and my heart is the same as yours! ......。 Just like we are equal before God-because we are equal! " Based on this, her way of expressing love is not sweet praise, gentle whisper, prayer, temptation or seduction. In the final analysis, what she pursues is the equal combination of two hearts.

"Why did you tell me this? What does she have to do with you and me? Do you think I have no feelings when I am poor and white? I swear to you, if God endows me with wealth and beauty, I will make it as hard for you to leave me as it is for me to leave you now. But god didn't arrange it this way. But our spirits are equal. Just like the grave where you and I walked, we stood before God equally. " This is Jane Eyre's sincere defense of the concept of spiritual equality.

3. Enthusiasm, dare to pursue true and complete love.

Jane Eyre's emotional pursuit of Rochester is very sincere and single-minded, which is mainly manifested in her persistence and strong love for Rochester. When St. John proposed to her to go to India as his assistant to preach, Jane Eyre refused his proposal, even though she thought he was a good man. Because in Jane Eyre's view, he loves God more than himself. More importantly, no matter how he treats her, her heart still loves Rochester. Because the priest's love for him is incomplete. However, after learning that Rochester had a crazy legal wife, she refused his love. She doesn't want to be a mistress. What she wants is truly complete love. However, when Jane Eyre left Rochester, she did not abandon him emotionally; On the contrary, her love is like a martyr, so persistent that she intends to make a permanent sacrifice for it, even when she is poor and rich, and she will not be abandoned because of Rochester's physical disability. The following is Rochester's monologue about seeking love from Jane Eyre after her manor was burned down and her eyes became blind.

Second, the writing background:

Charlotte Brontexq, the author of Jane Eyre, and Emily, the author of Wuthering Heights, are sisters. Although they live in the same social and family environment, their personalities are quite different. Charlotte Brontexq is gentler, purer and more fond of pursuing something beautiful. Although her family was poor, she lost her maternal love since she was a child, and her father's love was even rarer. In addition, her short stature and unattractive appearance may be such a deep inferiority complex in her soul, which is reflected in her personality as a very sensitive self-esteem, with self-esteem as compensation for her deep inferiority complex. The Jane she described. Love is also an unattractive short woman, but she has extremely strong self-esteem. She is determined to pursue a bright, holy and beautiful life.

Jane Eyre lives in an environment where her parents are dead and dependent on others. Since childhood, she has suffered different treatment from her peers, such as the dislike and abuse of menstrual reeds, the contempt of cousins, the insults and beatings of cousins ... This is a cruel trampling on the dignity of children. Fortunately, in the life of Lowood, an extremely stingy boarding school, Jane meets a lovely friend: Helen Burns and Helen.

Before Rochester, she never felt inferior, because she was a humble governess. On the contrary, she thinks they are equal. She should not be respected by others because she is a servant. It is because of her integrity, nobility and purity that Rochester was shocked by the fact that her mind was not polluted by secular society, and regarded her as a person who could talk to herself on an equal footing in spirit, and slowly fell in love with her deeply. His sincerity touched her and she accepted him. On their wedding day, when Jane Eyre learned that Rochester had a wife, she felt that she had to leave. She said, "I will abide by the laws of the world recognized by God, and I will stick to the principles I accepted when I was awake, and I will not be so crazy as I am now." "I will firmly stick to this position." This is the reason why Jane Eyre told Rochester that she must leave, but from the heart, the deeper reason is that Jane Eyre realized that she was cheated and her self-esteem was teased because she loved Rochester deeply. How can a woman stand being cheated by the person she trusts and is closest to? Jane Eyre withstood it and made a very rational decision. Surrounded by such a powerful love force and lured by a beautiful and rich life, she still insists on her dignity as an individual, which is the most spiritual charm of Jane Eyre.

Third, the content overview:

Jane Eyre's father is a poor priest. When she was a child, her parents both fell ill and died. Jane Eyre was sent to the house of Mrs. Reed, the aunt of Gateshead Manor. Before he died, Mr. Reed told his wife to take good care of Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre's position in Mrs. Reed's family is not as good as that of the maid, and she has been bullied by her cousin. One day, my cousin hit her again. She resisted, but her aunt put her in the red house, where her uncle Mr. Reed died. She was frightened by the imaginary ghost. I was very ill and it took me a long time to recover.

She didn't want to stay at Mrs. Reed's house any longer, so Mrs. Reed sent her to Dallowood orphanage. The director of the orphanage is a cold hypocrite who destroys orphans mentally and physically in various ways. Jane Eyre became friends with the orphan Helen, and Miss Temple, the teacher, was very concerned about her. An infectious typhoid fever in an orphanage claimed the lives of many orphans, and Helen also died of it, which was a great blow to Jane Eyre.

After graduation, Jane stayed in school as a teacher for two years. She can't stand the loneliness and indifference there. She advertised for a tutor, so she came to Thornfield Hall. There are only the owner Rochester and his illegitimate daughter Adel Vallance in Thornfield Manor, and Rochester often travels abroad, so Jane Eyre has not seen Rochester in Thornfield for several days.

One evening, Jane went out for a walk, which surprised Rochester's horse who had just returned from outside. Rochester fell off his horse, and Jane hurried to help him. When she got home, Jane realized that he was Rochester, the owner of the manor. Rochester is a gloomy and moody man. He and Jane Eyre often argue about some ideas.

Strange things keep happening at thornfield manor. One night, Jane Eyre was awakened by a strange laugh and found Rochester's door open and his bed on fire. She woke Rochester and put out the fire. Rochester tells Jane Eyre that there is a woman who lives on the third floor, Grace Poole. She is insane and often gives out creepy laughter, asking her to keep this secret.

Rochester often attends dances. One day, he invited guests to his house to play. It is thought that Rochester will propose to Miss Blanche at this dance. At the banquet, Rochester insisted that Jane Eyre also go to the living room. The guests were cold to Jane Eyre, but Rochester invited Jane Eyre to dance. Jane Eyre thinks she has feelings for Rochester.

One day, Rochester was not at home, and a gypsy wearing a headscarf came to his house. When it is Jane Eyre's turn to tell fortune, Jane Eyre discovers that this mysterious gypsy is Rochester, and he wants to test Jane Eyre's feelings for him. At this moment, a stranger named Mei Sen came to the manor. He was bitten by a mysterious woman on the third floor that night. Jane helped Rochester send him away secretly.

Soon, Mrs. Reed sent for Jane, saying that she was dying and wanted to meet Jane. When she returned to menstruation's home, Mrs Reed gave her a letter, which was sent by Jane's uncle three years ago, asking about her niece and giving her inheritance to Jane Eyre. Mrs. Reed lied that Jane died in an orphanage, and it was not until her deathbed that her conscience discovered the truth and told Jane.

Jane Eyre felt at home when she returned to Thornfield Manor. After returning, Rochester proposed to her, Jane Eyre agreed, and happily prepared for the wedding. On the eve of the wedding, Jane Eyre woke up from a dream and saw a tall and disgusting woman wearing her wedding dress, and then tore the mask of the wedding dress to pieces. Rochester told her that it was just a dream. When Jane woke up the next day, she found that the mask of the wedding dress was really in pieces.

The wedding was held as scheduled, and an unexpected guest broke into the church, claiming that the wedding could not be held. He said, 15 years ago, Rochester married Bertha Mei Sen, Mr. Mei Sen's sister. Rochester admitted this fact and showed people the crazy woman who was locked up on the third floor. That's his lawful wife. She has a history of hereditary mental illness, that is, she set fire to Rochester's room and tore up the mask of Jane's wedding dress.

Jane Eyre left Thornfield Hall sadly. She spent all her savings and begged along the way. Finally, she fainted in front of Father St. John's house and was saved by St. John and his two sisters. Jane Eyre settled down, and St. John found her a job as a country teacher.

Soon, St. John received a notice from his family lawyer that his uncle John Jane had died, leaving Jane with 20 thousand pounds, asking St. John to help him find Jane Eyre. St John discovers that Jane Eyre is his cousin, and Jane Eyre insists on sharing her inheritance with them. St John is going to preach in India. Before he left, he proposed to Jane Eyre, but he told her frankly that he wanted to marry her not because he loved her, but because he needed a well-educated assistant. Jane felt that she should repay his kindness, but she refused to promise him. That night, St. John waited for Jane Eyre's answer in the wasteland. Just as Jane Eyre was preparing to make a decision, she seemed to hear Rochester calling her name in the distance, "Jane, come back!" " Jane, come back "She decided to go back to Rochester.

When Jane returned to Thornfield Manor, the whole manor was in ruins. It turned out that a few months ago, on a stormy night, Bertha, a crazy woman, set fire to the whole manor. In order to save her, Rochester was burned in one arm and blind, and lived alone on a farm a few miles away. Jane Eyre rushed to the farm and confided her love to him. They finally got married.

Two years later, after one of Rochester's eyes was cured, he saw Jane Eyre's first child.

Four, writing characteristics:

The novel has a bright ending-although Rochester's manor was destroyed and Rochester himself became a cripple, we can see that Jane Eyre is no longer in the contradiction between dignity and love, but she is satisfied at the same time-she married Rochester with dignity and love.

The novel tells us that the best life of human beings is human dignity and love, and the ending of the novel arranges such a life for the heroine. Although I think this ending is too perfect, even this perfection itself marks superficiality, I still respect the author's ideal of this beautiful life-dignity plus love. After all, in today's society, the realization of the formula of human value = dignity+love is often inseparable from the help of money. People seem to be madly addicted to the love of money and status. Choose rich between poor and rich, and choose not to love between love and not to love. Few people will abandon everything for love and personality like Jane. Jane Eyre shows us a kind of simplification, a return to simplicity, a feeling of pursuing wholehearted dedication, and a sense of simplification regardless of gains and losses. It is like a glass of ice water, which purifies every reader's mind and awakens readers, especially female readers.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) book review:

Jane Eyre is a literary work with many years of history. Up to now, it has a history of 152 years, and successfully created the first female image in the history of English literature who took an independent and positive attitude towards love, life, society and religion and dared to fight for freedom and equality.

The publication of Jane Eyre once caused a sensation in the literary world of19th century. In the history of English literature, it is called a classic handed down from generation to generation. It attracts thousands of readers with an irresistible aesthetic feeling, and an irresistible impulse drives people to pick up this book, which is deeply moved and makes their hearts tremble.

This is an autobiographical novel written by Charlotte Brontexq, one of the three famous British sisters in the 19th century. This is a book forged with my own heart and strong spiritual pursuit, which contains the author's infinite emotion and personality charm and has won a brilliant sky for women.

Any literary work is the crystallization of the author's experience of life, and the author's shadow can be seen from the book. The same is true of Jane Eyre, many details can be confirmed in the author's life. Of course, "Jane Eyre" is not an autobiography, and the author just integrates his rich life experiences into an imaginative article. People all know that Jane Eyre is a portrayal of the author's life, but how many people know under what circumstances the author wrote Jane Eyre?

Charlotte bronte, the author of Jane Eyre, 18 16 was born in a pastor's family in Thornto, Yorkshire, England, ranking third, with two older sisters in front and two younger sisters and a younger brother behind. Six brothers and sisters. Because she lost her mother when she was a child, her father had to send Charlotte and her two sisters and brothers to a boarding school founded by a charity because she had no money and energy. The environment and living conditions there are very poor, coupled with the strict control and severe punishment of the founder, freezing hunger and corporal punishment have become the normal life of children. Soon, lung disease claimed the lives of two sisters, and my father quickly let Charlotte and her brother escape from the cave of death and return home.

183 1 year, Charlotte entered the boarding school in Rhodes. The situation here is completely different. Charlotte not only made great progress in her studies, but also lived a happy life. Although she only stayed for one year and four months, the warm life here left an unforgettable impression on her.

Later, Charlotte returned to Rhodes 1835 to teach, and her two sisters followed her to study, which offset some of her remuneration and left three years later. From 1838 to 1842, she and her sisters traveled around to make a living as tutors. However, due to the low professional status, the salary is meager. It also makes it difficult for sisters to be together. They resolutely gave up and decided to run their own school. After all kinds of efforts, although they were keen on running schools and made all kinds of preparations, they failed in the end. At this time, my father fell ill, and my brilliant brother got into the bad habit of drinking and taking drugs and became a cripple. However, the family's economic pressure is getting heavier and heavier, so in this extremely difficult situation, Charlotte and her sisters began to write.

The three sisters often get together and read, draw and write eagerly. Books opened their hearts and improved their education; How hard life makes them precocious and good at insight into the world; The unique experience provides a sufficient source for creation; So when their creative enthusiasm gushed out, miraculously, three masterpieces were born in the same family in the same year in the history of world literature; Jane Eyre by Charlotte, Wuthering Heights by Emily and Agnes Gray by Anne.

In addition to Jane Eyre, Charlotte also wrote Shirley, villette and The Teacher, all of which are not as influential as Jane Eyre, although they all have good reviews.

But who knows that God envies talents? God created this genius family without stint, and seemed eager to extend a hand of destruction to them. Their talents have just been recognized by people and disappeared like meteors. First, the versatile brother died. Emily, who wrote the immortal Wuthering Heights, died in February of the same year. Then, in May of the following year, another nun, Anne, died. Five years later, on 1854, Charlotte got sick in the rain while going out for a walk with her husband, and died on March 3 1, 1855 at the age of 39.