1 简爱性格分析 The Independent Spirit——about“ Jane Eyer” This is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent It seems to me that many readers’ English reading experience starts with Jane E I am of no As we refer to the movie “Jane Eyer”， it is not surprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way， but the spirit of the novel remains----to be an independent person， both physically and Jane Eyer was a born resister， whose parents went off when she was very young， and her aunt，the only relative she had，treated her as badly as a Since Jane’s education in Lowwood Orphanage began， she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person， just the same as any other girl The suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything As a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression， Jane got a chance to be a tutor in Thornfield G There she made the acquaintance of lovely Adele and that garden’s owner， Rochester， a man with warm heart despite a cold face Jane expected to change the life from then on， but fate had decided otherwise: After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry， she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife， who seemed to be the shadow following Rochester and led to his moodiness all the time ----Rochester was also a despairing person in need of Jane did want to give him a hand， however， she made up her mind to leave， because she didn’t want to betray her own principles， because she was Jane E The film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally After finding Rochester’s misfortune brought by his original mad wife， Jane chose to stay with him I don’t know what others feel， but frankly speaking， I would rather regard the section that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film’s end----especially when I heard Jane’s words “Never in my life have I been awaken so ” For one thing， this ideal and brand-new beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for another， this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to But the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: There must be something wrong coming with the excellence----perhaps not only should another section be added to enrich the story， but also we may see from the next transition of Jane’s life that “Life is like a box of chocolates， you never know what you would ” (By Forrest Gump’s mother， in the film “Forrest Gump”) What’s more， this film didn’t end when Jane left T For Jane Eyer herself， there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude， but for Rochester， how he can get salvation? The film gives the answer tentatively: Jane eventually got back to R In fact， when Jane met Rochester for the first time， she scared his horse and made his heel strained， to a certain extent， which meant Rochester would get retrieval because of J We can consider Rochester’s experiences as that of religion The fire by his frantic wife was the punishment for the cynicism early in his After it， Rochester got the mercy of the God and the love of the woman whom he Here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two The value of this film may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of 作者： * 2006-1-2 20:45 回复此发言 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 简爱性格分析 Life is ceaselessly changing， but our living principles Firmly persisting for the rights of being independent gives us enough confidence and courage， which is like the beacon over the capriccioso sea of In the world of the film， we have found the stories of ourselves， which makes us so concerned about the fate of the dramatis In this era of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement， both physical and mental effects on us call for a We are likely to find ourselves bogged down in the Sargasso Sea of information overload and living It’s our spirit that makes the life 二、An Analysis of Jane Eyre The novel is rich in poetry， symbolism and It does not fit easily into a definite pattern， being neither a novel of "manners" in the tradition of Austen， or a straightforward Gothic Romance in the style of Mrs R What Charlotte Bronte did was to create a work which cleverly blends elements of the two styles， and which remains uniquely independent of them at the same time， since it addresses issues which were at the time rather The novel is written in the first person， and thus magnifies the central character - the reader enters the world of Jane Eyre and is transported through her experiences at first This at once makes the work subjective， especially since we know that Charlottes Brontes own life and experiences were so closely interwoven with the heroine' As well as this we learn only at the end of the novel that the events are being related to us ten years after the reconciliation with Rochester - thus the narrative is RETROSPECTIVE (looking back) CB is clever in blending the narrative so that at times Jane seems to be speaking as an adult with adult hindsight ， while at others she she is "in the middle" of them， as a child or young The indecision which is a central issue in the book， is heightened by this We never know， as readers， whether to be entirely trustful of Janes actions and thoughts， because we are never sure wheher she is speaking impulsively or This intensifies the readers dilemma as to what is "right" and "wrong" in the dramatic relationships which are part of JE's Can we believe what the heroine says， or is she deceiving herself? The novel is primarily a love story and a "romance" where wishes come true but only after trials and The supernatural has its place， as do dreams， portents and The heroine begins poor and lonely and ends up rich and loved; the orphan finds a good family to replace the wicked one; all the basic ingredients of classic romantic fairytale are The romantic element is present in two forms in Jane Eyre; the "family" aspect is dealt with in the Gateshead， Lowood and Moor House episodes， which involve the exchanging of the wicked Reed family for the benevolent Rivers one; and the Love romance is dealt with in the Thornfield and Ferndean Both aspects are， of course linked and interwoven throughout the 作者： * 2006-1-2 20:45 回复此发言 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 简爱性格分析 There is also a strong element of realism in the novel， which， married to the romantic aspect， enhances the novel's The sense of place is very strong; we are able to experience both exterior and interior settings with startling clarity throughout the story， in a series of vivid de脚本ive The central characters are also realistic and their confrontations and sufferings change them in a believable Even the unlikely is made plausible， with a unique blend of high drama and perceptive low comedy (the attack on Mason， for instance) The more fantastic romantic aspects; the coincidences; the secrets; the supernatural occurrences， are balanced by the realism， and this is of course a major The Gothic influence cannot be ignored， although CB has refined the technique considerably from the "authentic" Gothic of the 1790' In the original genre， the heroine would typically be abducted and threatened with seduction， or worse! There would be a lover - a respectable， well-bred young man - who would endeavor to rescue the heroine and would succeed after many the seducer would be a brigand "Know that I adore Corsairs!" and he would lock the girl up in a remote There was little freedom for middle class women during the period of the Gothic novel， and this was still the case in the time of CB Marriage especially was often a bargain， whereby fortunes were secured by using the female as a A woman's value largely depended therefore on her sexual purity and she was guarded and secured as a Men， on the contrary， were potent and free; lovers and mistresses were Ironically the women who provided their services were social outcasts as a In Jane Eyre we see elements of the Gothic romance， in that Thornfield Hall and Rochester are described very much in the brigand/castle style BUT Jane Eyre is not abducted by R On the contrary she chooses to go there of her own free AND she is clear in her determination to have Rochester as a Neither is there a gentleman rescuer; St John Rivers may look like a Greek God， but he is neither kind nor benevolent; driving Jane back to Ferndean， not rescuing her from The trials which the hero is supposed to undergo in a Gothic romance are in fact undergone by the heroine in Jane E The bandit Rochester is only skin- Underneath the brooding exterior is a sensitive soul， which a WOMAN In this way we see that CB created rather a daring departure from conventional fiction， although there are still many aspects of the novel which remain true to Victorian
