众文网1.急求有关《简爱》英语论文
Jane Eyre, is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. After we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, Jane Eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think: We remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past. We remember her pursuit of justice. It's like a companion with the goodness. But still, a virtuous person should promote the goodness on one side and must check the badness on the other side. We remember her self-respect and the clear situation on equality. In her opinion, everyone is the same at the God's feet. Though there are differences in status、in property and also in appearance, but all the human being are equal in personality. We also remember her striving for life, her toughness and her confidence… When we think of this girl, what she gave us was not a pretty face or a transcendent temperament that make us admire deeply, but a huge charm of her personality. Actually, she wasn't pretty, and of course, the ordinary appearance didn't make others feel good of her, even her own aunt felt disgusted with it. And some others even thought that she was easy to look down on and to tease, so when Miss Ingram met Jane Eyre, she seemed quite contemptuous, for that she was obviously much more prettier than 'the plain and ugly governess'. But as the little governess had said: 'Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!' This is the idea of equality in Jane Eyre's mind. God hadn't given her beauty and wealth, but instead, God gave her a kind mind and a thinking brain. Her idea of equality and self-respect impress us so much and let us feel the power inside her body. In my mind, though a person's beauty on the face can make others once feel that one is attractive and charming, if his or her mind isn't the same beautiful as the appearance, such as beauty cannot last for, when others find that the beauty which had charmed them was only a falsity, it's not true, they will like the person no more. For a long time, only a person's great virtue, a noble soul, a beautiful heart can be called as AN EVERLASTING BEAUTY, just as Kahill Gibran has said, that 'Beauty is a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted'. I can feel that how beauty really is, as we are all fleshly men, so we can't distinguish whether a man is of nobleness or humbleness, but fleshly men, so we can't distinguish whether a man is of nobleness or humbleness, but as there are great differences in our souls, and from that, we can know that whether a man is noble or ordinary, and even obscure, that is, whether he is beautiful or not. Her story makes us thinking about life and we learn much from her experience, at least, that is a fresh new recognition of the real。
2.急求有关《简爱》英语论文
Jane Eyre, is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. After we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, Jane Eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think: We remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past. We remember her pursuit of justice. It's like a companion with the goodness. But still, a virtuous person should promote the goodness on one side and must check the badness on the other side. We remember her self-respect and the clear situation on equality. In her opinion, everyone is the same at the God's feet. Though there are differences in status、in property and also in appearance, but all the human being are equal in personality. We also remember her striving for life, her toughness and her confidence… When we think of this girl, what she gave us was not a pretty face or a transcendent temperament that make us admire deeply, but a huge charm of her personality. Actually, she wasn't pretty, and of course, the ordinary appearance didn't make others feel good of her, even her own aunt felt disgusted with it. And some others even thought that she was easy to look down on and to tease, so when Miss Ingram met Jane Eyre, she seemed quite contemptuous, for that she was obviously much more prettier than 'the plain and ugly governess'. But as the little governess had said: 'Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!' This is the idea of equality in Jane Eyre's mind. God hadn't given her beauty and wealth, but instead, God gave her a kind mind and a thinking brain. Her idea of equality and self-respect impress us so much and let us feel the power inside her body. In my mind, though a person's beauty on the face can make others once feel that one is attractive and charming, if his or her mind isn't the same beautiful as the appearance, such as beauty cannot last for, when others find that the beauty which had charmed them was only a falsity, it's not true, they will like the person no more. For a long time, only a person's great virtue, a noble soul, a beautiful heart can be called as AN EVERLASTING BEAUTY, just as Kahill Gibran has said, that 'Beauty is a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted'. I can feel that how beauty really is, as we are all fleshly men, so we can't distinguish whether a man is of nobleness or humbleness, but fleshly men, so we can't distinguish whether a man is of nobleness or humbleness, but as there are great differences in our souls, and from that, we can know that whether a man is noble or ordinary, and even obscure, that is, whether he is beautiful or not. Her story makes us thinking about life and we learn much from her experience, at least, that is a fresh new recognition of the real。
3.求《简爱》英文论文,一定要英文版的,不必太多字,简洁精练就好,
aimee howell ms. poreba world literature may 25, 2004 is jane eyre a role model for young girls? jane eyre is thought, to some, to be one of the greatest romance novels of all time. jane eyre was published in the mid-1800s, which dampens on the aspect of how sexual the book can get and how raunchy it cannot get. the relationship between jane eyre and mr. rochester is said to be an “unconditional love story”(back cover of book). i believe that this novel makes a young girl, like me, think that everything can turn out like a fairytale. it leads you to believe that if you are in love that everything will work out. jane eyre gives the false impression that you don't have to work hard to be wealthy and you can always count on a rich uncle or marrying a rich man. this book shows that women do not have any good qualities except having rich ties. this leads on to the fact that i have nothing in common with jane eyre besides that facts that we are both female and follow christian teachings. jane eyre's experiences were very unfortunate but not uncommon. jane eyre complains that people did not like her, but not everyone is going to like you, that is how life is. mrs. reed treated her very poorly like she was not a little girl who had feelings. she always took her own children's side over jane's, in a dispute. i do feel bad for jane because she is an orphan and the fact that she is living with a woman and her children, who would not have cared less whether she lived or died. also, jane's conflict with mr. brocklehurst, when he put her on a pedestal and falsely accused her of being a liar, should had made her want to overcome the trap that he set for her. these situations should have given her the leverage to want to show those people that she is more than just an orphan slave child. for instance, when somebody tells me that i am not capable of doing something, it motivates me to prove them that i am more than i seem. in my opinion, life's struggles give you a ladder to climb on to reach an even higher success. jane's relationship with mr. rochester is much more complicated. it seems as though mr. rochester had some trouble expressing his feelings toward ms. jane eyre. for instance, when jane asked him for time off to visit mrs. reed, he plays a money tug-of-war and says to her “you little niggard! refusing me a pecuniary request! give me five pounds, jane” (228). the fact that jane refused to give the money back to mr. rochester shows one of the only times when jane actually stands up for herself. as a young woman reading jane eyre, situations like this are teaching me to disobey my elders and are giving the impression that i can only stand up for myself when the argument is petty. if i were in that situation and it was my own money, i would have answered just like jane, instead of being completely rude. but since it is mr. rochester's money (no matter what portion fulfilled her wages), i would have politely told him that i need some form of money for my trip to gateshead and would have accepted his answer, whatever it was. this is another reason why jane and i are so different. “i have had more trouble with that child than any one would believe…i wish she had died”(235) mrs. reed had said. but instead of speaking what she really felt, jane eyre just answered back nonchalantly “a strange wish, mrs. reed: why do you hate her so?”(235). i was very disappointed with jane's answer. i know that a form of sympathy should be portrayed in this type of predicament, but jane is facing the same lady, who made her life miserable and continued to tell her that she was inferior to her own kids, deathbed or not. jane told mrs. reed before she left to go to lowood, that she hated her, so i do not understand why she would give such a cowardly answer, now. hearing anybody say that they wished you were dead is a very serious request. it is not something that you just hear and let go. i think that mrs. reed, delirious or not, is a very selfish woman. she was upset because her husband used to give jane more attention than his own children. jane did not have any parents, so i believe that mr. reed was trying to fill a gap in her heart that could never really be filled. if i were jane, i would have spoken my mind. the way jane reacted portrays to young girls that people can treat them horribly and they are not supposed to do anything about it. in conclusion, i think that should have acted very differently in each one of these situations. i was also dissatisfied and frustrated with the way that the book ended. it seems as though bronte just needed a way for jane's life to turn into the perfect fairytale. i was very upset because the reason she left 。
4.我是英语专业的本科生,要写一篇英文的'解读[简爱]中的女性意识'的
我读中文
但是那时写论文有个同组的女生写这个题目
如果你们的论文要求的字数比较多，万八千的，不要写这个题目，千万不要写.
这个题目很难挖到新东西也很难表现出深度，比较适合4,5千字的小论文
我的同学重写了5回，最后是把简爱形象和林黛玉对比，才写够一万五，但成绩很糟糕.
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我的建议
一
对比简爱中的女性之间的形象，分析她们各自的阶层背景，性格，命运.结合英国文化（你们的专业哦），然后可以总结出简爱的优点.
二
如果你讨厌阶级决定论，就把重点放在性格决定命运上，简爱得到真爱和幸福，而她舅妈和妹妹虽先天条件好却结局很惨，就是最鲜明的对比.因她们是同时代同阶层的人物嘛，有不同的结局，性格的决定作用不小.
三
既然突显了性格的重要，就可以结合今天社会中女性的命运论一下了.这是一方面，捎带着，还可以感叹下作者本人的审美倾向和性格人生.
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因为是英文专业，可能会需要在论文里侧重下英国的文化对女性意识的影响，辨证论述消极影响和积极影响.
同时可以结合作者本人的女性意识一起论述.
另：我个人认为最能体现作者对女性平等地位要求的是，简爱以外得财而罗切斯特破产那段，虽然很多人说这种设置很突兀做作（的确），但这正体现了作者对平等的强烈渴望，因只有这样，简和罗才会站在同个位置上（甚至是高出罗），毕竟，英国是讲究门当户对的.
5.求有关简爱性格分析英语论文一篇（4000字）
Jane Eyre The development of Jane Eyre's character is central to the novel. From the beginning, Jane possesses a sense of her self-worth and dignity, a commitment to justice and principle, a trust in God, and a passionate disposition. Her integrity is continually tested over the course of the novel, and Jane must learn to balance the frequently conflicting aspects of herself so as to find contentment.Click here to find out more!An orphan since early childhood, Jane feels exiled and ostracized at the beginning of the novel, and the cruel treatment she receives from her Aunt Reed and her cousins only exacerbates her feeling of alienation. Afraid that she will never find a true sense of home or community, Jane feels the need to belong somewhere, to find “kin,” or at least “kindred spirits.” This desire tempers her equally intense need for autonomy and freedom.In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants. While Rochester initially offers Jane a chance to liberate her passions, Jane comes to realize that such freedom could also mean enslavement—by living as Rochester's mistress, she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings. St. John Rivers offers Jane another kind of freedom: the freedom to act unreservedly on her principles. He opens to Jane the possibility of exercising her talents fully by working and living with him in India. Jane eventually realizes, though, that this freedom would also constitute a form of imprisonment, because she would be forced to keep her true feelings and her true passions always in check.Charlotte Brontë may have created the character of Jane Eyre as a means of coming to terms with elements of her own life. Much evidence suggests that Brontë， too, struggled to find a balance between love and freedom and to find others who understood her. At many points in the book, Jane voices the author's then-radical opinions on religion, social class, and gender.Edward Rochester Despite his stern manner and not particularly handsome appearance, Edward Rochester wins Jane's heart, because she feels they are kindred spirits, and because he is the first person in the novel to offer Jane lasting love and a real home. Although Rochester is Jane's social and economic superior, and although men were widely considered to be naturally superior to women in the Victorian period, Jane is Rochester's intellectual equal. Moreover, after their marriage is interrupted by the disclosure that Rochester is already married to Bertha Mason, Jane is proven to be Rochester's moral superior.Rochester regrets his former libertinism and lustfulness; nevertheless, he has proven himself to be weaker in many ways than Jane. Jane feels that living with Rochester as his mistress would mean the loss of her dignity. Ultimately, she would become degraded and dependent upon Rochester for love, while unprotected by any true marriage bond. Jane will only enter into marriage with Rochester after she has gained a fortune and a family, and after she has been on the verge of abandoning passion altogether. She waits until she is not unduly influenced by her own poverty, loneliness, psychological vulnerability, or passion. Additionally, because Rochester has been blinded by the fire and has lost his manor house at the end of the novel, he has become weaker while Jane has grown in strength—Jane claims that they are equals, but the marriage dynamic has actually tipped in her favor.St. John Rivers Click here to find out more!St. John Rivers is a foil to Edward Rochester. Whereas Rochester is passionate, St. John is austere and ambitious. Jane often describes Rochester's eyes as flashing and flaming, whereas she constantly associates St. John with rock, ice, and snow. Marriage with Rochester represents the abandonment of principle for the consummation of passion, but marriage to St. John would mean sacrificing passion for principle. When he invites her to come to India with him as a missionary, St. John offers Jane the chance to make a more meaningful contribution to society than she would as a housewife. At the same time, life with St. John would mean life without true love, in which Jane's need for spiritual solace would be filled only by retreat into the recesses of her own soul. Independence would be accompanied by loneliness, and joining St. John would require Jane to neglect her own legitimate needs for love and emotional support. Her consideration of St. John's proposal leads Jane to understand that, paradoxically, a large part of one's personal freedom is found in a。
6.关于简爱独立的英文论文
没有时间帮你写，只好找了一些资料。
你看看。这个是关于简爱的基本人物分析Jane EyreThe development of Jane Eyre's character is central to the novel. From the beginning, Jane possesses a sense of her self-worth and dignity, a commitment to justice and principle, a trust in God, and a passionate disposition. Her integrity is continually tested over the course of the novel, and Jane must learn to balance the frequently conflicting aspects of herself so as to find contentment.An orphan since early childhood, Jane feels exiled and ostracized at the beginning of the novel, and the cruel treatment she receives from her Aunt Reed and her cousins only exacerbates her feeling of alienation. Afraid that she will never find a true sense of home or community, Jane feels the need to belong somewhere, to find “kin,” or at least “kindred spirits.” This desire tempers her equally intense need for autonomy and freedom.In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants. While Rochester initially offers Jane a chance to liberate her passions, Jane comes to realize that such freedom could also mean enslavement—by living as Rochester's mistress, she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings. St. John Rivers offers Jane another kind of freedom: the freedom to act unreservedly on her principles. He opens to Jane the possibility of exercising her talents fully by working and living with him in India. Jane eventually realizes, though, that this freedom would also constitute a form of imprisonment, because she would be forced to keep her true feelings and her true passions always in check.Charlotte Brontë may have created the character of Jane Eyre as a means of coming to terms with elements of her own life. Much evidence suggests that Brontë， too, struggled to find a balance between love and freedom and to find others who understood her. At many points in the book, Jane voices the author's then-radical opinions on religion, social class, and gender.关于主题的分析：Love Versus Autonomy （爱与独立）Jane Eyre is very much the story of a quest to be loved. Jane searches, not just for romantic love, but also for a sense of being valued, of belonging. Thus Jane says to Helen Burns: “to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple, or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone of my arm broken, or to let a bull toss me, or to stand behind a kicking horse, and let it dash its hoof at my chest” (Chapter 8). Yet, over the course of the book, Jane must learn how to gain love without sacrificing and harming herself in the process.Her fear of losing her autonomy motivates her refusal of Rochester's marriage proposal. Jane believes that “marrying” Rochester while he remains legally tied to Bertha would mean rendering herself a mistress and sacrificing her own integrity for the sake of emotional gratification. On the other hand, her life at Moor House tests her in the opposite manner. There, she enjoys economic independence and engages in worthwhile and useful work, teaching the poor; yet she lacks emotional sustenance. Although St. John proposes marriage, offering her a partnership built around a common purpose, Jane knows their marriage would remain loveless.Nonetheless, the events of Jane's stay at Moor House are necessary tests of Jane's autonomy. Only after proving her self-sufficiency to herself can she marry Rochester and not be asymmetrically dependent upon him as her “master.” The marriage can be one between equals. As Jane says: “I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine. . . . To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude, as gay as in company. . . . We are precisely suited in character—perfect concord is the result” (Chapter 38).Social Class（社会阶级）Jane Eyre is critical of Victorian England's strict social hierarchy. Brontë's exploration of the complicated social position of governesses is perhaps the novel's most important treatment of this theme. Like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, Jane is a figure of ambiguous class standing and, consequently, a source of extreme tension for the characters around her. Jane's manners, sophistication, and education are those of an aristocrat, because Victorian governesses, who tutored children in etiquette as well as academics, were expected to possess the “culture” of the aristocracy. Yet, as paid employees, they were more or less treated as servants; thus, Jane remains penniless and powerless while at Thornfield. Jane's understanding of the double standard 。
7.如何写好 《简爱》性格分析 的英语毕业论文请高手给些指教要求正 爱
谈简爱的性格特点 摘要：《简爱》是19世纪英国批判现实主义文学作家夏洛蒂勃朗特的代表作。
它成功地塑造了新型的小资产阶级女性简爱的生动形象，集中描写她为谋求妇女经济独立和爱情平等权利而进行的斗争。本文主要从心理、语言、思想、行为等方面分析简爱的性格特点。
关键词：人格、意志、精神、虐待、摧残、反抗、自由、平等 1.引言 《简爱》是一部带有作者自传性的作品，采用第一人称的自叙写法，让女主人公倾诉自己的喜怒哀乐和人生理想，爱情友谊，具有娓娓动听，亲切感人的艺术魅力。它写一个孤女个人的奋斗故事，作者本人生活中的悲哀、忧患、紧张和勇气在小说中得到了强烈的反映。
襁褓中父母双亡的简爱被舅舅收养，舅舅死后，舅母一家人百般虐待她，最后将她送入慈善学校，在那里备受凌辱摧残。成年后，她被聘往桑费尔德庄园当家庭教师，与主人真诚相爱；及行婚礼，发生不测，主人被证明早已结婚，其妻因疯病被私关密室。
简爱不愿作人情妇，只身远离，流浪途中昏倒在风雨之夜，被一青年牧师圣约翰救回家，在其两个妹妹的照顾下恢复健康。 牧师准备去印度传教，他认为简爱坚强而耐苦，可以作个好帮手，就向其求婚，但遭拒绝，因为简爱情有所钟。
爱情又使她返回桑费尔德庄。这时女人已将庄园烧毁，自己也被烧死，主人抢救她时还弄成了残废，两人终于幸福地结合。
此外，简爱意外地得浪迹海外的叔父一笔遗产，同时被证明她圣约翰原是姑表兄妹。 2. 简爱的性格特点及其具体表现 2.1.自尊自主、叛逆反抗 简爱，在寄居的舅妈家里，和骄横残暴的表哥约翰发生冲突，瘦小的她敢于和表哥扭打，并怒斥他："你这男孩真是又恶毒又残酷，你像个杀人犯----你像个虐待奴隶的人，----你像罗马皇帝。
" 他还敢于指责冷酷护短的舅妈："你以为你是好人，可是你坏，你狠心。"简爱的童年的生活让读者初步了解她的反抗性格和捍卫独立人格的精神起点。
从下面的几段描述中可以看到简爱的内心是多么的叛逆反抗。 "我被他打倒，头还在痛，血还在流；约翰粗暴地打了我，没有人责备他；而我，为了叫他以后不再干出这种荒唐的暴行，却受到了众人的许多责难。
"不公平！----不公平啊！"我理智的说。令人痛苦的刺激逼得我的理智一时早熟地发挥了威力；"决心"也同样被鼓舞起来，催促着我采取什么奇妙的方法，从这难以忍受的压迫下逃跑----譬如出走，或者，万一走不了的话，就永远不再吃不再喝，听任自己饿死。
在那一个悲惨的下午，我的灵魂是多么惶恐不安啊，我整个脑海里是多么混乱啊，我的心有多么的反抗啊，然而，这一精神上的搏斗，是在怎么样的黑暗，怎么样的愚昧中进行的啊，我无法回答内心的这个不断提出的问题：为什么我这样受苦；而如今，隔了----我不愿说隔了多少年----我却看的明明白白了。 " 简爱非常的重视自我，她说："我是自己的主人"，当一对恋人的结婚计划被粉碎时，罗彻斯特提议到法国去过同居生活，尽管这个方案对于热恋中的人来说具有无可争辩的诱惑力，但是她拒绝了----"我关心我自己。
越孤独，越没有朋友，越没有人帮助，我越要自重。 "因此她逃离了。
2.2.追求精神上的自由、平等 当简爱发觉她深深地爱上了主人后，在地位如此悬殊的情况下，她却敢于去爱，因为她坚信人在精神上都是平等的。一个穷教师斗胆爱上一个上流人物，在等级深严的社会观念看来，无异于乞丐万奢望国王，所以这本身就是向社会及偏见的大胆挑战。
惟其如此，它也就意味着遭受嘲笑或侮辱，只有像简爱这样并不把权贵放在心上的人才能去坦坦荡荡地爱。当罗切斯特为了试探她而假意要娶某贵族小姐时，她愤怒地说："你以为，因为我穷，低贱，不美，矮小，我就没有灵魂没有心吗？你想错了！-----我的灵魂跟你一样，我的心也跟你的完全一样。
就如我们站在上帝跟前是平等的----因为我们是平等的！"基于此，她表达爱情的方式才不是甜腻的赞美，温柔的絮语，更不是祈求，诱惑或勾引，归根结底，她追求的是两颗心的平等结合。 "你为什么和我讲这些？她和你与我有什么关系？你以为我贫穷，相貌平平就没有情感吗？我向你起誓，如果上帝赋予我财富和美貌，我会让你难以离开我，就像我现在难以离开你一样。
可上帝没有这样安排。但我们的精神是平等的。
就如你我走过的坟墓，平等地站在上帝面前。"这是简爱发内心的为精神平等观念的辩护。
2.3.感情炽烈，敢于追求真正意义上、完整的爱情 简爱对罗彻斯特情感非常的追求非常的真诚和专一，这主要表现在对她对罗彻斯特执着而强烈的爱情上。 当圣约翰向她提出求婚，要她作为他的助手一起去印度传教时，简爱虽然认为"他是个好人"，但还是拒绝了他的求婚。
因为在简爱看来，他爱的并不是自己，他更爱的是上帝。更重要的是，无论他对她如何，她心里爱的仍是罗彻斯特。
因为牧师对他的爱是不完整的。可是在得知罗彻斯特还有疯了的合法妻子，她还是拒绝了他的爱，她不愿作人情妇，她要的还是一份真正意义的完整爱情。
然而，当简爱离开了罗彻斯特后，并没有在感情上抛弃他；相反，她的爱情像殉道一般，。
8.关于简爱独立的英文论文
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你看看。这个是关于简爱的基本人物分析Jane EyreThe development of Jane Eyre's character is central to the novel. From the beginning, Jane possesses a sense of her self-worth and dignity, a commitment to justice and principle, a trust in God, and a passionate disposition. Her integrity is continually tested over the course of the novel, and Jane must learn to balance the frequently conflicting aspects of herself so as to find contentment.An orphan since early childhood, Jane feels exiled and ostracized at the beginning of the novel, and the cruel treatment she receives from her Aunt Reed and her cousins only exacerbates her feeling of alienation. Afraid that she will never find a true sense of home or community, Jane feels the need to belong somewhere, to find “kin,” or at least “kindred spirits.” This desire tempers her equally intense need for autonomy and freedom.In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants. While Rochester initially offers Jane a chance to liberate her passions, Jane comes to realize that such freedom could also mean enslavement—by living as Rochester's mistress, she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings. St. John Rivers offers Jane another kind of freedom: the freedom to act unreservedly on her principles. He opens to Jane the possibility of exercising her talents fully by working and living with him in India. Jane eventually realizes, though, that this freedom would also constitute a form of imprisonment, because she would be forced to keep her true feelings and her true passions always in check.Charlotte Brontë may have created the character of Jane Eyre as a means of coming to terms with elements of her own life. Much evidence suggests that Brontë， too, struggled to find a balance between love and freedom and to find others who understood her. At many points in the book, Jane voices the author's then-radical opinions on religion, social class, and gender.关于主题的分析：Love Versus Autonomy （爱与独立）Jane Eyre is very much the story of a quest to be loved. Jane searches, not just for romantic love, but also for a sense of being valued, of belonging. Thus Jane says to Helen Burns: “to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple, or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone of my arm broken, or to let a bull toss me, or to stand behind a kicking horse, and let it dash its hoof at my chest” (Chapter 8). Yet, over the course of the book, Jane must learn how to gain love without sacrificing and harming herself in the process.Her fear of losing her autonomy motivates her refusal of Rochester's marriage proposal. Jane believes that “marrying” Rochester while he remains legally tied to Bertha would mean rendering herself a mistress and sacrificing her own integrity for the sake of emotional gratification. On the other hand, her life at Moor House tests her in the opposite manner. There, she enjoys economic independence and engages in worthwhile and useful work, teaching the poor; yet she lacks emotional sustenance. Although St. John proposes marriage, offering her a partnership built around a common purpose, Jane knows their marriage would remain loveless.Nonetheless, the events of Jane's stay at Moor House are necessary tests of Jane's autonomy. Only after proving her self-sufficiency to herself can she marry Rochester and not be asymmetrically dependent upon him as her “master.” The marriage can be one between equals. As Jane says: “I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine. . . . To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude, as gay as in company. . . . We are precisely suited in character—perfect concord is the result” (Chapter 38).Social Class（社会阶级）Jane Eyre is critical of Victorian England's strict social hierarchy. Brontë's exploration of the complicated social position of governesses is perhaps the novel's most important treatment of this theme. Like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, Jane is a figure of ambiguous class standing and, consequently, a source of extreme tension for the characters around her. Jane's manners, sophistication, and education are those of an aristocrat, because Victorian governesses, who tutored children in etiquette as well as academics, were expected to possess the “culture” of the aristocracy. Yet, as paid employees, they were more or less treated as servants; thus, Jane remains penniless and powerless while at Thornfield. Jane's understanding of the double standard 。
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