1、 Review of Jane EyreBrief Introduction:Jane Eyre is a book which can be appreciated in different perspectives like autobiography,romance, and Gothic horror story as well as the Bildungsroman . At first.let me make a brief introduction in the first perpective.If you are familiar with the author Charl
2、otte Bront, you can find that there are so many autobiographic elements in the book. So we can say that the prototype of Jane Eyre actually is the author herself.Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. The three siste
3、rs are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. In the past 40 years Charlotte Bronts reputation has risen rapidly, and feminist criticism has done much to show that she was speaking up for oppressed women of every age.Charlotte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in the nort
4、h of England, the daughter of an Anglican clergyman who moved with his family to Haworth amid the Yorkshire moors in 1820. After their mother and two eldest children died, Charlotte was left with her sisters Emily and Anne and brother Branwell to the care of their father, and their strict, religious
5、 aunt, Elisabeth Branwell. Charlotte attended the Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge in 1824. She returned home next year because of the harsh conditions. In 1831 she went to school at Roe Head, where she later worked as a teacher. However, she fell ill, suffered from melancholia, and gave up t
6、his post. Charlottes attempts to earn her living as a governess were hindered by her disabling shyness, her ignorance of normal children, and her yearning to be with her sisters. From the introduction you can find that it is very similar with the experience of Jane Eyre. Setting:Jane Eyre is critica
7、l of Victorian Englands strict social hierarchy.And the novel is structured around five separate locations,all supposedly in northern England: the Reed familys home at Gateshead, the wretched Lowood schoo ,Rochesters manor house Thornfield,the Rivers familys home at Moor House,and Rochesters rural r
8、etreat at Ferndean.Summary:The plot of Jane Eyre follows the form of a Bildungsroman ,which is a story of a childs maturation and focuses on the emotions and experiences that accompany her growth to adulthoodSet in early nineteenth-century England, Jane Eyre moves through various locations.Jane Eyre
9、 is a young orphan being raised by Mrs Reed,her cruel ,wealthy aunt.Jane experiences overt class subordination. After her altercation with Mrs. Reeds bully son, John, Jane is forcibly removed to an isolated room Because of Mr Lloydsuggestion ,Jane is sent to Lowood school.At Lowood school, the build
10、ing is bleak, sparely furnished, and underheated, and the students there were tortured by the cruel and hypocritical headmaster Mr Brocklehurst. Jane remains at Lowood as a teacher after completing her studies, but she soon advertises for a governess position and is solicited by Mrs. Fairfax of Thor
11、nfield. At Thornfield Manor, a gothic three-story mansion, Jane serves as governess to Adele Varens, a ward of Edward Rochester, owner of the estate.Janes accepted Rochesters marriage proposal .Her wedding ceremony dramatically interrupted by a shocking revelation, Rochester has a wife .Jane travels
12、 to Whitcross, located two days away from Thornfield in the moors of the north Midlands. Lacking food and money, Jane eats and sleeps in the heather until she is welcomed into Moor House, the rustic home of St. John Rivers, a sincere parson. She is offered employment by St. John as mistress of a new
13、 girls school and moves into a simple cottage, but a premonition of Rochesters voice calling her back to Thornfield finally prompts her departure from Whitcross.Upon returning to Thornfield, Jane finds only a fire-blackened shell, Thornfield has been fired by Rochesters insane wife, now dead. Jane r
14、eunites with Rochester, now blind and living at Ferndean.They marry, and the simple, virtuous life of Ferndean restores Rochesters sight.Comments:Characterization:Jane Eyre:She is the prototype of the novel, the novel is also named by it. So by the anlysis of Jane Eyre , we can dig lots of thing lik
15、e the theme, the writing devices and so on . Then I will try my best to analysize Jane Eyre. In general, Jane Eyre is an intelligent ,honest,plain-featured young girl forced to contend with oppression,inequality,and hardship. No matter what kind of difficulties she meets, she always succeeds in main
16、taining her principles of justice ,human dignity and morality.Her strong belief in gender and social equality challenges the Victorian prejudices against women and the poor. Appearance:I think ore of the greatest feature of the book is that its heroin is not the most beautiful girl.Actually, she was
17、 not pretty, and of course, the ordinary appearance didnt 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
18、much more prettier than the plain and ugly governess. However ,we all like and admire Jane , absolutely not because of her appearance or her outstanding temperament, instead is her tremendous personality charm.Personality:Jane Eyre, is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul.First,from t
19、he beginning,Jane possesses a sense of her self worth and dignity,she has confidence and courage,we can say that there is a kind of large power hiding in Janes small body. We can find thin by proof as follows:If God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for yo
20、u to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal as we are! This is a conv
21、ersation between Jane and Rochester ,I really appreciate it ,and I think it is a kind of challenge given by Jane to Rochester to the society to the times which look down on the women . Those words seem like arms ,powerful arms which used byJane to protect herself to protect all the women.She is equa
22、l with others spiritually.I am glad you are no relation of mine.I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to visit you when I am grown up:and if any one asks me how I liked you,and how you treated me,I will say the very thought of you make me sick,and that you treated me
23、with miserable cruelty.You think I have no feelings,and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity.I shall remember how you thrust me back into the red room .And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me-knocked me down fo
24、r nothing .I will tell anybody who asked me questions this exact tale.Ere I finished this reply,my soul began to expand,to exult ,with the strangest sense of freedom,of triumph,I ever felt.It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst,and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for libertyThis quatation
25、 ,part of Jane outburst to her aunt just prior to her departure from Gateshead for Lowood School, appears in Chapeter 4.In the passage,Jane solidifies her own orphanhood ,severing her ties to the little semblance of family that remained to her.Jane declares that she will “tell anybody who asks me qu
26、estions this exact tale-via authorship,Jane asserts her authority over and against her tyrannical aunt.How can we believe that Jane at that time is just a little girl, we can imagine that she has much more courage than her peers.Second ,Jane is an independent and intergrite girl ,however during her
27、growth,especially after she underwent so many big events, she becone more and more muture ,till the end we just can say that Jane succeeds in pursuing the love and autonmy .During the whole story ,Jane Eyre is pursuing love not just for romantic love,but also for a sense of being valued,of belonging
28、. Jane has ever said 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 is dash its hoof at my chest.“ Jane loves Rochester
29、 ,even though in otherseyes she doesnot match him.At first ,she promises him.However,different from other girls,she never lost herself in the love.Rochester certainly tries to turn Jane into a Cinderella-like figure:he tells her he tells her he will dress her in jewels and in finery befitting her ne
30、w social station,at which point Jane becomes terrified and self-protective.Jane fears that Rochester may be trying to objectify her,that he sees her not as a houman bing with her own thoughts and feelings but as a playing designed to cater to his fantasies and whims. She hates the thought that his l
31、ove might be a favor to her.Actually , Jane struggles continually to achieve equality and to overcome oppression even in the Gender Relations. When she realised that by living as Rochesters mistress,she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings, she refused him.When
32、 I read till this , I am kind of disappointed with Jane,because I think that Jane attach too much to freedom ,to so called equality even at the expense of love. However at last during her search for freedom ,Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants.Eventually, she know
33、s that returning to Rochester would not signify a weakness on her part.Moreover, she now appreciates more than ever what Rochester offered her.I think when Jane understands this ,she has become mature really.At last,I must say that I like and admire Jane ,I think in the future no matter what I will meet, I should be strong willed.G10814084何琦
