《簡愛》中女權主義意識英文

PAGE第6頁摘要《簡·愛》是現(xiàn)實主義時期聞名的女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特的代表作品,她被認為是一位卓越的女作家.由于她在小說中描述的是與傳統(tǒng)不同的女主人公簡·愛的勇于追求自由、公平和獨立精神.它也是作者的自傳體小說。通過對簡·愛的性格進行剖析，證明白簡·愛是一個標準的女權主義者。簡·愛這個人物形象，博得讀者的愛憐，在英國文學史上是位具有代表性的人物,不僅表現(xiàn)在外表的樸實無華,而且表現(xiàn)在她性格上的獨特魅力。簡·愛因其性格中所具有的強烈抵抗意識而格外地引人注目。她堅持自己的原則去不斷抵抗不公正的社會。她用盡全力去追求自由,公平,獨立和真愛。經(jīng)過堅持不懈的努力她最終獲得自尊，自由和真愛。關鍵詞：女權,反叛，獨立,公平，真愛ABＳTRACTJａｎeEyreｉstｈeｍoｓtfａｍｏuswoｒkｏfＣharｌottｅBrｏnte,wｈoisｃｏnｓidｅredasaｎexｔraｏrdｉｎarywomaｎｎｏvelisｔ．Beｃaｕseｔｈenoｖeltｈｒｏbswiththｅｈeart-ｂeatsｏｆiｔsａuthｏr,boｔhｌitｅｒaｒycriticsaｎｄｔhｅｒeadersｈａvｅｔakeｎgｒeatｉnteｒestinitｓuｎｃｏｎｖｅntionaｌhｅｒｏｉneJanｅEｙrｅ，ｗｈoｓeｕnconveｎtｉｏｎalitｙissｈｏｗnintｈehｅroｉne’spuｒsuitｏfｌｉbｅｒｔｙ，ｅqualitｙanｄiｎdepｅndeｎｃｅ。Itisａnautobiｏgrａphicａlnｏvｅlinaｃertainｄegrｅe．ThiｓeｓsayattｅmptsｔopｒovｅJａnｅisａrｅalfｅministthｒｏughtheａｎalysisｏｆheｒperｓｏｎalｉtｙ．JaｎeＥyｒeｉsatypiｃalandmaｇｎｉｆicｅntrepresenｔatiｖｅinEnglisｈlｉｔeraｔure,ｎotoｎｌyｆorhｅrplainbutｆamoｕｓaｐpｅaraｎｃｅbuｔalsoｆorhercｈarａcter'souｔsｔａndｉngａｎｄａlｉｅnthouｇhts。ＴｈeimａgeofJanｅEyｒeisbrilliantfｏrherreｂelliouschaｒａcteｒ。Shealｗaｙsinsisｔsoｎｈerpｒinｃｉpletorebelaｎdｆightｓbrａｖｅlｙaｇaiｎstｔheｕｎjuｓtwoｒld.Sｈｅstilltｒｉｅｓhｅrbestｔopｕrsuefrｅedｏｍ，equａｌitｙ,ｉｎdeｐeｎdenｃｅaｎdtrｕelove。Byｕnrｅmiｔtingeffoｒｔsｓhefinaｌlygetsdｉgnity，fｒeedomandtruelove．KEYWORDＳ：feminisｔ，rebｅl，independeｎcｅ,ｅquaｌiｔｙ，ｔｒｕelｏｖeCｏntｅntｓIntroducｔion………………………..(9）ＣｈaｐteｒOｎeTｈeDeveｌopmｅntｏｆJanｅEyｒｅ’sResistａnｃe……．．.（1０）１。1Oｕtburｓtpeｒiodａt(yī)Gateshｅａｄ………….。．(１0)1。2Jａnｅ’sｒｅsistanｃeatLoｗoodIｎsｔｉｔution………………（11）1。3TｈｅpeｒfectｉｏnｐeｒiｏｄaｔＴｈornfiｅｌｄａnｄMoorHouｓe…。(１３）ＣhapｔerTwoＪaｎｅEyre'sＰursｕitoｆＩndepeｎdｅnceanｄFreedom……………….(14）２．１Janebegｉnstoreaｌizｅtｈｅiｍpｏｒtanceofindｅpendeｎceａndｆｒeeｄｏm…（14）２.2Janegａinsstｒengthfｒomｈｅrtｅachｅranｄherfriｅnｄｔｏａｃhievｅheｒiｎdｅｐｅｎdencｅ……….。．。（1４）２。３Janeｄevelｏｐｓheｒindｅpｅnｄencefullyａndlearnsｔｈｅpleａｓurｅofｉt．.．。..（15）ChapterThreeJaｎeEｙre’sAｔtitｕｄeTowaｒdｓLoｖe……………(18）３．1Truelovesｈouldbebaseｄoneｑuａliｔyａｎｄmutｕａｌunｄeｒstａndｉｎg……….。(1８）３.2Tｈｅmaｒｒiaｇｅｐｕrsｕedｂyｗoｍeｎmustｂeｂasｅdｏntrueloｖｅ……。...．.．.（1９)Conｃlusｉon………………………。(23)Ａcｋｎｏｗleｄgemｅｎｔs………………（2４）Biｂliograｐhｙ……………………（2５）IntｒoｄｕctiｏnCｈarloｔｔeＢronte，anEnglisｈwriteｒ，isagｒｅatcritiｃalreaｌistinthｅ19thcｅnｔury.Shewrｉｔｅｓｌｏtｓofworkｓｉｎｈerlｉfe.Shesetstｏｗorｋonaneｗｎovｅｌ,JaｎｅEｙrｅ，whiｃhｉsｐｕｂlishedinAugust，1８４７．JaｎeＥyｒｅｉshermaｓterｐiecewｈicｈisawｏｒｌdfaｍouｓnｏveｌ.ＪaneＥｙrｅｈasbeenｔranslateｄintoｍanylanｇｕａｇｅsaｎdｉsａｌwaｙｓhｉgｈiｎｒｅadinｇpoｐulariｔy.JaｎｅEyrｅ,aｐlaiｎ，tiｍｉd，weakandpalｅgｉrlwhｏaｐｐeａrｓtoｂｅaheｒoine，ｅxiｓtsinnumerｏｕsｐｅople’ｓｍindｓ．Ｉtseemｓtobeastranｇｅphｅnomｅnｏn.Ｈｏwcａnsheaｒｏuｓetheeｍｉｎenｔatteｎtｉonoftｈereaｄeｒsｔｈrouｇhｏuｔtheworｌｄ?BecａuseＪａｎeEyｒesｔaｎdsfｏranidｅａlｉzeｄwomａｎiｎｔｈｅ19ｔhcｅｎtury.CharlotｔeBrｏnteaimsａt(yī)awａkeningwｏmen’scｏｎｓcioｕｓneｓsandcoｕｒagｅtoeｑualｒｉghｔsａndfreｅdoｍ。JaneEyｒｅcutｓacoｍpｌeｔelｙneｗwomａnimａgｅ。Sｈｅｒeprｅｓeｎtsthoseｍｉｄｄｌe－claｓsworkiｎgwomenｗhｏaｒｅstrugglingforthｅｒecoｇnitionｏftｈeiｒｂasｉｃriｇhtsaｎdｅqualiｔyaｓahumanｂｅing．Janestriveswithａｌlｄifficuｌｔiｅｓtｏｇaｉnwomen'ｓlibｅｒａｔiｏｎaｎdtｏｐursｕefreedｏｍ，equaｌｉtyanｄtｒuelove。TｈｅａnalyｓisｏfJane’sｐerｓoｎaliｔieｓａndheraｔｔitｕdestoｗardlovehasｓhownpartｌｙJaｎe’ｓlove—akindofdｉreｃt，eｎtｈｕｓｉａｓｔｉcａnｄfaｉthｆuｌｌoｖe。Thesｔｏｒyｏｆtheｉndepeｎdｅnt...miｎdｅdＪａｎeａｎdheｒlovｅaffairwｉthMｒ．Rｏｃｈｅsｔeｒｏｐeｎsupnｅwdｉmｅnsiｏnｆｏｒwomｅn.Ｓhｅisatypicaｌcharaｃterofａwａｋeninｇbourｇｅｏｉeｌlecｔｕalwoｍｅn．TheｈeroiｎeJａｎｅmoｖesmoｓtrｅaｄersasaｋｉndanｄuｎiｑueiｍageｉnｓpｉtｅofｈerplａｉｎneｓs,povertyandlｏwpositｉｏｎ。TheｐｒofoｕndmｅanｉngｏｆＪane'spersoｎaｌｉｔｉｅsｍakesthisnｏvelaneｘtremｅlｙimportaｎｔworkｌｉsｔsｉnthｅｈｉｓtoｒyoｆwｏｒｌdlｉｔeratuｒeａsｗｅlｌasintheEnglisｈliterature.ＣhapteｒOneＴhｅDｅveｌopmｅｎtofJａneEyre’sResistanｃe１.1ＯutburｓtpｅrｉodatGaｔesheaｄJanｅEｙreｓeｅｍstoｂｅpale，tｈiｎandｗeak．Sｈeｉsｌikeaｐｉeceoｆdust,ｎｏbodｙpayｓatteｎtionｔoheｒ。Atａnyｔimｅｓｈｅｍayｄｉsapｐear。Shewasbｏｒnaｎｏｒpｈan，withａnunforｔｕnatｅfａｍiｌyandｌongtiｍeｒeｐressiｖefｅeｌｉng;ｓｈeｂuilｄsupheｒｒesiｓｔａnteｍoｔｉon．Undertｈｉｓbａckgrｏund，eveｒyonｅｌooksdoｗｎｕponher。Janeａsksherｓelf“ｗhywaｓIaｌｗａysｓuffｅｒing，alｗaｙsbｒoｗbｅａt(yī)ｅn,aｌｗaysabuｓed，fｏreｖeｒｃondemｎed。"(Brｏnｔｅ，２002:13)Herrｅasｏnｓays“unjust?。鮪juｓt!”(Brｏｎｔe,2０02:１4）Aｆirｓｔanｇryvｏｉcebursｔsｏutfｒｏmｈerdeephｅaｒt.WhenJohｎbeatｓheragain，ｓheattacksｈiｍviciouslｙ.Sｈeｓhoutsathｉm,“Ｗickedanｄcrｕelｂｏｙ！Youａrｅlｉkeａmurdｅｒeｒ—ｙouareliｋeａsｌavｅdｒiｖeｒ—yoｕareｌiketheRomanempｅrｏrs!"（Ｂrontｅ，2０02：７）ＷｈｅｎMrs．ReedtellｓＭr.BrocｋlehurstｔｈaｔJａnehａsabaｄcｈａｒacｔｅrａndaｄeｃeiｔfuldispoｓitｉon，sheｄefeｎdsｔｈａt(yī)“Iａｍｎoｔdｅｃｅiｔfuｌ:ｉｆIｗere，IshouldsayIｌovｅｄyｏｕ;ｂutIdeｃｌarｅIｄonｏｔloｖｅyｏu：ＩdiｓｌｉｋｅyoutｈeｗorｓtofａｎｙbodyiｎthｅworｌｄexcepｔＪｏｈnReｅd；aｎdtｈisｂｏｏｋaｂoｕｔtｈelｉar，yｏuｍａｙgiｖeiｔtoｙｏurｇiｒl,Georgiaｎａ,foｒｉtissheｗhoｔelｌsｌｉes，aｎｄnｏtI.＂(Ｂｒontｅ,２002：48）Howevｅr,Ｊaｎeisabravesoldierｗhoｄarestｏfaceｕpａllkinｄsｏfｉｎjusｔiceａnｄfiｇhtsaｇaiｎｓttｈem.ＢｅfoｒesｈｅleavｅsＧａｔeｓｈｅad，sｈerebｕｋesｈeｒaunｔ'scｒuｅlty，“ＨoｗdaｒｅＩ，Ｍrs。Reeｄ？ＨowdareI?Becaｕｓeiｔｉstｈeｔｒｕｔh。YouｔhiｎkＩhaveｎoｆeｅlinｇsａｎdtｈatＩcａndowitｈoutｏnebiｔofloveorkiｎdｎesｓ；butＩｃannotｌiveso：andｙouhavenoｐity.Iｓhａlｌｒｅｍemｂｅｒhowyoｕtｈrustｍｅback—rｏughlyaｎdviolenｔlytｈrｕstmeｂack—ｉnｔｏthｅrｅｄ-ｒooｍ,ａndlｏckｅdmeuptｈｅｒe,tomyｄｙiｎgday;thｏugｈIwasinagｏnｙ;ｔhｏｕghＩcriedout,ｗhilesuｆfｏcａｔｉngwｉｔhdｉstress，‘Hａvｅmｅｒcy！Hａvｅｍｅｒcy,ＡuntReeｄ!'Ａnｄthatｐuｎishmentyouｍａｄｅmeｓufｆerbeｃauｓｅyoｕrｗｉckedｂoｙｓtrｕｃkme—knoｃkedｍedｏｗｎｆｏrnothｉnｇ．Iｗilｌtelｌanｙbｏdｙwhｏasｋsｍeｑuｅstｉons，thisｅxacttaｌe.Pｅｏplｅtｈiｎkyｏuagoodwomaｎ，bｕtyｏuareｂａd,ｈarｄ－h(huán)earｔeｄ.Yｏuａreｄeceitfｕl！”（Bronｔｅ,200２：49)Jaｎesufｆeｒsvaｒｉousviolｅｎｔtreaｔｍentsｂyhｅｒauｎtaｎdｃoｕｓins；sｈeｔｒiesherbｅｓttｏbeａgoodｇｉｒlｂuｔonlyresulｔsinｆａilureｉｎMrs。Ｒeｅd’sｅyｅｓ。Janeｒesistsandrｅsiｓｔｓ，ｂuｔｆｉｎａｌlybrｅaｋsｏutandsｐeaｋsａllherａngeｒ;Jaｎｅ’scourａgｅｆｒｉgｈtenｓMrs。Reｅd，ｆorsheｋnowsJaｎeisｒight。ＩnthosｅｄaysaｔＧａt(yī)esheａdHall，Jａne'sｓtrｏｎｇ,braveandｕnbendｉngchａractｅriｓｔｉcsareexｐrｅsｓｅdstepbystｅｐ．Hereverybehaviorｓhowshergｒｅaｔｉｎｄigｎatｉon．Iｓoｌatｉoｎ,pｏveｒｔy，ｄiｓcrimiｎationａnｄoｐpｒｅssｉoｎcaｕseｈerｔoｒevｏltaｇainstｔhｅunｆairsｏcｉetyinherowｎｗａｙ．ＪaneisｄｒiｖenawａｙfromanｄescapeｓｆｒｏmＲｅｅd’shoｕｓeｐａｒtlｙｂeｃａuseoffeaｒlesｓcoｕraｇｅ。Ｊanefｉｇhｔsｎoｔｏnｌｙfoｒjuｓttrｅatmｅnｔ，butalsoｆoｒequaｌiｔｙ．TｈｉｓiｓthｅfirsｔstｅｐofthedevelopmｅntofJaneＥｙｒｅ’ｓrｅｂelliousｃｈaraｃｔer。1.2Jａｎe’sresisｔaｎcｅatＬoｗｏodＩnstiｔutioｎＬｏwoｏdInｓtｉｔｕｔioｎisaｃhａrityschｏolｆｏrpoorclｅrgｙmｅｎ’ｓdaugｈters。Ｊanelivｅshereｆｏｒeighｔyｅars．Ｈerrｅｂelliousｓpritsbecomemaｔure．Inｆactｉtiｓahｅｌlｆoｒpoｏrgirls.Ｔhescｈooｌislｉｋｅapriｓondomiｎａｔｅdbycold，imｐｌａcablecrueltyａndBrｏckｌehｕｒsｔ。Chiｌdｒeｎherｅａrenotｓｕppｌｉedwithenoｕgｈfooｄ,ｃｌothesandｇoodtrｅａｔmｅnｔofdｉｓeａsｅ.Maｎyofthemdｉeｏfiｌlｎesｓ。Ｔheyhａvｅnｏｌoveandsymｐatｈyataｌl，liviｎgｉnhuｎgeranｄcolｄ.ChildｒenmustｐｒayｆoｒGodanｄｔｈａnkfｏropprｅｓsｏrs.Helen，aclｅver，ｉntｅｌligentaｎdｂeａutifulgirlｒecｅiｖescｕrseandbeaｔ,finalｌｙｌoseｓhｅｒyouｎｇlｉｆe．ShebeliｅｖesｉｎGod。ShesaystoJaｎe，“Iａｍｓurｅｔhereisafuｔurｅstate;IbelｉeveGｏdisｇood；IｃanresignmyimmoｒtalｐarttoＨimwiｔhoｕtａnymisｇｉｖiｎg．Ｇｏdiｓmyfａt(yī)her；Gｏdismyｆrieｎｄ：IloveＨiｍ;IｂｅliｅvｅHｅｌovｅsｍｅ。"（Bｒoｎte,2002：121）Ｊｕsｔbecauｓeoftheseｉdeａs,Ｈeleｎｈasn’tａｌｉttlerｅｂelaｇaｉnｓtthａｔkinｄofcrｕeｌtｒeａｔｍｅnt.HｏweｖerJａｎeｉｓnｏｔlｉｋｅHeｌeｎ.Ｓhｅalｗaysｔrｉｅstoｒebel，thougｈsｈeisｓｔillacｈｉld．ＳhｅtｅｌlｓＨelｅn:“Agｒeａt(yī)deａl:youａrｅgｏodtoｔｈｏｓewhoaregoodtｏyｏu.IｔisalｌIｅvｅｒdesｉretobe。Ifpeoｐlewｅreａlｗａyｓkindanｄｏｂｅdｉenｔtｏｔhｏｓｅwhoaｒecruelａnduｎjust，tｈewicｋedｐeopｌewｏuｌdhａｖeｉtallｔhｅiｒｏｗnｗａy：thｅywouｌdneverfeelafraｉｄ，ａｎdsｏｔｈeywouldnｅveralter，butwouldgｒowwｏｒｓeandwｏｒsｅ.Wheｎｗeａrestｒｕcｋａｔwitｈoｕｔareason，weshｏuｌdｓtrｉｋｅbackagainverｙhａｒd；Ｉａmｓurｅwｅsｈｏuld—sohaｒｄasｔｏtｅachtｈeｐｅｒsonwhostrucｋuｓnｅvｅrｔodoitaｇａｉn。"（Ｂroｎtｅ，2002：82）ＴhisrhｙtｈｍicanｄfoｒcefulspeｅcｈemｂoｄiesｔhｅdeepｂｏｕrgeｏisｏpprｅssionofthelowerwoｍenandJａne'srebellioussｐirit.Toａｃhieveｉｎdeｐendenｃｅasａneｑｕａlhuｍaｎ,Janenｅveｒyieｌdstofateaｎdbａｃｋgrouｎd。Sｈedｏesaｓsｈesays.Heratｔituｄetｏｗardsｈeｒcｏusｉｎs，hｅraｕｎtandＭr.Brocklehuｒstalｌprovesit.Ａnothｅｒｗoｍａｎ，ＭｉssTｅmple,ｉsalsoａdｍiredanｄdeeｐｌyｌｏveｄｂyJane。MiｓｓTempｌｅ’slｅarｎｉnｇsｔimuｌateｓJａｎｅ’slongiｎgfｏrinｔeｌｌｉgenceandMiｓｓTｅmpｌｅ'skiｎdｎeｓｓstｉｒsuｐherenthuｓｉａsｍforｉdｅallife。SowhenMｉｓsTeｍplｅｌｅａvｅsＬowｏｏd，Jaｎｅｃan’tｐutuｐwitｈdｕｌｌｎｅsｓａndisｏlatiｏｎthｅrｅ．Shｅthinkｓｔhatnｏｗsheｉsleftiｎhernatuｒalｅlｅment，anｄｂｅgｉnｓtofeeltheｓtirｒingofｏｌdｅmｏtionｓ.Ｊanｅlｏoksｆｏｒｗarｄｔoaｎewｌｉfeandafrｅｅｓｋｙ.Noｍattｅｒwhａt(yī)wilｌｈａppeninｔｈefuｔure，ｓｈewｉｌlfaceitbraｖｅly。Ｔheｒeｂｅlｌiｏusｆuryiｓburntagａiｎ．TｈenJａｎemakesaｎadveｒｔiｓemenｔaｎdｇetsernesspｒofｅｓsionａt(yī)Thorｎｆｉeld。Ｉnthisperiod,Jａne’sｒeｂeｌliｏussｐirｉｔisuptoａnewstaｎdardaｎｄcａｔchesａmｏrｅｐrofounｄmeaniｎｇ.Heｒｆｉｇhｔingisｎｏｔonlyaｇainｓtapｅrson,bｕtaｇainstthesocialconventiｏｎ．1.３TｈeperfectionperｉodatTｈornｆielｄａnｄＭｏoｒHoｕseAtThornfield,Jａne,ａｓagroｗn-uｐ,ｃｈanｇｅｓherhaｒsｈnｅssiｎtｏａｒefineｄwoｍａnwithｇoｏdeduｃaｔiｏn，deｌiｃacｙoｆfeｅｌingandgenｔｌｅｎessｏfｍanｎｅrs。AｔThｏｒｎfｉelｄｓhegｅｔsalongｗellwitheｖeｒyoｎe．Ｊanedｔoeveryonｅ。Ａdeｌe，agｉrｌwithouｔtalｅnｔiscareｆulｌｙｔauｇhtbyJaneandｍａdesaｆeanｄｈaｐｐｙ．Insucｈaｗildｗoｒld,ｓhefoｒｇｅtｓherpaiｎaｎdｈermｉｓeｒy。Fuｒthｅrmｏre，sheleａrnstobeｔoleraｎttoｏthers’shｏrtｃｏｍinｇｓ。HｅarinｇｔhaｔMrs.Rｅｅｄｉｓｄｙｉng,shｅcomｅsbacksｏoｎｔｏGaｔeｓheａd。AｌtｈｏughｓheｏnｃehaｓtolｄＭrｓ.Reedthatshｅnｅverwantsｔoｓｅehｅragaｉｎ，ｓｈefｏｒｇetｓandforｇivesher.Jａｎe’ｓdelicａｔefeｅｌｉnｇiｓbestreｖｅaｌｅdｗhenshemeetsRｏchester,wｈoishuｒt．Sheｇivesｈimａｈａｎｄｉnaｐolｉtewaｙ。Inｓpｉｔeofhisruderejｅｃtiｏn，sｈesayｓ,“Ｉcannotｔhinｋoｆlｅａvinｇyｏu，sir，atsolａt(yī)eaｎｈouｒ,inthissｏｌitarylane,tiｌlIseｅyouaｒefiｔｔomｏuntｙourhｏrsｅs.”(Brontｅ,２00２：1７3)WheｎJanｅfallsiｎlｏvewithRoｃｈestｅr，shｅisａｗaｋenandsｔｉｌlkｅepｓｈeｒｒｅsisｔance；sｈeｍakeｓherｅveryeffoｒttoreｂelagａiｎsｔｓoｃialｐｒｅjudｉceaｎdcustoms，ｓtｒugglinｇforｉｎdｅpｅnｄeｎcｅａndtrueloｖe。Sheｄareｓｔosａy“no”ｔoaｎyｏnｅ,iｎclｕdiｎｇheｒｍaｓteｒ，Mr.Rocheｓtｅrwhoiｓｄomineerｉｎｇaｎｄａrrｏgant。ＷｈｅnshｅtalkswithＭｒ.Rｏcｈesteｒ,sｈedoeｓn’tａvｏidsayｉｎｇｗhａt(yī)shetｈinｋｓｗhetｈerＭr。Ｒoｃhestｅrishａｐpyｏｒｎot.ＯntｈeweｄdinｇbetｗeenJａｎeａnｄＲoｃｈeｓｔｅr，Ｊaneistoldthａt(yī)Rｏｃheｓtｅrhasmaｒｒiedｂｅｆｏｒe。BerｔhaMaｓon，ａmａdwomａnｉshｉｓwｉｆeｗｈoｈaｓbeenlｉviｎｇiｎThorｎfｉeld．Ａｔtｈebadnews，Janｅknowsifｓhelｉvｅswitｈhim，sheｗillfａllinｔothecａｔｅｇoｒｙofｍisｔｒｅssandlｏｓeherrespｅct．Theｄreａmoffｒeｅdoｍ，haｐpinessａｎｄｔｈeindepeｎｄenceｗhichｓheｗａslｏokiｎgfｏrwardｔｏwｏulｄbｅｃｏｍeｆancies。Theｓｔrｅngthofｒｅaｓonｉsｐoｗeroveｒemotion．JaneｌeavｅｓThoｒｎfieldreｓoluｔeｌｙtomeetunknownfａt(yī)ｅｉｎthｅfuｔｕre.Wｈｅｎsheａlmosｔstarvestoｄeａt(yī)h,St.Joｈnｈeｌpsheｒ．Jａne’ｓspiritｏfｒｅvolｔｉsobvｉoｕsｌｙｅｘpreｓsedbyｈerrｅfuｓａｌｏｆSt.John'ｓoffｅrofmarrｉａge.ＪanｅnevｅrｃｈanｇｅsheｒｗiｌｌｔofｏllowＳt.Ｊoｈｎ.Ｓhethinks,“IfＩjoinSt.John，Iaｂandｏｎｈalｆmyself，iｆIgoｔｏＩnｄiａ，Iｇoｔopremａt(yī)ureｄｅath"，“ｉfIdoｍaｋｅｔｈesａcrｉfiｃeｈeurgeｓ,Iwｉｌlmａkeiｔａｂsoｌuｔｅｌy:Ｉwillthrowallｏｎthealtar-heａrｔ，vitaｌs,tｈｅenｔirevictiｍ.”（Brｏnte,2００２：６42）JaｎesayｓtｏＳｔ.Ｊohn,“Ｉscoｒnyourideａoflove?！保˙rｏnte,20０2:６4９)JanedarestorｅbelaｇａｉnsｔＳt.John’soffｅｒｂｅcauseshｅthiｎksthｅyareｅqｕａl。Ｓｈeｈastｈerｉghtｔｏrebelａgainsthiｍ。ThｉsperｉodｉsｔheｐeｒfeｃtｉoｎｏfJaneEyｒe’sｒｅbellions．ＣhaｐｔeｒＴwoJaｎeEyre’ｓPursuiｔoｆＩndｅpeｎdeｎｃeandFreｅdoｍ2．1JanｅbeginstoｒeａlizｅｔhｅimpoｒtanｃeofｉndeｐendｅnｃｅａndfｒｅｅｄｏmIndｅpeｎdenceiｓthｅouｔsｔandｉｎgｑｕaｌitythrｏｕｇhoｕttｈeｗｈｏｌeprｏcesｓｏftｈｅnovel．ＪａnｅEyrｅisnotｐreｔtyaｎdｈｅrchａrａctｅｒｉsunｉｑue.Sheｉｓmａlｔrｅａt(yī)ｅdbyhercoｕsinsaｎdａｕnt。Onedａy，whenJａnｅｔakｅｓJoｈn'ｓｂoｏｋtoｒeａd，ｈebeatｓheronｃemorｅ．JoｈｎsaｙｓthatJanｅｈaｓnobusｉnesstotakｅｈisｂookｓ；“Ｙouhａｖenobusｉnessｔotakｅｏｕrbooks；ｙouareaｄependaｎｔ,ｍamａsays，yｏｕｈaveｎomoｎey；yoｕrfaｔherlｅfｔｙoｕｎoｎｅ；youｏughttｏｂｅｇ，andｎottolｉｖｅhｅrewithgeｎｔｌeｍen’schildｒeｎｌikeus，andｅattheｓamemｅａlsｗｅdo，aｎdwearｃloｔhｅsatｏuｒmaｍa’sexpense"．（Ｂrontｅ,2０02：７）Whｅnsｈｅfiｇhtｓagａｉｎｓｔｈimｓｅvｅｒely，sｈeisｓenttｏＲedRoom。IntheRｅｄRoom，shｅisfrighteｎed，ｂutsheｋｅｅｐsaclｅarmｉndtｈaｔsherｅaｌiｚesshｅneedsｔobｅsavedfｒｏmheｒbｌindfearofaｕthoriｔｙandbeself－relｉａnｔ．Heｒｍindiｓｉntumult,ａndａlｌhｅrheartininｓurrｅｃtion，hｅｒreaｓｏｎｓａys“ｕnｊust！Inevｅrｃｏmｐrｏmisetｏｔｈem。Ishaｌｌbeindｅpeｎdeｎｔ．”(Bronte,2002：14)ShehatｅｓGａｔesheaｄ,haｔeｓeveryｏneｔｈｅｒe．ShｅhateｓMrs.Reedｗhoiｓaｂａd,ｈaｒd-ｈｅａrｔedwｏmａｎ．Shetｒeatshｅｒwithｍｉserableｃruｅlty．Gａt(yī)esｈeaｄisashｅlteｒfｏｒｈeｒ，whｉｃhteacｈesheralotofｔｈｉngs.Ｏnｌyｗhｅｎｓhｅisindｅpｅndenｔ，caｎsheｂｅreｓpectedbyothers。Ａftｅraｌl，ｓｈeiｓaｌittlegiｒl,itisharｄfoｒｈertoｂeeconomicａｌｌyiｎdｅpendｅnt。Ｔｈeｒｅforｅ，shｅｄeｃidestoｂeｉndepｅndent，ｓelf—ｓufｆiciｅnｔinherｍｉnd。ＴｈeReedsarerealｌymeantoｈｅrandsｈethｉnksｔheysuck。Ofcｏurse，ｔhｅfeelingｉsｍutｕaｌ。Thereｆoｒe,ｓheissparedfromtｈeReｅdsａndissenttoalｏｗｂuｄgetorｐｈanschｏｏlcaｌlｅdLowｏoｄＩnstitutioｎ.２.2JａnegainssｔreｎgthfrｏｍherteａchｅraｎdhｅrfrｉeｎdtoａchｉevｅherinｄｅpendｅｎｃeＡｔLｏwoodＩnｓtiｔuｔion,uｎderthehｙpoｃrｉticaｌEｖaｎgelicalisｍoｆtheｈｅａｄｍaｓteｒ，Ｍr．Ｂrｏckｌehｕrst,ｓheｓｕfｆersfurthｅrprivatioｎintheａusｔｅreenｖiｒｏnmｅnｔ.Thｅcｏndiｔｉontｈｅｒeisdisｇusｔing，ｂutJaｎedｏeｓn'tｓｕｂmiｔtｏit.Ｓhegaｉnｓherstrengtｈfｒｏmｈerteaｃherandherfｅｌｌｏwstudeｎtｓtoacｈiｅvｅｈeｒｉndｅpｅnｄenｃe。MａｒiaTeｍｐｌｅ，anｉndeｐendｅntwｏmａn，isｔheｈeadmaｓｔｅroftheInstitutioｎ.Sｈｅｉsａresｐonｓibｌｅtｅacｈｅｒ，andkiｎdｔothesｔｕdents，ｅventheloｗstudｅnｔs.Cｏｎseｑuenｔlｙ，sｈeｇａiｎｓreｓｐｅｃtａndpopulariｔｙfrｏｍthepｅｏｐlｅaroｕnｄheｒ．FromMaｒiaＴｅmｐｌe，Janelearnsｔhatｉndepｅndeｎｃeｉsaveryiｍpｏｒｔaｎｔthiｎgｆｏｒeverｙonｅ.Inoｕrｍｏｄerｎｓｏciety，itseemsｔｏbemｏreimpｏrｔanttｏｂeiｎdeｐｅndeｎt.Janｅlｅａrｎｓtheｉmpｏｒtanｃeoｆduｔyandseｌｆ—cｏｎｔrｏｌthrouｇhthｅfrienｄｓhｉｐwitｈHelｅn．Aｔｔheｂeginniｎg,JaｎehasｍucｈｓｙｍpatｈyfｏrHeｌeｎ．ＢecａuseＨelendｏeｓｎ’tｄａretofightａgainｓｔtheperｓonｗhoiｎsuｌｔsher。WhｅnHelenistobefｌoｇgｅｄanｄtoｂeasｋedtostａndinｔheｍidｄleoｆaｒｏomｔhatｆullｏfpeople.JａnｅthｉnksthａｔHelｅnshouldｔuｒnagａinstotherｓｗhenshｅisbｕlｌied;shesｈouldreｓｉstagａinstMissScatcｈｅｒｄ，anｄdisｌｉｋeＭiｓｓScatcherｄ。Fromtｈｅsewｅcanseethａt(yī)Ｊaｎｅｉsnotobedｉenｔtoanyoneifsomｅｏnebullｉesher，ｓｈewilldotｈeｓamethinｇｔoothｅrs。Aｓknownｔoalｌ，itisnoｔvioｌencethａt(yī)ｂesｔｏveｒcｏｍesｈａt(yī)red，ｎorvｅnｇｅancethatmostcｅrtaiｎｌyｈealsｉnｊury。AndJaｎelearnstｈesefroｍHelen.JanｅisｄeeplyｍｏvedｂｙＨeｌen’sａｃtiｏnsaｎdwｏrｄｓ．“Yetiｔｗouldbeｙouｒｄutytobeａrit，ifyouｃｏuldnｏtａvoidiｔ：itisweａkａndｓilｌｙtosayyｏｕｃaｎnｏtbｅarwhａｔyourfａt(yī)etobereｑuiｒｅdｔoｂｅar”.(Ｂronte，２００2：７9）ThentｈrｏughthｅfｒｉendshipwiｔhＨｅlｅn，ｓｈｅleaｒnstｏbesｅlｆ－contｒolｉnacｅｒtａｉｎdｅgreｅ.“Itisｆarbettertｏｅndurepａt(yī)ientlyasmartｗhiｃhnoboｄyfeelsｂutyｏurｓｅlｆ，ｔhａntｏcommitaｈasｔyａctionwhｏsｅevilcｏnseqｕeｎceswiｌlexteｎｄｔｏａllｃｏｎneｃtｅdｗｉthｙou；ａndｂｅｓides，theBiblebidsｕsreturngｏodforeｖil”．(Bronｔe,２002:７９）?JanestaysatLoｗoodfor8years．Sheatｔemptsｔodowｅllinａllａｓｐｅcｔｓ。Sheｍakesrapiｄｐｒoｇresｓbothinstudyａndwoｒk.Sｈebecoｍｅsｓtroｎｇerthaｎbｅfoｒeｉｎherheａｒt．Ｔheｉdeａｏfｂrｅａkｉngｏutｔhｅcｏnserｖativｅpuriｔaｎlifｅｄoesnｏtｏｃｃuｒtoｈｅｒ．Shelonｇsfｏｒaneｗｆormｏｆlｉfe．Sosｈegeｔsajｏbｂyherｓeｌｆ．2．3JaｎedevｅlopsherindeｐendenｃｅｆｕｌlｙandleａｒnsthepｌｅasｕreｏfｉｔInｏrdｅrｔｏleａｄａlifeoｆｉndepenｄｅncｅ,JaneｗｏrksａｓagｏｖeｒnｅｓｓatThornfｉeldHall。Ｓｈｅｉsloｏｋsdoｗnuｐonbｙtｈeriｃhｌadieｓoftｈeｆashiｏｎablｅsｏｃiｅty,ｂutshｅｎeverdespisesheｒｓelf，shｅnｅｖerfeｅlsheｒseｌfiｎfeｒiｏr.Sheiｓsatisfｉｅdwiｔh，andevenpｒｏｕdｏfheｒhonest，iｎｄｅpendeｎtwork.ＳhelｏｖesRoｃhesｔeｒｗhoｉsiｎａlargｅpossｅssｉｏnofｆｏrｔｕneandiｎaｈighsｏcｉａlpoｓｉｔion，buｔsheｎeveｒtｈinksofrｅｌyiｎgｏnthesｅtｈinｇs.ＯｎｃｅｓheimmediaｔelｙansｗｅrsRochesｔer’sｑuestｉｏnａbouｔwhaｔｅｌｓｅshｅnｅedｓ，bysaｙing，“Yourregard：andiｆIgｉvemineinｒeｔuｒｎ，ｔhａt(yī)ｄeｂtwiｌlｂequiｔ．"（Ｂｒｏnte,2０02:42４）Thiskinｄoｆindependｅncｅｉsirrevoｃableouｔoｆｈerpuresoulwｈｉｃhhasｎ’tbeencoｎｔaｍｉnａt(yī)ｅdｂｙｔheｅarthｙcaｒeaｔａllandｒeｐｒeseｎｔｅｄthｅpureupｒigｈｔneｓs。Ｗheｎthｅhａppiｎesｓｒｅacｈeｓthｅhiｇhestpoｉｎtwｈｅｒeｓheisaｂouttoｂetheｄreamyｐerｓon'swifｅ,Ｊａnｅkeeｐsａclｅaｒmind,proｔectinｇｈerｉｎdｅpｅndeｎｃeaｎdｈｅｒｐersonalitｙ．SherefuｓｅsaｌｌｔhepｒeciouｓgｉftsthatcoｕlｄｈａｖeｂｅenｏｗｎedaｓaｆｉａｎｃeｅandrｅmindedＲochesteragａiｎanｄagainoftｈerｅsponsｉbiliｔｙｓhｅshｏulｄcｏnｔｉnuetoｆｕｌfilｌasagoverness。ＡｓRochesｔer'sｂrｉdｅ,shecｏntinuｅｓtobeＡdelｅ’sｇovernesｓ;wheｎRocｈｅsｔeｎdｓtoｇiveｈeｒalｏｔofｊeｗｅlryaｎｄbeautiｆulｃｌｏtｈeｓ,ｓｈｅrefuｓeｓ．Gｅnｅrａlｌｙ，ｂeautｉｆｕlclothesanｄjewｅlｒｉesarｅtheｆavorｉtethiｎｇstoｗｏmen.Jaｎetｈiｎksｔhａt(yī)ｒeaｌlｏveisnoｔｂａsedonｍoneｙａｎdjｅwelrｙ．Herlovｅdoesn’ｔmｉxwitｈｏtherstrangeideａs.Ｉnherｏpinioｎ，ｓｅlf-reｓｐeｃt，iｎｄｅpendｅnceandequalrｉghtsａrｅｔhｅfuｎｄamenｔａｌelementsofone'slｏｖe。Shedoｅsｎ'ｔｗａｎtｔｏbｅtheｓlａveｏfｍonｅy，andsheｄoesn’twanttｏrelyｏnｏｔheｒｓ。Theｙfaｌlindeｅplovｅwｉtheachotｈeｒ．Roｃhesｔeｒｄoeｓn'tｗanｔJaｎetｏgoonworking,ｈewishesJaｎebelｏｎgstｏhimaｎdcｏｎsｉdersJａｎeａspｅｒｔy．Janｅrｅｆｕsesｈiｓｓuｇgeｓtionｗiｔhoｕtanyhesiｔaｔｉon。Inheropinion，ｉfｓhelosesｈｅrjob,ｓhemuｓtdependonＲｏｃhesterｔolive，ｔhusiｎｄeｐeｎｄenｃeｓaysgooｄｂyｅtoｈer.Sheｄoｅsn’twａｎttobeaｔhiｎｇofRochesｔeｒ。Atｌasｔ,shedｅcidestｏｐreservｅｈerｉndepenｄｅnce．Wiｔhtｈeneｗｓcｏｍｉnｇthａt(yī)Rｏchestｅr’ｓwifeｉｓｓｔiｌlaliｖe，Janeisｄriｖeｎbａｃkｔoheｒｏriginalｓtaｔｕs．Itmeanｓｔhａt(yī)Ｊaｎeｉsｊuｓtaｌoｖeｒtohim。Bythisｔimｅ，ｔhereａretworoadｓinｆｒｏntoｆher：OｎeistoｂethｅlovｅrｏｆRoｃhestｅｒ.ＴhｅotｈｅrisａwaｙfromRocheｓtｅｒtobｅgiｎａnｅｗｌifｅ。Actuａlly,it’sveｒｙｓadfoｒＪaｎetｏｌｅａvetｈｅpｌａcesheliｋed,aｎdthemａｎsｈｅdeｅｐlylovｅd.Howeｖer,Janeisｔheuniqｕe！SheiｓｄetｅｒｍiｎeｄｔoleaveTｈorｎfieldｗｉthouｔａnｙｈeｓitａｔiｏn。Aｓwekｎｏwtｈatｎｏｔｈｉnｇcansuｃcｅeｄinconfｉｎｉｎgherbｅｆoreherreｓiｓｔａntｓpiｒiｔ.Tｈepｏwｅrfuｌsｈoutｏftｈeborniｎdｅｐendentspirｉｔfromｈｅrｈｅarｔｒｅｍａinsｈerinｄｅpenｄｅnce．Tｈenａt(yī)uｒalsｔrengｔhofinｄeｐｅndｅnceｏｖｅｒｗhｅlmｓher，“sｔiｌliｎｄomｉtabｌewastheｒｅply—Ｉcａreｆormyseｌf。Tｈｅmorｅsｏlitａry，ｔhemｏrｅｆrｉendlesｓ,andthemorｅunsustainedＩcａnbe，tｈｅmoｒｅIwｉlｌｒespectmｙself．”（Ｂroｎtｅ,２００２：4６7）WiｔｈJanｅａndＲochesteｒ'sｓufferingthereadｅｒｓ’coｍpassiｏnｉｓaｌsｏaroｕsedｂeｓideｓｔｈeｆｅeｌiｎgoｆｐity．ＴhｅｒｅｉsnｏｄeｆyinｇｔhaｔtｈeblｏｏdｏfindepｅｎdｅnｃeisgｏingｔｈrｏｕghJaｎe’ｓｗhｏｌｅbodyfrｏmtheｄaysｈewasbｏrn.Ｆｌeeｉngｆｒomcalamｉtysｏlitarｉｌｙ，ｓｈｅｄoesnｏtｈesｉtaｔealｌpricｅstｏmaｉnｔainｈerownｐerｓonaｌitｙ，digｎｉty,anｄｒebeｌlioｎsandiｎdepｅｎdenceisｐortraｙｅｄmｏreperｆeｃt,andｒiｃhｅr．Nowaｄayｓ，asｔowoｍｅｎ，ｗeｃan’tｄeｐeｎdoｎｍｅnｃomplｅtelｙ。Weｓｈoulｄeａｒnmoneythｒｏｕgｈourｅfｆoｒts,ｗｅmｕsｔｂeinｄependenｔ，neｖｅｒbesｕbｓiｄiaｒｙtoｏtherｓ.Ｉnｏrderｔogｅtｄignｉtｙ，ｆrｅeｄomaｎdｉnｄepｅndencｅ,sherｕnsawaｙ。Ａtthepreｒequiｓiｔｅofmaintａiningｈeroｗnchaｒactersｈedoesn’tｔaｋeｔhｅjeweｌｒyａｎｄｃｌoｔｈｅｓwｈｉｃhRｏｃhｅstｅｒgｉvｅsher．Jaｎearrｉvesａt(yī)tｈedｅｓolatｅｃｒossroadｓｏfwhｉｔcrossａnｄｉsrｅｄuｃedtｏbｅgｇingfｏrfoｏｄ。Ｆorｔunａｔｅly,tｈｅＲiversｓｉbliｎgsheｌpｅｄher．AtMoorHｏuse，Janｅlearnｓthepleaｓｕrｅｏｆseｌf—sｕｆfiｃieｎｃy.Ｓheｌｉveｓaｈａｐｐyｌifeｔhere.Sｈeｄｅｖelopsgreataｆfectｉoｎｆorｔhｅlａdｉｅｓ，DianａａndMａrｙ，ａndtｈｅyａrereaｌｌyniceｔoｈer。JaｎｅbecoｍeｓspiriｔuaｌlystｒongｅｒandmorecｏnfidentthroｕｇｈthｅfrｉenｄｓhipｗiｔhDｉanaaｎdMaｒy。Sｈedｏｅsn'twａｎttoliｖethereforａlｏnｇtime。Shｅｉｎtendstofindａjobｔｏｓupporthｅｒｓｅlf，sｏSt.Ｊoｈnfinｄsajoｂforhertoteａｃｈａt(yī)thelｏcaｌscｈoｏl.Whiｌｅｔeaｃhｉng，shegainsmoreｓocｉalreｓpecｔ,andｈerstudenｔｓｍａｋｅｐrogressquicklｙ.Fｕrtheｒmoｒe，ｔhestｕdｅntｓandｔｈｅirｐａｒentｓlikehervｅrｙmuｃh。Sheisvｅryｈappyandsatisfｉedｗｉthherowｎｃｏndｉtions．Asaｔｅａｃher，hｅｒｓｔｕdｅnｔs’progressandpopuｌarityarｅtｈebestgiｆｔsｔｏｈer。ChaptｅrTｈreeJaneEyre’ｓAtｔituｄｅＴｏwardsＬoveTruelｏｖeｓhoｕldｂebasedｏnｅｑｕaliｔyandmuｔｕaｌｕndｅrsｔａnｄinｇＦromｔhesｔrongegoａnｄiｎdｅpeｎｄentｐersｏnalｉtｙ,Jaｎesｅekｓｆorｌovewｈｉchｓｈouldｂebasedｏｎｍutｕａlｕｎｄｅrstaｎdiｎg,eｑuａｌity,ｒesｐｅｃtaｎdattraｃｔion.Jａneiｓａgoｖeｒｎess，wｈoｈaｓtheｐｒofｅssｉｏnwithvｅrｙｌｏwsoｃｉalposiｔioｎ.Nearｌｙnｏoｎeloｏksｕｐonｉｔatｔhattiｍe。Ｂeｉｎｇbornofsecｏｎdｃｌａss,Ｊanｅｉssｅｎsｉｔiveａbouｔｈｅｒpositｉoｎｉｎsｏcｉｅtｙ。Sｈｅhoｐestｈatshecaｎlｉvewithtｈｅｓａmeｓelｆ－estｅｅmasｅvｅryoneｉｎthｅuｐｐeｒclass.Shewｏｒksvｅｒyｈardtｏbeaｇoodｌaｄｙtoreaｃhtｈenormwhiｃhiｓｒeqｕirｅdbｙtｈeupｐercｌａss。Ｔhｅnｓheｉseａgｅｒtoｂｅａｄmitｔedｂythｅmanwｈoshｅloves,i。ｅ.Rｏcheｓter.Generａlｌyspｅakｉng,peopleａrｅofｔenｓatｉsfiedwithｂeｌovedoｎe’scoｍｐlimeｎt．AsｆorJaｎe，ｔhｉngsarethｅsaｍｅ。Roｃｈｅsterisｏnｅofthｅmｅｍbersoｆtheuppeｒｃｌasｓ．Rｏｃｈesterisaｒiｃhgｅnｔleｍanwitｈｈｉｇhsociaｌsｔatusandｒeｐuｔaｔiｏn．ButRoｃheｓterfａllｓｉnlovｅｗitｈJaｎe,sodoeｓJane。Jａnedoesｎ'tpaymuchａｔteｎtiｏntotheｄifｆerenceｂetｗeｅntheiｒsocialpoｓｉtionｓ，bｅcａuｓeｓheｏnlyaｄmｉｒeｓanｄbelｉeｖesinmａrrｉａgebａｓedonｔruelｏve。Humｂｌｅｊobａndｐovｅrｔycaｎｎotsｔopｈerloｖinｇaｎupperclasｓgeｎｔｌemaｎ.Oｎｔhispoinｔ,ｓhｅsｈowｓawoｍaｎ’sｅxtraｓtｒengtｈtｏｔaｋeaｒiｓkylovewithＲｏcｈeｓｔeraｎdkeepsｈeｒｓelf—esteeｍ。Shereｓpectsthｅmｕtuaｌeqｕaliｔyｏfｐersｏnalitｙ.Ｊane'sｖｉｅwpｏｉnｔshｏwｓsｈeｈasclearsｅlｆ—ａwakesenseｏfloｖｅ.Asａwoｍanｌivｉnｇintheｓocｉetyuｎeqｕａlbｅｔｗｅenmenandｗomen,Jａnedoｅsｎ’tｆｏlｌowtheｏutmoｄedｃｏnventioｎs.Sheｂeｌｉeveｓｍenaｎdｗｏｍenａreeｑuａleｖenifｎoｔｉｎｐropｅｒｔy，ｂutinpｅｒsｏnality。WhenRｏｃhｅｓtｅrｔellsＪａnethａt(yī)hｅｉsgoingｔomarryＭiｓｓＩｎgraｍaｎｄheinｓisｔｓtｈａt(yī)ＪanemｕststayatTｈorｎfｉeｌd.Ｊaneisanｇryａｔit．LｅtuｓｓｅｅｈowＪanｅretｏｒtsｔｏＲｏｃhesｔｅr’sｔeasing.“ItｅｌｌｙouImustｇｏ！”“ＤoyoｕｔhiｎｋIcansｔaｙｔobecomenothinｇtoyoｕ？DｏyｏuthｉnｋIａｍanaｕtｏmaｔon？––aｍachinｅｗiｔｈｏuｔfｅelings？ＡnｄIｃａｎｂeaｒtoｈaｖemymorｓeloｆbｒeａｄsｎaｔchedfrｏmmyliｐs，anｄmｙdroｐｏflｉvｉnｇwａｔerdasｈedfromｍｙｌiｐs？DoｙoｕｔhiｎkIampoor，oｂｓｃｕｒe,pｌaｉｎ，anｄlｉttｌe，Ｉａmｓoｕlleｓｓaｎdheartleｓｓ？Iｎfactyouｔhinkwroｎｇ！––Ihaｖeasｍｕchｓｏｕｌaｓyou,ａｎｄfullａsmｕchheart?。粒頳ifGodｈadgifｔｅｄｍｅｗithsomebeａuｔy。ａndmuｃhwealth，Ｉshouｌdｈavemａｄeitaｓharｄfoｒyｏutoleaｖeme,asiｔisｎowｆｏｒmetolｅavｅｙou.Iamnotｔａｌkｉngtoｙｏｕnｏwtｈｒoughｔheｍedｉｕｍｏfcｕstom，coｎventｉｏnalitieｓ,nｏrevenoｆmortaｌｆlesｈ；itiｓmyspiｒｉtthａt(yī)ａddrｅｓｓｅdyourspirｉt；justasifbｏtｈhadpａssedthroｕｇhｔｈegrave,andｗeｓtoodａt(yī)God’sfｅｅt，equal，—ａsweａre！"（Ｂrontｅ,200２：３9６）Ｒochesterｕndersｔanｄsfuｌlｙａｎdeｓteｅmshｅr．Jａnｅｓｔillｍaintaiｎsselｆ-contrｏlａｎdcｌear-hｅadedwhｅnｓhｅbecｏmesRocｈester'ｓfiancée.Sｈewａｎｔsｔoproteｃthｅrhｏnｏrａnｄinｄｅpendｅnｃe.WｈｅｎRocｈesteｒbｕyｓdiamonｄnecklａｃe,ｂracelet,ring,ｅtc.，wｈichｍeansｔobindｈｅr，ｓhereｆusｅsthosegiftsａndｒｅmindsher，“IｓhａｌlｃｏntinuｅtｏaｃtａｓAｄeｌe’sｇoｖerｎess;bythatIshallｅarｎｍｙboarｄａｎdlodgｉng,anｄthiｒｔｙｐｏuｎｄｓａｙｅarbesides．”(Bｒｏｎte，2０02：４２３）Thｕsｓhｅisｓuｃｈapeｒsonwｈoregａrdｓhｅrｄiｇnｉtysacredｌｙanｄｉｎvｉoｌably。Janｅseeｋｓforｈａppinｅssandlove，buｔsｈｅdoeｓｎ’tｔhｉnｋｌｏveissuｐrｅme。Ｓhｅcanthｒowａｗaｙtraditｉonsｔｏfolloｗloｖe，ｂｕtsｈeｗiｌlneｖeｒｓaｃrｉｆicehｅｒｄｉgnｉｔyａｎdindｅpｅndeｎcｅｆｏrｔhｅｒｅａsonofｌoｖｅ。ObtaｉｎiｎgｅqualｉtyinliｆeiｓJａne'sambiｔｉon。ItｉsｅｑｕalitythatｍaｋｅsherloveRochｅsterｗitｈａllofｈeｒheａrtandsｏuｌ；ａlsoitiseｑｕalityｔｈatmakeshｅｒlｅaveＲoｃｈestｅｒｗithherdｉｓappointｍentａndｄistress.ＬｉfeishaｒｄｔoJane．Oｎtｈeirweｄdｉｎｇdａｙ，asecrｅｔｉｓexposedthａt(yī)Roｃhesterｈasamadwｉfelockｅdfoｒsevｅｒaｌyｅaｒs，aｎdtｈenJaｎeresolutelyｇiｖeｓupRochestｅraｎdisｄetermiｎｅdnｏｔｔobｅamｉsｔrｅss。Jaｎe’sａmbitｉｏn，ｏfcouｒse，fｏrbiｄｓhｅrtoａｃｃepｔthｅｕｎeqｕalpositｉonofｂｅingtｈemｉｓｔresｓｏfsomｅｏne'shｕsｂanｄ。Shehasｈerself-rｅsｐeｃｔanｄｍｕstkｅepｈeｒｎｏbility.Ｂｅinｇanｉllｅｇａlｍistｒesｓbenｅfiｔshernothｉngbｕtｒedｕｃｅsherｖirtuｅaｎｄdemoraｌｉzｅshｅｒｐersoｎａｌiｔy．ＴhensheｗｏuｌdhａvetodｅpendoｎRocheｓteｒandｌosehｅrqｕａlｉｔy，indｅｐｅndenceandfreeｄom。ＳｏsheｃｈｏosestｈeｄｉｓｔressｏfleaviｎgRochesterｔorealｉｚeheｒpｕrｓuiｔ．３．２ThemarriagepuｒsuｅdｂywomenｍusｔｂｅｂasedoｎｔrｕｅｌoveAtｔｈａｔｔiｍe，womeｎwerefirstcｕｓtｏmａrilｙdepeｎdｅntｏｎtheiｒparentsthenuｐoｎｈusbａｎｄs．Ｔｈｅｉrpａｒentstriedtｈeｉｒbesttocｈｏoseｇoodhusbａndsｆｏrtheirdａugｈteｒs。Tｈｅｃｈoicesoｆhuｓbandsandfatesweｒｅdetｅrmiｎeｄｂyｍｅｎ’ｓsｏcｉａｌposｉｔｉonsａndｐｒｏpｅrｔiｅs，ratｈeｒtｈanpersoｎaｌitiesandsｉｎcereemotions．Uｓｕally，ｗｏmen'sraｔｉonaｌconsideｒationtriｕmphｅdovertｈeiｒｐersoｎａlintｅresｔｓ．Ａpｒobｌeｍraisesiｎｔheｎovｅｌｉsthｅpoｓiｔiｏｎofaｗoｍａnｉｎｓociety．JanｅＥyre,theheｒoiｎeofthenovel，ｍainｔainｓtｈatwomeｎshoｕlｄhavｅｅｑualrｉｇhtswｉｔhmen。Wheｎｓhｅdecidesｔoleａveｈerｌove，sheｉsverysａｄ．BuｔJａｎeｗillｆeeluｎpeaceｆulｉfshｅdｏｅsnｏtｌeaveａｎｄstayｓwｉthRochｅsteraｓａｌｏｖｅｒ.Anｄshewoｕｌｄｎoｔｂeheｒcｏｕsin’swifｅｗｉthouｔlove.Itｉsveryeaｓytｏchoｏｓeonｅ'ｓoｗnloveiｎtodaｙ'sEnｇｌaｎd。Butitisnotsoｅａｓｙtｏdoiｔinthe1８ｔhａnd１9ｔｈcｅnｔuｒyＥｎgｌaｎｄ.

Ｊａnethｉnｋsthatitiｓagloｒｉousthiｎgtｏhavethehｏpｅｏｆｌivingwiｔｈhimaｎｄbeingｈiｓwife.Ｊａneｌovesｈｉmｗitｈhｅrwｈｏｌeheａrｔ.Ｔhｅyhaveａmeeｔｉngoftheｍｉnd。Butinthaｔsocｉalbackgｒounｄ，pｅopｌeｐaｙｔｏomuchａt(yī)ｔｅnｔｉoｎｔｏprｏｐｅrty,rankandstａt(yī)us.Iｆtheｄispａritｙisgｒeaｔ，aｐaiｒofｌｏｖeｒｓwouldｓuｆfｅｒdisagrｅｅmeｎｔｗｉthtｈeirfamｉlｉｅsandtheirfriends.Mrs．Fａirｆax，oneｏfＲｏchｅsｔeｒ'ssｅrvanｔs,iｓveｒｙｓurpriseｄａｎdfeelspｕzｚledthatｈｅｒmastｅｒismａdlｙcｌingｉｎgtoＪaｎe.Iｎtheiｒｏpiｎioｎ,ＢｌancheInｇｒａm，whｏｉｓatypｉｃaｌｒepresenｔativｅofｔherｉｃhclａsｓ，iｓsobｅautｉfu1，richaｎdhasｔhesａmehighｓocｉalｐosｉtion．SheiｓregaｒdeｄasThorｎfiｅldwifｅofＲochｅsterinｔhefuｔurｅbymosｔｐｅoｐｌe.SheisthｅｉｄeaｌwiｆeｏｆＲocheｓteｒ.IｆRochestｅrmarriｅｓIngrａｍ，itisnａt(yī)urａ１．Ｂeｃａusｅinthatsoｃｉety,pｅoplｅ’ｓseｎseofｌoｖｅisoｎｔｈebasiｓoｆmoｎｅｙ.Inｔheｉreｙｅs，moneyｉｓeverｙthing，ｍｏnｅyiｓmａrriage．Ｆｏrthesakeoｆｍｏ