Character list
The heroine Jane Eyre is a strong, simple, flexible, independent and enterprising woman. She comes from a humble background and looks ordinary, but she is not inferior. She despised the arrogance of powerful people and laughed at their stupidity, showing her self-reliant personality and beautiful ideals. She has tenacious vitality and never gives in to fate.
Finally, I have a beautiful life I yearn for.
Edward Fairfax Rochester, the owner of Thornfield Manor, has wealth and a strong body. He led a dissolute life when he was young. Later, he decided to live seriously, liked Jane Eyre and proposed to her. In his later years, he lost an arm and an eye because of his first wife's crazy arson. Finally become Jane Eyre's husband.
Bessie, the servant of Gateshead Manor, is very kind to Jane Eyre. Later, she married Levin, the doorman, and visited Jane Eyre in the manor.
Jane Eyre Mrs. menstruation Reed promised her husband to adopt Jane Eyre against her will, which is unfair to Jane Eyre. Her son's suicide caused her a stroke. Before she died, her conscience found out and told Jane that she loved her and her relatives were alive. (dead)
Jane Eyre's uncle, Mr. Reed, was very kind to Jane Eyre, but he died prematurely.
Eliza Reid, Mrs. Reid's eldest daughter, is smart and scheming. She is used to arranging her day in an orderly way, and the rules of daily life are as accurate as clockwork. Because of her brother's behavior and the decline of her family, she decided to live in seclusion. Later, she became a nun, later became an abbot, and donated all her property to her monastery.
Mrs. Reed's youngest daughter, Georgiana Reed, is as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, and yearns for the social circle of the upper class. She was often immersed in the memories of her winter in London, and later she married an old and frail rich man.
Mrs. Reed's son, john reid, has a bad temper and likes to make trouble. He used to bully Jane Eyre when he was a child. When he grew up, he squandered all the property in his family and committed suicide. (dead)
Helen Burns, Jane Eyre's good friend at Lowood Charity School, is smart and studious. He died of tuberculosis in an epidemic at lowood school. (dead)
Brock Hurst, director of Lowood Charity School, is hypocritical and mean.
Miss Temple (Maria Temple) is a teacher at Lowood School and a mentor of Jane Eyre. Later, I married a priest.
St John Levis, Jane Eyre's cousin, is handsome and has lofty beliefs. Propose to Jane, but on the grounds that Jane Eyre is suitable to be a missionary's wife and his assistant. She was rejected and later went to India to preach alone.
Jane Eyre's cousins Diana Levis and Mary Levis are smart, kind and studious. Diana is very lively. (St. John's sister)
Alice Fairfax, Rochester's housekeeper.
Aadilah Valen, the daughter of Rochester's old lover (a French dancer), is addicted to the luxurious lifestyle and likes beautiful clothes and accessories. Changes in British school education. Rochester is her guardian, Jane Eyre's student.
Miss Ingram Branch-a beautiful aristocratic lady, Mr. Rochester's pursuer, but not for love, but for money.
Miss rosamond Oliver is a lively, beautiful and kind noble lady, and the daughter of the only rich man in St. John's parish, Mr. Oliver. She helped St. John set up a school to help the poor, but they loved each other without expressing it. St. John rejected Jane Eyre's kindness on the grounds that she was unfit to be a missionary's wife. She finally married Sir granby.
It is best to write down your thoughts after reading it. Everyone has different feelings. You can refer to the content and write your own understanding.
(The famous dialogue in the novel)
Patience for a while, don't make me answer, I-how much I rely on you now, alas, what should I do? Jane Eyre, there is such an example. There was a young man who was spoiled since childhood. He made a big mistake, not a sin-a mistake. Its consequences are terrible, and the only escape is to get away with it and enjoy yourself. Later, he met a woman, a noble woman he had never seen in twenty years. He found a chance to be born again, but worldly wisdom hindered him. Can that woman ignore this?
Everyone is responsible for God with his own actions, and can't ask others to bear their own destiny. ...
Your doubts torment me ... Say yes! Promise ... God forgive me and don't let anyone interfere with me. She is mine, mine. ...
We are equal, and I am not a heartless machine.
"I told you I was leaving!" I retorted, feeling impulsive. "Don't you think I'll stay and be a nobody to you? You think I'm a machine? -An emotionless machine? Can I tolerate others taking a bite of bread from my mouth and spilling a drop of water of life from my cup? Is it because I am poor, obscure, plain and small, so I have no soul and no heart? -There's nothing wrong with you? -My mind is as rich as you, and my heart is as full as you! If God gave me a little beauty and a lot of wealth, I would make you inseparable as you are now. I'm not talking to you according to customs, conventions, or even flesh and blood, but my soul is talking to your soul, as if the two of us had passed through the grave and stood at God's feet, equal to each other-that's it! "
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This is a novel with the theme of love. Jane Eyre, the protagonist, is a pure-hearted and understanding woman. She lives at the bottom of society and suffers a lot. Her life experience is sympathetic, but her stubborn personality and the spirit of pursuing equality and happiness are more appreciated.
In Mrs. Reed's house, Jane, who is 10 years old, shows a strong spirit of resistance to the discrimination and abuse of her aunt and cousins. Cousin hit her, she dared to fight back; When menstruation called the children to stay away from her, she shouted "They don't deserve to be with me"; When she was imprisoned in an empty room, she thought of her abuse and shouted "injustice" from her heart. In the orphanage, Jane's rebellious character is more distinct, which is in obvious contrast with her friend Helen Burns's patient and obedient character. Although Helen Burns was persecuted, she believed in "an enemy who loves you". Under the paralysis of religion, he has no hatred, but resigned himself to fate. Jane hates cruel principals and teachers who destroy them. She said to Helen, "If she hits me with that piece of paper, I'll take it from her hand and smash it to her face." It fully shows her stubborn character of not being humiliated and not giving in to fate.
This novel mainly describes the love between Jane Eyre and Rochester. Jane Eyre's view of love deepened her personality. She believes that love should be based on spiritual equality, not on social status, wealth and appearance. Only when men and women really love each other can they get real happiness. In the pursuit of personal happiness, Jane Eyre showed unusual innocence, simple thoughts and feelings and indomitable courage. She didn't give up the pursuit of happiness because of her servant status. Her love is pure and noble. She despises Rochester's wealth. She loves him because he can treat others equally, treat her as a friend and be honest with her. For Rochester, Jane Eyre is like a fresh wind, which makes him feel refreshed. Rochester was used to the cold hypocrisy of the upper class, and Jane Eyre's simplicity, kindness and independence rekindled his pursuit and yearning for life. Therefore, he can sincerely express his good wishes and determination to reform in front of Jane.
Jane Eyre sympathizes with Rochester's unfortunate fate and thinks that his mistakes are caused by objective circumstances. Although he was ugly and later went bankrupt and became disabled, she saw his inner beauty and poor unfortunate fate, so she finally married him. Through Rochester's two completely different love experiences, the novel criticizes the concept of love and marriage based on money, and always describes Jane Eyre's love with Rochester as a complete tacit understanding of thought, talent, quality and spirit.
Jane Eyre is a woman who is unwilling to endure social oppression and dares to pursue personal happiness. Her poor and low social status and wandering life experience were a true portrayal of the lower class life in England at that time. In the novel, the author can put an awakened new woman from the lower class in the leading role, enthusiastically praising the protagonist's tenacious struggle against oppression and social prejudice, striving for independent personality and dignity, and pursuing a happy life, which is commendable in literary works at that time.
Jane Eyre is a realistic novel with strong romanticism. The whole work is written in the form of self-report. The extensive use of psychological description is a major feature of this novel. The book is exquisitely conceived and the plot is ups and downs, which creates a gloomy atmosphere for readers without leaving the middle-class family background. The author also describes the sincere love and natural scenery between the protagonists in a quoted style, with rich and strong feelings. This beautiful, moving and mysterious novel still maintains its unique artistic charm.