【正文】 just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’ s feet － equal,－ as we are！”Here,“ equal” is the word, she loves Rochester just because he regards her as a human being, or more importantly, as an equal. Equality is what she strives for, and in him she finds what 簡愛英語論文 she strives for. Evidently, Charlotte claims equality between men and women through Jane’ s relations with Rochester, However, is it really equal between them? Although Jane is independent on economy as a family tutor, she is dependent on Rochester in spirit. It shows that Jane is not very mature in mind. Without Rochester, her material life can’ t be affected, but she can’ t part from Rochester in spirit and emotion. She is his intellectual, but not his social, equal. 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. Rochester is Jane’ s social and economic superior and men were widely considered to be naturally superior to women in the Victorian period. When Jane knows Rochester has a mad wife, she decides to leave him because living with Rochester as his mistress would mean the loss of her dignity. Ultimately, she would e back and depend upon Rochester for love. There are no obstacles between them. Even if Rochester has not a mad wife, Jane will only get into marriage with Rochester after she has gained a fortune and a family. She waits until she is not influenced by her own poverty, loneliness, psychological vulnerability, or passion. The most important is that because Rochester has been blinded by the fire and has lost his manor house at the end of the novel, he has bee weaker while Jane has grown in strength. Jane claims that they are equals, but in fact the marriage dynamic has tripped in her favor. The social gap has narrowed. Then they are really equal and get married. The equality between men and women Jane struggles continually to achieve equality and to overe oppression. In addition to class hierarchy, she must fight against those who believe women to be inferior to men. Three central male figures threaten her desire for equality and dignity: Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester, and St John Rivers, Each tries to keep Jane in a submissive position, where she is unable to express her own thoughts and feelings. In her quest for independence and self－ knowledge, she must escape Brocklehurst, reject St, John and e to Rochester only after ensuring that they may marry as equals. The last condition is met once Jane proves herself able to function, through the time shespends at Moor House, in a munity and in a family. She will not depend solely on Rochester for love and she can be financially independent. Furthermore, Rochester is bind at the novel’s end and dependent on Jane to be his wife. In Chapter 12, Jane articulates what was for her time a radically feminist philosophy: women are supposed to be very calm generally but women feel just as men feel。我們應(yīng)該有自己的理想和對一切事物的看法，簡愛為女性樹立了好榜樣，而且永遠(yuǎn)值得女性學(xué)習(xí)。 Critical realism。 critical realists Contents 摘要 ……………………………………………………………………… .. .I Abstract … ..……… …………………………………………………………… .II 1 The author and Jane Eyre ……………………………………………… ...…… ..2 2 The development of Jane Eyre’ s character ……………………………… ..…… .4 3 The characters of Jane Eyre ……………………………………………… ...…… ....6 Jane Eyre’ s attitude towards love …… ..………………… ……………………… .6 Jane’ s pursuit of true love...…………………………………………………… ..6 The age issue between Jane and Rochester…………………………… ....…… ..8 The importance of honesty in love …… ..……………… ....……………… . 9 Jane Eyre’ s pursuit of liberty and equality …… ………… ..…………………… 10 The equality of social classes between Jane and Rochester ……………… .… 10 The equality between man and woman …………………………………… .....11 Conclusions……………………………………………………………… ...……… ...13 Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………… 14 Bibliography ...……………………………………………………………… 15 《簡愛》是現(xiàn)實(shí)主義時期著名的女作家夏洛蒂 — 勃朗特的代表作品。 關(guān)鍵詞：簡 — 愛 。 they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their brothers do。 true love is the meeting of hearts and minds of two people. If you really love someone, you must love the bad along with the good. The base and the premise of genuine love are respect and independence between two persons. Jane’ s love story is very moving and impresses us deeply. We can’ t help showing our admiration for her and are encouraged by such love. It’ s easy to say that I will love you forever, but it’ s difficult to do it. Yet in Jane’ s genuine selfless love for Rochester, we can see this kind of love and we can see her inner beauty as a female to love. The age issue between Jane and Rochester Jane Eyre’ s experience with the male species is very limited. She has a good friend Helen in Lowood Institution, but the girl died. A meaningful relationship between a girl and her girlfriends will generally be different from the relationship between her and her male peers. After a somewhat hard childhood, deprived of affection, security and love, Jane enjoys much fort and freedom a