谁能给提供一篇关于简爱人物分析的英文论文

谁能给提供一篇关于简爱人物分析的英文论文
谁能给提供一篇关于简爱人物分析的英文论文

谁能给提供一篇关于简爱人物分析的英文论文
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 St. John and his marriage proposal was because she heard Mr. Rochester cry her name in the wind, from so far away. And when she arrived back at Thornfield, there was a fire, which Mr. Rochester’s wife died in and he was left with only partial eyesight. Then they get married, she romantically nurses him back to health, and they live happily ever after. Now back to reality! This is all too unbelievable! After reading Jane Eyre, I don not feel that she can be called “one of the most unforgettable heroines of all time” (back cover of book). She has not proved that she is an independent woman. A heroine should teach young girls that love is something that all should have the chance to experience but not to go searching for it or revolving your life around it.
Steven Huggins
English Lit.
Period 2
Miss Loock
Bo Duke and Ed Rochester: Similar or Different?
When taking two completely different people, sometimes it can seem easy to tell their differences. Sometimes, it can also seem hard to tell find their similarities. It can always be easy to see things like appearance or looks, but what about looking deeper into a person when comparing and contrasting them? For example, Bo Duke from The Duke’s of Hazard and Edward Rochester from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. These two people can look like they have nothing in common, but when looking deeper, many areas can easily be seen that people can compare in, like their job, or even some thing like their attitude. Although looking at Mr. Rochester’s appearance against the appearance of Bo Duke from “Dukes of Hazard,” immediately, the two people have nothing in common, looking deeper though, they have some similarities.
For one thing, Rochester has a numerous amount of money, and he dresses like it. On the other hand, Bo Duke wears a shirt and jeans that he can hood-slide in over his Charger named “The General Lee.” When it comes to their job or occupation, they compare closely because neither of them really do anything. Rochester owns Thornfield hall, while Bo Duke has a job but does not really do it ever or at all. Supposedly he works as a deliveryman for milk with his brother Luke Duke, but they hardly ever deliver their milk. Also, they can compare the two people to each other by looking at their attitude or how they act. For example, Mr. Rochester has a lot of money and he acts like it. Sometimes he can forget about manners and politeness around Jane to accomplish more directness and to the point with her. While Bo Duke can have politeness if he has to but it rarely happens. As Willie Nelson says in his song “Good Old Boys,” he says, “Just the good old boys, never meanin’ no harm.” They do not mean to do harm to people, but they do not want to go to jail either, they try to show politeness and manners sometimes.
The appearance of Mr. Rochester and Bo Duke has merely no comparison. Mr. Rochester has no shortage of money and has all he wants, and he wears expensive clothes. Rochester wears the same things that any rich person wears. On the contrary to the appearance of Mr. Rochester, Bo Duke wears a big collard shirt, big belt buckle and a cowboy hat. Looking only at this, the two guys do not seem anything alike, but more comparing and contrasting still needs to happen between the two people.
Another example of the difference in appearance between Rochester and Bo Duke is that Mr. Rochester keeps his personal hygiene up to date. Mr. Rochester cleans up and never seems to smell that bad or have the need to clean up. Different from Rochester, Bo Duke seems to need to clean up, and he seems like a scraggly person that seems too busy to keep his personal hygiene clean at all.
Other than their job or their occupation, there are many ways to compare them. Mr. Rochester married into a rich family without knowing the person that he was marrying. They call this crazy woman Bertha Mason. Mr. Rochester married her because he was told that she was normal and rich. It turns out that she only has an abundance of money, and he ends up locking her in the attic and keeping the money for himself and using it for the workers and the house because he works as the Master of Thornfield and he takes charge of the house and what goes on in it and what happens to it.
While Mr. Rochester has an abundance of money from Bessie, Bo Duke does not have that much money. Bo actually does have a job delivering crates full of milk jugs to people, but him and his brother Luke Duke spend more time doing illegal things, than delivering their milk. Working as the master of a large amount of land is not really a job because Rochester owns it, but does not work it. Bo Duke does have a job though, but he does not do it, therefore, him and his family do not have a large amount of income. He has to live off the support of the rest of his family and he can only take care of General Lee, because he knows a mechanic that works in Hazard County.
Finally, Bo Duke and Mr. Rochester have mostly different attitudes. For example, Mr. Rochester has politeness most of the time, but when he speaks with Jane, his attitude suddenly changes. Bo Duke seems to know how to act when it comes to attitude. He shows politeness most of the time but he instantly changes when he runs from the cops’. Mr. Rochester does not fall into trouble with the law until the wedding where he almost marries Jane, until Mr. Mason informs all of the people that Mr. Rochester has already married Bertha Mason. This puts Mr. Rochester into a difficult position because it is against the law to have two wives, even if Bertha has been tagged as legally insane. When Bo Duke causes harms or breaks the law, he does not mean to. They mean for the best when they do things. Mr. Rochester also has a passionate personality. He cares overwhelmingly for the people that he loves and cares for. Bo Duke also acts passionate to people, although not as much. He acts polite when it comes to everyday things, but when he runs from the police, he changes completely.
Looking back on the appearance, occupation, and attitude, people can see obviously that in some ways, Bo Duke and Mr. Rochester do have some similarities, but in most ways, they show that they are two completely different people with two very different personalities and lifestyles. Their appearance looks different because Rochester has a bundle of money and keeps his appearance clean, and the other does not have money and does not stay clean cut or dress richly. They have similar jobs because neither of them do anything for their jobs. Bo Duke has a job, but he does not do it. Mr. Rochester works as the Master of Thornfield, but that does not require much work. Their attitudes do not seem all that different though. Although Rochester has a good and polite personality most of the time, he sometimes forgets about his manners with Jane and he can speak directly and get to the point with Jane. Bo Duke acts polite most of the time too, but when he has the cops on his tail, he changes completely. These two guys may look very similar, but they can also be very different.