《英文小说与电影》课程教学课件（PPT讲稿）Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte and Jane EyreLesson3

Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre Lesson 3

Assignment Check 1. Life and works of the Bronte sisters, andmain characters in Jane Eyre2.Questionsabout the plot and maincharacters

Assignment Check • 1. Life and works of the Bronte sisters, and main characters in Jane Eyre. • 2. Questions about the plot and main characters

About the AuthorCharlotteBronteis an English novelist andpoet. Her life story is almost as well-known asthe history of her greatest heroine,Jane Eyre.For many readers, the two becomeinextricably entwined.In her highly-acclaimedJane Eyre,Charlotte Brontebrokethetraditional, nineteenth-centuryfictionalstereotypeof a woman as submissivedependent, beautiful, but ignorant

About the Author • Charlotte Bronte is an English novelist and poet. Her life story is almost as well-known as the history of her greatest heroine, Jane Eyre. For many readers, the two become inextricably entwined. In her highly-acclaimed Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte broke the traditional, nineteenth-century fictional stereotype of a woman as submissive, dependent, beautiful, but ignorant

Its heroine is a plain woman who possesedintelligence, self-confidence, a will of her own,and moral rigteousness. For her originality inform and content, Charlotte Bronte is hailedas precursor of feminist novelist and regardedas an author whose talents were highlysuperiorto some of her female Victoriancontemporaries

• Its heroine is a plain woman who possesed intelligence, self-confidence, a will of her own, and moral rigteousness. For her originality in form and content, Charlotte Bronte is hailed as precursor of feminist novelist and regarded as an author whose talents were highly superior to some of her female Victorian contemporaries

Structure of the BookJaneEyreissubtitledAnAutobiographyandisnarrated in the first person.It is divided intothirty-eight chapters.Chapters1-10coverJane'schildhoodandschooling.These chapters are set atGateshead Hall and at Lowood Institution.Themain conflictsand incidentsincludeJane'srebellion against Mrs. Reed and her friendshipwith Helen Burns

Structure of the Book • Jane Eyre is subtitled An Autobiography and is narrated in the first person. It is divided into thirty-eight chapters. • Chapters 1-10 cover Jane's childhood and schooling. These chapters are set at Gateshead Hall and at Lowood Institution. The main conflicts and incidents include Jane's rebellion against Mrs. Reed and her friendship with Helen Burns

: Chapters 11-27 tell of Jane's life as agoverness at Thornfield Hall, where shefallsin love with Edward Rochester. Thedramatic action in this part centers onJane's growing love for Mr.Rochester(and vice versa), Jane's fear thatRochester will marry Blaanche Ingram,and a series of strange incidents thatoccur at Thornfield

• Chapters 11-27 tell of Jane's life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with Edward Rochester. The dramatic action in this part centers on Jane's growing love for Mr. Rochester (and vice versa), Jane's fear that Rochester will marry Blaanche Ingram, and a series of strange incidents that occur at Thornfield

Chapters 28 through the end of the novel center onJane's life after she has fled Thornfield. Dramatichighlights in this part of the novel include Jane'sattempt to find shelter, her uneasy relationship withthe Reverend St. John Rivers, and her ultimate returnto Mr.Rochester. Many readers and critics havefound this to be the weakest, most contrived part ofthe book. However, the events of this part serve totest Jane's devotion to Rochester. When she returnsto marry him at the end of the book, both characters(andtheircircumstances)haveevolvedandmaturedfrom that they were at the time of their plarnedwedding in the second part

• Chapters 28 through the end of the novel center on Jane's life after she has fled Thornfield. Dramatic highlights in this part of the novel include Jane's attempt to find shelter, her uneasy relationship with the Reverend St. John Rivers, and her ultimate return to Mr. Rochester. Many readers and critics have found this to be the weakest, most contrived part of the book. However, the events of this part serve to test Jane's devotion to Rochester. When she returns to marry him at the end of the book, both characters (and their circumstances) have evolved and matured from that they were at the time of their planned wedding in the second part

Important Quotations1. You are good to those who are good to you. It is allI ever desire to be. If people were always kind andobedient to those who are cruel and unjust, thewicked people would have it all their own way: theywould never feel afraid, and so they would neveralter;but would grow worse and worse.When weare struck at without a reason, we should strike backagain very hard; I am sure we should-so hard as toteach the person who struck us neverto do it agian(Chapter6,JaneEyre)

Important Quotations • 1. You are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter; but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should-so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it agian. (Chapter 6, Jane Eyre)

2. If all the world hated you, and believed youwicked,whileyourownconscienceapprovedyou, and absolved you from guilt, you wouldnot be without friends. (Chapter 8, HelenBurns)3.The eagerness of a listener quickensthetongue of a narrator.(Chapter 19, Jane Eyre

• 2. If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends. (Chapter 8, Helen Burns) • 3. The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator. (Chapter 19, Jane Eyre)

3. "l tell you I must go!" I retorted, roused tosomething like passion."Do you thinkI canstay to become nothing to you? Do you think lam an automaton?-a machine withoutfeelings? and can bear to have my morsel ofbread snatched from my lips,and my drop ofliving water dashed from my cup? Do youthink,becauseIam poor, obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?Youthinkwrong!

• 3. "I tell you I must go!" I retorted, roused to something like passion. "Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton? -a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips,and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!