PrideandPrejudiceVSJaneEyre学习教案

1、会计学1PrideandPrejudiceVSJaneEyre第一页，共13页。Pride and PrejudiceWriter: Jane Austin（1775-1817）Heroine: Elizabeth Bennet Jane EyreWriter: Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)Heroine: Jane Eyre第1页/共12页第二页，共13页。Similarities They are not endowed with dazzling beauty.They possess the unique charm brought by knowledge

2、 they obtain from books.They require the equal right in pursuit of love and never meekly surrender themselves to oppression or maltreatment.They also claim that people should accept their true features. 第2页/共12页第三页，共13页。 The differences of characters Elizabeth is more likely to be a lady who keeps s

3、ense and sensibility in a balance .Janes declaration to Mr. Rochester of her equality with him is really a declaration of the women of middle class and all classes. Such an independent and equal attitude was an astonishment and wonder to people of the day, but it is the first manifestation of the aw

4、akening of the exploited and maltreated women. Jane, small and weak as she is , becomes an amazon (tall and strong woman) fighting for the emancipation of women.第3页/共12页第四页，共13页。AnalysisAt that time, women were oppressed by the men in society, had no equal right and could not be independent in finan

5、ce. It was stipulated by law that, in Britain, if a woman had brothers, she would be deprived from right of succession; if she inherited, once married, all her properties would be turned over to her husband and she had no access to these properties. The financial dependence on men leaded to the reli

6、ance in ideology on men and the lower position in love and marriage. Where there is oppression, there is revolt. Austin and Bronte conveyed their unsatisfaction by the novels. Then, they created Elizabeth and Jane with sharp characteristics.第4页/共12页第五页，共13页。 Born in priests families, Austin and Bron

7、te were alone. Passion seems strange to Austin and she even refused casual acquaintance with her sisters, let alone having a connection with the society; Bronte lived in burden and she had no wide sight, the miserable life forced her to be accompanied by loneliness. They both spent most of their tim

8、e and energy on reading books and this is why their characters in their novels are knowledgeable and sensible.第5页/共12页第六页，共13页。It is said that Austin family is relatively richer than Brontes. Austin is considered more a pretty girl of humble birth, but Bronte is a woman suffering more. In this way,

9、Elizabeth created by Austin express emotions less directly than Jane. Indeed, Elizabeth still shares some characteristics of the ladies of that time.第6页/共12页第七页，共13页。Jane Austin and Charlotte Bronte do create great works for us and help us to make a thorough understanding of the period of the time t

10、hey lived, as well as the history of feminism. From the novel Pride and Prejudice to Jane Eyre, the awareness of feminism has got great progress. Since just from the comparison of the heroines, we can learn much, we may find deeper hidden meanings in the two famous works.第7页/共12页第八页，共13页。第8页/共12页第九页

11、，共13页。Elizabeth rejects flatly the two proposals from her brother and Darcy at the risk of being single all her life and laughed at by the people around her. There seems a conviction deeply rooted in her heart that her marriage should make her happy rather than bring a big fortune or profit.第9页/共12页

12、第十页，共13页。As for Jane, a classic dialogue comes, “Do you think I can watch another woman become your bride? Do you think, because Im small and poor and plain, that I have no soul or heart? Well, you are absolutely wrong! I have as much soul and heart as you! It is my spirit that speaks to your spirit

13、! We are equal in the sight of God!” Just imagine the expressions and tones when she speaks, and youll have a strong feeling of her character, really, a strong character.第10页/共12页第十一页，共13页。The talks in Darcys aunts home end up with Elizabeths humor and his aunts astonishment and discrimination. Elizabeth and her sisters are never received formal education or family tutoration, which appall the mans aunt, but she just says it in