1、Charlotte Bront1816-1855Focusv1. Her lifev2. Her worksv3. Her Masterpiece: Jane Eyrev 1) Plotv 2) Settingv 3) Characterv 4) Themev 5) Writing featuresvBront sistersEmily1818-1848Anne1820-1849Her lifevThe Bronte sisters were born in Yorkshire. In 1820 Mr. Bront moved his family to Haworth, a remote a
2、nd gloomy village on the Yorkshire moors. During the following years at Haworth, they had a great deal of freedom to explore the surrounding countryside.（They were impressed and inspired by it)Bronts Country YorkshireHome of the Bront sisters HaworthThis is the schoolroom where all three of the Bron
3、te sisters taught. North Lees, Charlotte Bront s inspiration for Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre ThornfieldvThornfield: thorn（荆棘，使人生气或苦恼（荆棘，使人生气或苦恼的事物）的事物） field. It is an image in Bible which alludes to Janes suffering from the unfair life and resisting the temptation from the outside world. Her works
4、vJane Eyre (1847, 简爱简爱) vShirley (1849,雪莉雪莉)vVillette (1853，维莱特维莱特)vThe Professor: A Tale (1857, her first written but last published，男教师男教师)BBCs Adaptation of Jane Eyre Her masterpiece: Jane Eyrev 1) Plotv 2) Settingv 3) Characterv 4) Writing featuresv 5) Theme1. PlotvThere are five distinct stages
5、 of development, each linked to a particular place: 1. Childhood at Gateshead 2. Girlhood at Lowood School 3. Adolescence at Thornfield 4. Maturity with the Rivers family at Moor House 5. Fulfillment in marriage to Rochester at Ferndean.At Gateshead vJanes parents died as she was a baby. vJane grows
6、 up at Gateshead Hall vMrs. Reed and her children John, Eliza and Georgina treat Jane cruelly. vBessie, the servant at Gateshead Hall is a sympathetic woman who feels sorry for Jane. At LowoodvMrs. Reed sends her to Lowood School.vShe makes friend with a girl called Helen Burns. vShe also admires he
7、r head teacher Miss. Temple.vShe stays eight years as a pupil and then two years as a teacher.At ThornfieldvJane becomes the governess for Adele.vJane met Mr. Rochester , the master of Thornfield.vMr. Rochester stays longer than usual at Thornfield.vOne night Jane wakes up and hears a laughter. vWhe
8、n Jane comes back to Thornfield from her aunt, Mr. Rochester is so happy to see her again. He confesses his love. They decide to marry.vBefore the wedding day, Janes white dress is torn.vOn the weeding day, the ceremony is stopped as Mr. Rochester has a wife still living.vJane decides to leave Mr. R
9、ochester and flees in night. vOne day she comes to a house in the moor.In the Moor HousevThey pick up Jane and look after her. They treat her nicely.vSt. John, the clergyman, helps her to find a job as a teacher v They ,who are the Janes cousins, tell her that their uncle died and Jane is the heires
10、s of 20. 000 pounds vOne day she decides to go back to Thornfield hall, only to see what has happened to him. vShe learns that Mr.Rochester lives but he is blind.At FerndeanThey come together again, marry and Jane gives birth to a son Detailed Novel reading 1. At Gateshead Childhood: Orphan 1. At Ga
11、teshead ( Chapter 1)v1) landscape painting: A chill November day v ( 1. No possibility of taking a walk? v 2. Translate the images in Para. 1) v2) wretched emotional state:v(How do you think of the past participle “nipped”; “saddened”, “humbled”? ) 1. At Gateshead ( Chapter 1)v3) The said v clustere
12、d roundmammav Mev excludedv(Draw a picture of the drawing-room. And how do you think of Janes position in the family) 1. At Gateshead ( Chapter 1)v4) Role-play of the dialogue between John and Jane.v5) How do you think of Janes response? If you were Jane, what would you do? 1. At Gateshead ( Chapter
13、 2 & 3)v1. Fill in the blanks of the paragraph about red room.v “chill, because; silent, because; solemn, because” 1. At Gateshead ( Chapter 2 & 3)v 2. Fill in the blanks of the paragraph about Janes reflection on poverty.vPoverty looks _.; :; connected with _ clothes, _ food, _grates, _ manners, an
14、d _ vices: Poverty synonymous with _.2. At Lowood Girlhood: Friendship2. At Lowood Girlhood: Friendshipv1. Symbolic meaning of the natural scenery in chapter 5v“ Rain, wind, and darkness fill the air; a door”2. At Lowood Girlhood: Friendshipv2) Role-play of the dialogue between Helen and Jane in Cha
15、pter 6.v3) How do you understand the endurance in the life?2. At Lowood Girlhood: Friendshipv4) Translate the sentence by Jane on experience and liberty in Chapter 10&11. vAnd what role does it play in the whole novel?3. Adolescence: love3. At ThornfieldAdolescence: lovev1. landscape painting and at
16、mospheres of mystery, horror and prophesyvStrange Laughter (Chapter 11) vClear frosty night (Chapter 12) Mid-summer evening (Chapter 23)vLightning and storm (Chapter 23) 3. At ThornfieldAdolescence: lovev2. portrait of Rochester (Chapter 12) v3. How does Jane think of her encounter with Rochester? (
17、Chapter 12) 3. At ThornfieldAdolescence: lovev4. Role-play of the dialogue between Rochester and Jane in Chapter 14.v5. How do you think of Janes inner thoughts “ I grieve for your grief” in Chapter 15 and his frustrated love in Chapter 16&17. 3. At ThornfieldAdolescence: lovev6. Role-play of the di
18、alogue between Rochester and Jane in Chapter 23. 4. Maturity: inner conflicts That I have to leave him decidedly, instantly, entirely, is intolerable. I cannot do it. chapter 275. At FerndeanFulfillment: familyTo be together is for us at once as free as in solitude, as gay as in company.5. At Fernde
19、anFulfillment: familyvRole-play of the dialogue between Rochester and Jane in Chapter 37.Writing features (Point of View) vJane Eyre is written in the first person (“I”) which functions as follows:v1. indicates the characteristic of autobiography.v2. be favorable to reveal intense, fierce and sharp
20、feelings directly and powerfully.v3. provides a full and complete thoughts of the whole event and the other characters from the angle of vision of the narrator.v4. makes the work consistent and tends to give authority and credibility to the narrative.vThe use of verb, adjective and adverb reinforces
21、 the strength of emotions. It makes the sentence more intense and reflects the sharp anguish and inner struggles of the characters. While reading, we cant help temporarily identifying ourselves with the characters. It proves especially in Janes declaration.Writing features (Style)Passage Reading I g
22、rieve to leave Thornfield: I love Thornfield: I love it, because I have lived in it a full and delightful life, momentarily at least. I have not been trampled on. I have not been petrified. I have not been buried with inferior minds, and excluded from every glimpse of communion with what is bright a
23、nd energetic and high. I have talked, face to face, with what I reverence, with what I delight in, with an original, a vigorous, an expanded mind. I have known you, Mr. Rochester; and it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of de
24、parture; and it is like looking on the necessity of death.Passage Readingv“要离开桑菲尔德，我感到忧伤，因为我爱桑菲尔德；我爱要离开桑菲尔德，我感到忧伤，因为我爱桑菲尔德；我爱它，因为我在这里过了一段充实而愉快的生活，尽管是短暂它，因为我在这里过了一段充实而愉快的生活，尽管是短暂的。我没有被人踩在脚下。我没有被吓倒。我没有跟一些头的。我没有被人踩在脚下。我没有被吓倒。我没有跟一些头脑迟钝的人一起遭到埋没，而且没有被排斥在同聪明、能干脑迟钝的人一起遭到埋没，而且没有被排斥在同聪明、能干和崇高的人交往的圈子之外。我曾经面对面
25、地与我所敬重所和崇高的人交往的圈子之外。我曾经面对面地与我所敬重所喜爱的人，与一个有独到见解、充满活力而开朗的心灵促膝喜爱的人，与一个有独到见解、充满活力而开朗的心灵促膝谈心。我已经对您有所了解，罗切斯特先生，要我非得从您谈心。我已经对您有所了解，罗切斯特先生，要我非得从您这里永远走开，我感到恐惧和痛苦。我看到我非走不可，就这里永远走开，我感到恐惧和痛苦。我看到我非走不可，就仿佛看到我非死不可一样。仿佛看到我非死不可一样。”v第第23章，戴侃译。章，戴侃译。Passage Reading I tell you I must go! I retorted, roused to something
26、 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 a
27、m soulless and heartless? You think wrong!I have as much soul as you-and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conve
28、ntionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my sprit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal-as we are! Passage Reading “我告诉您我一定要走，我告诉您我一定要走，”我有些恼火地反驳说。我有些恼火地反驳说。“您您以为我能留下来做一个对您毫无意思的人吗？您以为我只是以为我能留下来做一个对您毫无意思的人吗？您以为我只是台自动机器，一台没有感情的机
29、器吗？您以为我能容忍别人台自动机器，一台没有感情的机器吗？您以为我能容忍别人把我那一小口面包从嘴里抢走，把我那一滴赖以活命的水从把我那一小口面包从嘴里抢走，把我那一滴赖以活命的水从杯子里泼掉吗？您以为我既然又穷又贱，长得又不美，个子杯子里泼掉吗？您以为我既然又穷又贱，长得又不美，个子又小，我就没有灵魂，没有心肝了吗？您想错了！我的灵魂又小，我就没有灵魂，没有心肝了吗？您想错了！我的灵魂跟您的一样高尚，心也跟您的一样充实！要是上帝能赐给我跟您的一样高尚，心也跟您的一样充实！要是上帝能赐给我一点美和许多的财富，我也会让您难以离开我，就像我现在一点美和许多的财富，我也会让您难以离开我，就像我现在难以
30、离开您一样。我现在并不是从世俗习惯、甚至也不是从难以离开您一样。我现在并不是从世俗习惯、甚至也不是从凡人的躯体出发对您讲这番话，这是我的灵魂在跟您的灵魂凡人的躯体出发对您讲这番话，这是我的灵魂在跟您的灵魂对话，仿佛我们俩穿过了坟墓，一起站在上帝的脚下。彼此对话，仿佛我们俩穿过了坟墓，一起站在上帝的脚下。彼此平等平等因为我们就是平等的呀！因为我们就是平等的呀！”Themes in Jane Eyrev1. personal progressv2. struggles and independencev3. love and gender relationsv4. religionCharacte
31、r AnalysisvJane is an orphan who grows up lonely with nobody caring for her.vJane is a small, plain and poor governess of Victorian era instead of the rich, gentle, frail, beauties of the conventional heroine. vJane only has an intense feeling, a ready sympathy and a strong sense of equality and ind
32、ependence.Character AnalysisvMost importantly, Jane dares to love her master and marries him openly in defiance of the social convention and prejudices. It makes her as an entirely new woman in the era of Victorian.vJane is a spirited and intelligent woman to accept her appointed place in society wi
33、th unusual frankness and with a passionate sense of the dignity and needs of her sex.Homeworkv1. What do you think of Mr. Rochester? Why does he fall in love with Jane? What intrinsic qualities of Jane attract him? Is his former life happy? Why?v2. Is John River cruel? Does he really love Jane? Why does he choose Jane as his partner to India?v3. What had Jane always been pursuing in her whole life? How does the author express Janes feelings?v4. What impresses you the most in the novel?
