傲慢与偏见人物分析

Analysis of Elizabeth in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice 摘要 十八世纪末的英国女小说家简奥斯丁在其杰作傲慢与偏见中描述了 几对淑女及绅士的婚恋故事。本文旨在通过对小说傲慢与偏见中的伊丽莎 白的性格分析来研究伊丽莎白的婚姻观和骨子里的女性意识。 关键词 伊丽莎白；人物性格；婚姻观；女性 Abstract At the end of the 18th century, the English woman novolist weaved several love stories between ladies and gentlemen in her masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice. The paper aims to analyse Elizabeths character, her marriage view and her female consciousness. Key words Elizabeth; character; marriage view; female 1 Introduction In this novol, the main emotion clue is the love experience between Elizabeth and Darcy and their attitudes towards each other. The heroline Elizabeth has prejudice against Darcy at the first sight. While after Wickham springing out in her life, the heroines emotional experience twists a lot. Afterwords, Elizabeth hate Darcy extremely and refuse his proposal when she learns that Darcy destroyed her sister and Bingleys relationship. At the same time, she insults him that “if you are the last man in the world, you can not even think to convince me to marry you.” Finally after their communication, Darcy proposes to Elizabeth again. Because she eliminates the prejudice against Darcy guadually, they finally have a happy ending. Elizabeth is a young lady in the middle calss, receved secondary education, and is a daughter of a gentle. However, her family status are lower than the aristocracy. She often feels ashamed that her relatives and friends behavior ugly in public because they havent received education. 2 Elizabeths main characters Elizabeth is a daughter of a British gentleman in the middle class in the eighteen century. Her mother is secular and vain. There are five sisters in the family. All the other sisters are philistine and vulgar like their mother, except that the eldest sister is reasonable. Her relatives also come from poor families and in low social status. Elizabeth has not only an attractive appearance but also the quality of optimism, self- esteem, purity and wisdom that women rarely have at that time. First of all, there is no doubt that the heroine loves her families deeply. When Jane gets cold, even it is a slight flu, Elizabeth walks alone in the mud to take care of Jane, regardless of the long distance and awkward state, while her mother and sisters think it doesnt matter. In her opinion, all she thinks about is her sister, and she has to take care of her sister at that time. Whats more, when she learns that Darcy destroyed her sister and Bingleys happiness, she refuses his proposal, although he is hansome, talented and rich enough. One of the biggest features of Elizabeth is her prejudice. Her prejudice is some 2 kind of bigotry, and a lot of scenes reflect this character. When she first met Darcy, all the ladies are attracted by his hansome looking, his good manner and his big fortune. However she feels that he is not a big deal when he shows arrogance to her. She feels like that he is not worthy of her attention at all. At the same time, her crush on Mr Wickham is another manifestation of her character. She is not blinded by secular view of marriage. She has reasons to believe that people is always changing, so we cant trust people just because their one shining point. However it is she that thinks to fall in love with Wickham just because her appearance and some light contactions. In addition, Elizabeth is born with a high level of self-esteem. At her age of 20, as a female, she never flatters the powerful people on purpose. On the contrary, her self-esteem and self respect express her resistance against reality in her own unique way. Darcys aunt interferes with her marriage, who is arrogant and has the status of the eminent lady. However Elizabeth did not scruple to her position. She did not feel shocked or awed, but responding to her in tit-for-tat sound. She said that you have no right to ask me, like this one, and dont want me to frankly state. I dont have to pretend to be as frank as you madam, so you can ask me questions, but I dont have to answer. When the lady asks her to refuse the marriage with Darcy, she retorts, “it is my right to choose who to live with. I choose the choice to make me happy, and you dont have right to interfere with my decision.” This self-respect answer comes from a middle-class woman, which is very rare. Conclusion This paper briefly introduces Elizabeths love for her family and her prejudice. The heroine does not follow the social rules to marry a man with fortune, but dares to search her true love. She sets a good example to females to be decisive and know what they really wants. It is inapproprite to marry for money ,or to regard marriage as a trifling matter. 3 Reference 1Austen，JanePride and Prej- udicePhiladelphia： Running.Press，2007 2Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice 牛津大学出版社,外语教学与研究