【英语论文】浅析“傲慢与偏见”中的夏洛特卢卡斯（英文） .doc

brief analysis of charlotte lucas of pride and prejudice（浅析“傲慢与偏见”中的夏洛特卢卡斯）作 者：准考证号：指导教师：学科专业：赵 妍030190202129李 霞英语（本） 2009 年 3 月 31 日contentscontents.1abstract2acknowledgements.31.introduction.42.analysis of the character of charlotte lucas.4 2.1 intellectual and sensible.4 2.1.1 different views upon darcy.52.1.2 worrying about the development between jane and charles.5 2.2 sincerity and generosity.5 2.2.1 not envying jane and elizabeth6 2.2.2 keeping good relationship with elizabeth6 2.3 persistence and independent6 2.3.1 the spirit of persistence7 2.3.2 getting married with mr. collins.73. conclusion8bibliography.9abstractthis paper aims to make an analysis of charlotte lucas, the character in jane austens pride and prejudice. charlotte is not a very important character in the story. and she always is a thought-provoking role. she has long been criticized by the readers, because of her marriage as an exchange of property and happiness. so her charm is usually ignored. in fact, we find that charlotte possesses some good qualities. she has her own personal charm. her good comprehensive ability makes her hold her own view point on darcy and the relationship between jane and binley. though elizabeth does not have good attitudes toward her marriage, charlotte still has good wishes for her friend. from this point, we see that charlotte is sincere and generous. charlotte still has a spirit of persistence and independence, which makes her to stick to what she wants and try her best to get it.key words: wit, sincere , persistence, independence, 摘要这篇文章主要分析简奥斯汀的代表作傲慢与偏见中的夏洛特卢卡斯。在这篇小说中，卢卡斯不是一个非常重要的角色，但她却是一个发人深省的人物。她用婚姻来换取财富与幸福的做法，长期以来遭受到很多读者的批判。事实上，我们会发现夏洛特拥有一些良好的素质。她有自己的个人魅力。她良好的综合能力使她对达西以及简和宾利的关系持有自己不同的观点。尽管伊丽莎白对待她的婚姻的态度不好，但是夏洛特仍然真诚地对待她最好的朋友。由此看出夏洛特的真诚与大度。夏洛特的坚持与独立，使得她坚持自己想要的东西并为之而努力。关键词：聪慧，真诚，坚持，独立acknowledgementsi want to express my appreciation to many who supported my efforts in writing this paper during the past few months.i am greatly indebted to prof. li xia, who have given me lots of good advises. and she had spent much time on my paper.hearty thanks should also be given to mei wei, my best friend, who is a teacher of yantai university. she helped me borrow many books and gave me some advises on my paper.special thanks should be extended to li jing, my workmate who is also preparing for the paper and oral defense. we have the same goal and support each other a lot.brief analysis of charlotte lucas of pride and prejudice1. introductionpride and prejudice is the most attractive one among jane austens novel. jane austen is one of the great and best loved novelists in english literature and one of the most important pioneers in english realistic novel. she brought the english novels she was among the first english woman to break the male monopoly of novel writing. her brilliantly witty, elegantly structured satirical novels vividly described the life of the common people in the countryside. her main literary concern is about human beings in their social relationships. though austen is not a conscientious feminist novelist, her novels such as pride and prejudice, express female dignity and a longing for equality with men. she presented the real country life by her realistic description.pride and prejudice portrays life in the genteel rural society of the day, and tells of the initial misunderstandings and later mutual enlightenment between elizabeth bennet ( whose liveliness and quick wit have often attracted readers) and the haughty darcy. then they gradually dispel their prejudice and finally get married. this novel strongly reflects the point that sensibility and rationality play important roles in marriage, a viewpoint obviously reflected on the marriage of mr. collins and charlotte. in this novel, mr. collins is a clergyman with a large amount of property while charlotte is a twenty-seven years old lady with little property. though charlotte is not as bright as elizabeth, she has her own personal charm and her marriage is a real reflect of the social trend in which property and social status are the decisive factors in marriage.2. analysis of the character of charlotte lucas.as for charlotte, she has already been twenty-seven years old; neither does she have a good social status, nor does she own large property. at twenty-seven, the rather plain charlotte has little prospect of marriage, it is a society in which the option of work is not open to woman. charlotte is less beautiful than elizabeth and jane. she is sensible and intelligent, more worthy of a good husband than mrs. bennet, but this also makes charlotte a realist. in a certain sense, mr. collins is what she wants. the kind of suitor jane bennet can attract, as experience has shown, beyond charlottes cope. thought her marriage, charlotte is able to achieve the dignity of a match of good status and material comfort, together with independence. what is more, she obtains what she wants to get from marriage, establishment, security and comparative comfort. she is quite sensible and realistic, and she can grasp every chance to realize her own purpose, thus her choice is not wrong. according to social reality, there is no point for us to criticize her marriage. seen from another angle, charlotte is brave to fight against social injustice, to be independent. though pride and prejudice, we find that charlotte possesses some good qualities. she has her own personal charm. her good comprehensive ability makes her hold her own view point. though elizabeth does not have good attitudes toward her marriage, charlotte still has good wishes for her friend. from this point, we see that charlotte is sincere and generous. charlotte still has a spirit of persistence and independence, which makes her to stick to what she wants and try her best to get it.2.1 intellectual and sensible charlotte lucas is well-educated, intellectual and decent woman highly appreciated by elizabeth. she is not less knowledge than elizabeth. accordingly she became intimate friend to elizabeth in the same attitude for life. her wit can be proved from her own mind distinguished others impression upon mr. darcys disagreeable countenance, as well as worrying about jane and bingley.2.1.1 different views upon darcycharlotte is clever and she has some good comprehensive ability. for example, when darcys first appearance at the party, he is arrogant and refuses to dance. everyone gives disgust impression to darcy. but charlotte doesnt think so. she holds different view. she says “ his pride dose not offend me so much as pride often close, because there is an excuse for it. one cannot wonder that, so very fine a young man, with family, fortune, everything in his favor, should think highly of himself. if i may express it, he has a right to be proud.” (chapter 5)there is a brilliant paragraph about love attitude was from charlotte “ but if a woman is partial to a man, and dose not endeavors to conceal it, he must find it out.” ( chapter 6) practically these words prove the foreknowledge of charlotte as well as the worry of darcy later.these comments show different side of charlotte. she did not like lydias foolish and flighty, but also, unlike mrs. bennet . and she has the ability to think independently. she insists her own opinions, rather than follow the crowd. she also treats everybody and everything objectively.2.1.2 worrying about the development between jane and charlesjane bennet is the eldest daughter in bennets. she is beautiful and kind. at the party, she first met mr. bingley. they fell in love at the first sight. all think they would get along well each other. however, to their relationship, charlotte holds a more practical attitude. such attitude performance out at the conversation with elizabeth. “if a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark.” (chapter 6) “bingley and jane meet tolerably often, it is never for many hours together; and, as they always see each other in large mixed parties, it is impossible that every moment should be employed in conversing together. jane should therefore make the most of every half-hour in which she can command his attention. when she is secure of him, there will be more leisure for falling in love as much as she chooses.” (chapter 6)charlotte thought jane should clearly express her love for bingley. it is to be proved. her unclear attitude made bingley hesitate. charlotte s sensible and wit help her analyze the relationship between jane and bingley. elizabeth suddenly understands. charlotte, if no intelligence, jane may be lost opportunity to obtain happiness.in charlottes opinion, the beginning of a love story is always casual, when a man shows his good feeling bout a woman, if he can not get response from the woman, the man will feel discouraged and he may give up his pursue for the woman. charlottes idea is quite practical. jane bennets love affair justified it. when bingley shows his love for jane, as he could not get response from jane, then he is discouraged and he thinks that jane has no good feeling for him. what is more, as darcy interferes in their love affair, there is a love crisis between jane and bingley. on this point, we say that charlotte is very clever and full of wisdom.2.2 sincerity and generositycharlotte and elizabeth are in the same social class, their intelligence is also about the same, the only difference lies in the appearance. charlotte looks may be just so so , while elizabeth is beautiful and has attractive appearance. especially her bright black eyes, exudes boundless charm. she can attract everyones attention at the first sight. but charlotte is not a pinch of jealousy of the heart or the slightest feeling of displeasure. on the contrary, she wholeheartedly operates with the friendship between elizabeth.though elizabeth looks down upon charlottes marriage, charlotte still wishes her friend happiness and success. she is so kind and generous. another point is that she has great patience for lady catherines rampancy. seen from female psychology, to achieve this patience is impossible without good self-cultivation. therefore, charlotte has achieved some good self-cultivation.2.2.1 not envying jane and elizabethcharlotte is sincere and generous. she did not envy jane and elizabeth. “i wish jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him tomorrow, i should think she had as good a chance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth. happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” (chapter 6)“ if the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. they always contrive to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”(chapter6)charlotte and elizabeth are good friends. they are both intelligence and in the same social class. but charlotte has no beautiful appearance, while elizabeth is attractive. she is not jealous of elizabeth. on the contrary, she wholeheartedly operates with the friendship between elizabeth.2.2.2 keeping good relationship with elizabethelizabeth is shocked by the marriage of elizabeth and collins. elizabeth looked down on such marriages, or even felt that they will never be friends as before. charlotte valued elizabeth for their relationship. but she was not estranged from elizabeth. as usual, she treated her sincerely. after the wedding, charlotte kept in touch with elizabeth through correspondence. and she has invited her to visit home. when elizabeth finally accepted the invitation to come to her new home. charlotte met her in the most passionate way. although collins showed off their home . charlotte did not show a bit complacent feeling. all her thoughts were on how to enable her friend to live more comfortable.when elizabeth was living in charlottes home, darcy frequently visited charlotte. this aroused charlottes curiosity. through darcys unusual activity, charlotte thought that darcy is attached to elizabeth. because of worrying her friend will miss a good chance, charlotte caught the opportunity to watch the behavior of darcy. and she disclosed darcys affection to elizabeth. but elizabeth laughed at it. charlotte did not mention the matter again, for fear of hurtingelizabeth. in order to find a suitable partner for her friend, charlotte is also intended to introduce colonel fitzwilliam to elizabeth. who can be more concerned about elizabeths happiness than charlotte? so were her fellow sisters. charlotte sincere to friend should be acknowledged and commended.2.3 persistence and independentthe character charlotte lucas has been fixed at a disappointing, practical style. because she get married with collins. however, on the charlotte, such a selection is no longer rational. as for charlotte, an important factor in society is property. darcy and bingley are rich gentlemen and they have large property. therefore they can choose their wives according to their will. however, even for elizabeth, although she is very beautiful and witty and full of wisdom, as she does not have large property; she loses many competitions in marriage market. for charlotte, things are more difficult. she has already been twenty-seven years old, neither does she have a good social status, nor does she own large property. at twenty-seven, the rather plain charlotte has little prospect of marriage, it is a society in which the option of work is not open to woman. charlotte lives in a world in which men judge womens looks before examining their characters. charlotte is less beautiful than elizabeth and jane. she sensible and intelligent, more worthy of a good husband than mrs. bennet, but this also makes charlotte a realist. in a certain sense, mr. collins is what she wants. the kind of suitor jane bennet can attract, as experience has shown, beyond charlottes cope. given his rather odious character, mr. collins, because of his evident lack of passion, is more eligible to charlotte than if he were full of amorous desire. through her marriage, charlotte is able to achieve the dignity of a match of good status and material comfort, together with independence. what is more, she obtains what she wants to get from marriage, establishment, security and comparative comfort. she is quite sensible and realistic, and she can grasp every chance to realize her own purpose, thus her choice is not wrong. according to social reality, there is no point for us to criticize her marriage. seen from another angle, charlotte is brave to fight against social injustice, to be independent. she made it.2.3.1 the spirit of persistence charlotte has the spirit of persistent. superficially looking, her thirsty for property is not so noble. however, she clearly knows what she wants and how to get it. compared with many other women, we see that she is very smart. there are many foolish women characters in austens novel: mary in mansfield park has no belief in life. she agreed to marry the one she does not like and finally eloped with her lover? anne elliot in persuasion does not fully know herself. under her mothers persuasion, she lost seven years happiness; emma in emma does not know who she likes and has no idea of her own personality and psychology. compared with these characters in austens works, charlotte is really very clever and possesses the spirit of persistence. when mr. collins was turned down by elizabeth and asked for her hand, she accepted without hesitation. she was not afraid of being looked down upon by others and grasped the chance to change her life. then through her marriage, she really got security and lived a quiet life. her perseverance to make her life better is very admirable.2.3.2 getting married with mr. collins another one is that charlotte is independent spiritually. she does not care much about her husband company and encourages him to take good care of the garden. as she wants to achieve the dignity of a match of good status and material comfort, together with independence, she becomes mistress in her own house; she manipulates collins by making him think he is doing what he wants. she can put up with loneliness and is brave to face her life. she controls her own emotion to go against the unfair world. her viewpoint about marriage “ happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. (chapter 6) reflects that her ideas are always unique and practical, thus she is quite spiritually independent. in chapter 22, we know that elizabeth is shocked by the severity of such a concession that charlotte made to marry collins. she could not suppose that charlotte would sacrifice “every better feeling to worldly advantage(end of chapter 22). elizabeth pities charlotte, but charlotte “had chosen it with her eyes open. “i ask only a comfortable home; and considering mr. collinss character, connections, and situation in life, i am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast on entering the marriage state.”(chap