爱玛性格分析

绵阳师范学院2016届本科毕业论文（设计）（2016）届本科生毕业设计（论文）题 目Simple Analysis of the Character of the Emma Woodhouse 浅析爱玛伍德豪斯的性格特点 专 业 英语 院 系 外国语学院 学 号 1204020134 姓 名 周 静 指 导 教 师 高建国 导师 2014 年 12 月浅析爱玛伍德豪斯的性格特点学生姓名：周静 指导老师：高建国摘 要：爱玛是英国女作家奥斯汀6部作品中艺术思想最成熟的一部。它发表于1815年。爱玛，小说的主人公，21岁的富家小姐，漂亮聪明，生机勃勃，稍稍有些娇纵。她立誓不嫁，只想着为别人牵红线。不过在故事的最后，她意识到自己已经爱上了一直以来默默守护她的好友奈特利先生。本论文通过对小说爱玛的解读，浅析主人公爱玛伍德豪斯的性格特点。论文主要分为两大部分：通过论述小说主线，分析爱玛伍德豪斯的性格特点。关键词：爱玛；生机勃勃；娇纵；做媒；优点1Simple Analysis of the Character of the Emma WoodhouseUndergraduate: Zhoujing Supervisor: Gao JianguoAbstract: Emma is one of the six novels written by Jane Austen. It is published in 1815, which has been popular. It is the last complete work in Austins mature period. A lot of people comment, Emma is the best representatives of arts to Jane Austens novel. Emma Woodhouse, at the start of the novel, she is twenty .She is a young, beautiful, witty, and rich woman inRegency England.She is very interested in matchmaking. But at the end of the story, she realized she had fallen in love with her good friend Mr. Knightley. In this paper through the understanding of the novel Emma, simple analysis of the character of the Emma Woodhouse. The paper mainly divided into two parts: firstly, the main line; secondly, analysis of the character of the Emma Woodhouse.Key Words: Emma, vigour, faults, matchmaking, virtues2Contents1. Introduction42. Brief introduction to Emma.42.1The introduction to novels background.52.2 The introduction to the author and her novel53. The character of Emma53.1 The reason of Emma interested in matchmaking64. Conclusion7Bibliography8Acknowledgement91. IntroductionEmma is one of the most successful novels by Jane Austen. It is published in 1815. This novel is different from her other novels for its imperfect heroine: Emma Woodhouse. Emma is a comic story and it mainly narrates that Emma and her friends emotional problems and ultimately they all get a happy marriage. Emma Woodhouse, a beautiful, clever and rich young woman, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, lived with her sick father in Hartfield. Her mother died when she was a little girl. But her governess, Miss Taylor, has given her maternal love and friendship to her for sixteen years. WhenEmma was 21 years old, Miss Taylor marries to the neighbor, Mr. Weston. Emma takes an avid interest in matchmakers, but causes herself to involve in complex emotional situations. Emmawantstomake a match for Harriet, her good friend, and Mr. Elton, a young clergy man who is actually attached to Emma. Mr. Elton goes to another town and quickly brings back a girl to marry after hisloverejectedbyEmma, while Harriet lives a sorrow life and decides never to marry. But she is falling in love with Mr. Knightley, a thirty-four years old friend of Emma. However, Mr. Knightley has secretly loved Emma since Emma was thirteen. Finally,Harrietacceptsthe courtship of Robert Martin, a friend of Mr. Knightley. Emma meets Frank Churchill, Mrs. Westons son, at the first time and finds that she and he have a lot in common.2. Brief introduction to EmmaReaders are fond of this special heroine-Emma. The success of the novel is the Emmas vivid character. Emmas personality by describing her domination for others marriage and the maturity of her own emotion. Everyone would fall in love with Emma, for her virtues, and for her faults as well. Sometimes Emma is very much like a conceited and imaginative child. She thinks a little too high of herself and always does everything in her own way, therefore she often makes mistakes. She likes to be a matchmaker, but the way she follows is ridiculous. She makes no sacrifices to seek a higher social-class man for an illegitimate girl who is called Harriet. In general, the results go contrary to her expectations; sometimes she seems cruel as she insults Miss Bates. And she fails in discovering her own affections. While we may be put off by her mistakes and flights, she is also have many good qualities, which endear her to us. Through her mistakes, we see a more real and human Emma. Her mistakes make her appear as a richly character, and get closer to the readers. We are happy she is capable of fantasy, and overcomes self-delusion during the course of her novel. After she discovers her faults, she is brave enough to admit them and tries her best to correct. In the process, she gradually becomes a mature and selfless woman, and eventually she finds her true love. As a result all her faults turn out to be not faults ,but the very characteristics, which make Emma so unique as “the beauty ideal of the female character”2.1 The introduction to Emmas backgroundEmmas story is still happened in the 19th century British leisure and remote villages, Jane Austin use exquisite, elegant style to shape ones character. Lively, beautiful, self-conceit of Emma; the calm, self-sustaining, personable of Mr. Knightley, kind but chatter Bates. And the most can cause people to pay attention to these characters should be the bright, beautiful Emma Woodhouse.2.2 The introduction to the author and novelJane Austin (16 December 1775 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. Jane Austen was the first realistically depicting ordinary people in daily ordinary life novelist. Her novels reflected the British middle class life comedy, shows the possibility of a family literature. Her explore the young protagonist from love to marriage in the process of self-discovery.3. The character of EmmaMaking mistakes is the nature of humanNobody never makes a mistake However，not everyone could find their faults and humbly correct them, like Emma. Every time she makes a mistake, her mind is overwhelmed by self-examinationShe does not put the blame on other people or the situations. She would find the faults out and spares no effort to correct. By the way, the reason why she makes mistakes is usually attributed to her ardent, therefore they cannot be called mistakes or faults, but just a flaw in Emmas character, which can be divided into her three self-revelationsEmmas first self -revelation happens between Harriet and her. From this incident，we could see Emmas kind nature and goodness. She has an amazing ardent in helping others and wants to make herself useful to people around her. In Emma s daily life，besides drawing, playing music and taking part in the parties, she will go out to pay a visit to some poor families with some gifts. She regards this deed as a habit but not being seized by a whim. She does have noble thoughts and feelings as she takes server people for her way to realize her self-value. Emmas second self-revelation appears when Mr. Knightley reprimands her after she has insulted Miss Bates. This incident itself may have hurt Miss Bates, but it does not have any lasting consequences. It does not leave a bad impression of Emma on us，but we know much more about Emmas superiority, sincerity, and genuineness. In the third self-revelation, Emma eventually sloughs off all her bad characters, has grown to be a mature woman and gains her true love which is attributed to find out each of her mistakes and her willingness to be guided. We appreciate Emma can change better and better, and congratulate in the “perfect happiness of the union between her and Mr. KnightleyThe process of her self-revelation is also Emmas three self-examinations and her three promotions. Just through the flaw, we are able to gain an insight into her inner thoughts and unexpressed feelings. The more we know her, the more we like her，including her small flaw. Through the three self-revelations, Emmas charms show in front of us.3.1 The reason of Emma interested in matchmaking.In Emma, the effect of Emmas unrestrained fancy on the course of love gives the novel its comic character. In order to analyze the reasons why Emma is fascinated with involving the young men and young women in the maze of marriage, we had better be a tourist and psychologist who can tour the landscape of her mind and analyze her personality.First, she schemes to break the attachment between Robert Martin and Harriet Smith and to make a match instead between Harriet and Mr. Elton. Having made Harriet falls in love with Elton while Martin is still in love with Harriet, Emma discovers that Elton s passions are directed towards herself. Emma then encourages Harriet to imagine herself in love with Frank Churchill, but Churchill is secretly engaged to Jane Fairfax, whom Mrs. Weston imagines is being sought after by Mr. Knightly. But Harriet misunderstands Emmas hints, thinking she meant to encourage her in an attachment to Knightly. Harriet thus finds herself in love with Mr. Knightly, whom Emma finally realizes she is in love with herself. Thus, Emma is shaped into an unskillful matchmaker though she is neither simple, nor without sense, nor is she often deficient in comprehension.”The traditional image of a matchmaker is a middle-aged woman who is passionate and inquisitive, therefore, it is abnormal that a woman in her flower age has a strong passion of match making. Emma is beautiful, wealthy and intelligent who is always the target of love chasers. It seems that all these conditions provide proper prerequisite for her to participate in the activities of Emma style matchmaking. Her mind can do with seeing nothing-nothing of major import, or nothing she needs to take over the management of, and it “can see nothing that does not answer”. Seeing what she sees, interpreting as she interprets, and responding as she does to what feel like changes in the weather. In fact, these are few people admitted to genuine intimacy. On the departure of Miss Taylor, and there are many reasons for the novels beginning at that first deprivation of Emmas experience. In the beginning, Emma is lonely in the mind. She needs to fill the empty spaces with activity, projects. In Emmas age, womens place in society is confined to home. They have few accesses to the outside world. Although Emma is well educated and has better family background, the place of her activity are also limited in her small village. Despite her fathers and sisters obsession with upset, Emma is never ill; she is in health. In her state of “ intellectual solitude” she does need and deserve company more stimulating than her father s; and she does need and deserve horizons wider than those in Highbury, or even Box Hill. 4. Conclusion In Jane Austens works, Emma is regarded as the most successful heroine for her minute description of Emmas mistakes. Throughout the story, Emma is making mistakes all the way. Totally, they are summed up as three major mistakes, which lead to her three revelations and self -examinations. “Error makes a man.” Making mistakes，then finding out, correcting and learning from them. This is the most common process and also the most effective way of a persons growth. In fact, Emma is the representative figure of people who grow to maturity in this way，and it proves that Emma is successful. By the way, Emmas faults allow us to see her from another viewpoint, see her good side and her bad side and appreciate what she has. Emma is “faultless in spite of her faults”. Her faults make her more real and human similar to us. Through her faults, we see a richly character, not as superficial as others. The more we gain an insight into her through her faults，the more we like her. So we believe that Emma is perfect for her imperfection, and hold in esteem that she deserves the title of the beauty ideal of the female character, as she should be. Finally，both of them were found the one they lovedJane Austin through Emma warned people, dont try to change others, and dont try to control others. Be good at knowing yourself and understanding others, adapt to the society. People should be self-knowledge. If respect each other, discover others strengths and learn from each other, will be harmonious interpersonal relationship. This is the theme of the Emma. It have extremely strong realistic meaning. Bibliography1 Austin, Jane. Emma M. Beijing: