Jane Eyre简爱英文PPT课件

1、Jane Eyre AuthorCharlotte Bronte 小组成员：Content Author Introduction of Jane Eyre Sentence AppreciationAuthorCharlotte Bronte 1816-1855An English novelist and poetLife&Education Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, the third of six children Charlottes mother died of cancer in 1821 In August 1824, Charl

2、otte was sent with three of her sisters, Emily, Maria, and Elizabeth, to the Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire. Two elder sisters, Maria (born 1814) and Elizabeth (born 1815), who died of tuberculosis 肺结核 in June 1825 Soon after their father removed them from the school . She and

3、 the other surviving children created their own literary fictional world, which prepared them for their literary vocations in adulthood. Charlotte continued her education at Roe Head, Mirfield, from 1831 to 32. Charlotte returned to Roe Head as a teacher from 1835 to 1838. In 1839, she took up the f

4、irst of many positions as governess to various families in Yorkshire, a career she pursued until 1841. In June 1854, Charlotte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, her fathers curate(助理牧师 )and she became pregnant soon after the marriage. Her health declined rapidly during this time. She died, along with he

5、r unborn child, on 31 March 1855, at the young age of 39. Life&EducationNovelsAndPoetryNovels：1.Jane Eyre, 18472.Shirley, 1849 3.Villette, 1853 4.The Professor教师教师, published posthumously in 1857Poetry：1.In May 1846, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne self-financed the publication of a joint collection of p

6、oetry under the assumed names of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. The Works of Bronte SistersCharlotte Bronte1816-1855Emily Bronte1818-1848Anne Bronte1820-1849Jane Eyre简爱Wuthering heights呼啸山庄Agnes Grey艾格尼斯格雷 Main Characters Jane Eyre: The protagonist(主角) and title character, orphaned as a baby.She is p

7、lain-featured but talented, hard-working, honest and passionate. Mrs. Sarah Reed: Janes aunt by marriage, who resides at Gateshead. Because her husband insists, Mrs. Reed adopts Jane. St. John Eyre Rivers: A clergyman who is Jane Eyres cousin on her fathers side. He wanted to marry Jane later. Edwar

8、d Fairfax Rochester: The owner of Thornfield Manor, and Janes lover and eventual husband.The Introduction of the Story The novel goes through five distinct stages:1.) Janes childhood at Gateshead, where she is emotionally abused by her aunt and cousins . 2.) Her education at Lowood School, where she

9、 acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations(贫穷) . 3.) Her time as the governess of Thornfield Manor, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester. 4.) Her time with the Rivers family at Moor House and Morton, where her cold clergyman(牧师)cousin-St John Rivers

10、who proposes to her. 5.) Her reunion with and marriage to her beloved Rochester at his house of Ferndean.Conclusion Jane Eyre was created in Sheffield, UK.It is an autobiography and was published in1847. Charlotte believed art was most convincing when based on personal experience; in Jane Eyre she t

11、ransformed the experience into a novel with universal appeal. It illustrates a theme: the value of human = dignity + love. The novel creates an independent, positive and enterprising female image.In the novel the love story of Jane Eyre and Rochester vividly shows the fire of enthusiasm and sincere

12、heart, strongly reveals her love.She contempts bigwigs(权贵), laughs at their stupidity and shows a personality of self-reliant.Sentence Appreciation-Simple philosophy 1.Past is past even if you recall it again and again.曾经就是曾经，再回忆也是曾经。 2.Hope is a good thing and maybe the best of things. And no good

13、thing ever dies.盼望是一个好东西,大概是最好的。而好东西是不会灭亡的。 3.Love is hard to get into, but harder to get out of.爱很难投入，但一旦投入，便更难走出。 4.We love others too early, self love too late.我们爱别人太早，爱自己太迟。 Sentence Appreciation-love 1.Love is a light that never dims.爱是一盏永不昏暗的明灯。 2.Every day without you is like a book without p

14、ages.没有你的日子就像一本没有书页的书。 3.I will learn to give up you because I love you .我会学着放弃你，是因为我太爱你。 4.To have a second dont care how you in the next second.能拥有这一秒 就不要在意下一秒会怎样。 5.No matter how powerful I become, you still will be my weakness.无论我变得如何强大，你仍然会是我的弱点。 6.Any time left in a hurry, I only care about yo

15、u.任时光匆匆离流去,我只在乎你。 7.The most love are often difficult to be.最爱往往难以厮守。Sentence Appreciation-personality You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.你知道，有些鸟儿是注定不会被关在樊笼里的，它们的每一片羽毛都闪耀着自由的光辉。 Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless

16、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, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave