析傲慢与偏见中达西的性格.

1、作者简介 董辉 , 女 , 河北唐山人 , 唐山师范学院外语系讲师 , 研究方向 :英美 文学史、 教学法。Analysis of Darcy s Character i n Pri de and Prejud iceD ong H u i(Foreign Language Depart m ent , Tang s han T eacher s C ollege , Tangshan, H ebei , 063000Abstract P ride and P rejudice i s the m asterp i ece of the fa m ous nove list Jane A us

2、ten. In t he work , D arcy s cha r ac ter i s very wo rt h cons i deri ng . D arcy enters the p l ot a l m ost accidenta ll y, through his fr i endship w it h B i ng l ey . Everyone i s busy w ith the rom ance of B i ng l ey and Jane , when a ll the ti m e be l ow the surface the rea l drama is taki

3、ng place i n the half-suppressed and ha lti ng grow th o f D arcy s and E lizabe t h s l ove for each other . D arcy s character i s a chall enge to the pe r cepti veness of a ll t he o ther persons i n t he nove. l T he m any different i nterpre tati ons of h is persona lit y estab lish h i m as on

4、e o f those ! i ntr ica te? cha racte rs j ust as E li zabeth says , are m ost a mus i ng . The reader is no t g iven a co m plete p i cture d irec tly , bu t rathe r D arcy is presented through E lizabeth , B i ng ley , W i ckha m, M rs . Bennet , M e ry t on , Pemberley , Lambton .K ey words pride

5、 ; pre j ud ice ; character中图分类号 I106. 4 文献标识码 A 文章编号 1672 8610(2010 10 0036 04I . Introduction about Jan e Austen and Pri de and Prejud ice Jane A usten (17751817 w as a famous Eng li sh w o m annoveli st i n t he late 18th cent ury and ear l y 19th cent ury . In her w orks ! s m all squa re t wo i

6、 nches of i vo ry ? , Jane Austen descri bed a ser i es of life li ke , v i v i d characters . A ll o f her si x novels , P ri de and Pr ejud ice , S ense and S ensibility, Emma, P ersuasion , M ans f ield Park and N or t hanger A bbey dea lw ith ! the busi ness of get ti ng m arried ? , are i nvo l

7、 v ing e it her so litary heroines o r young w o m en educated by events t o cast asi de the ir ill usions . H er pres entation o f ! persona li?ty , of the i ndiv i dual consc i ousness and po i nt o f v i ew , m ark her as one o f the first Eng li sh nov eli sts w ho project a w orld the ! m ode r

8、n? reader can recognize as fa m iliar .Possi b l y t he best known nove l o f Jane A usten , Pr i de and Prejud ice w as firstw r itten i n 1796as F irst Impressions . It was rew ritten i n 1812and pub lished i n 1813. The change i n titl es i n d i cates a change fro m t he no ti on that first i m

9、pressi ons canno t be trusted , to the m oral cause of t hose m istaken i m press i ons . T he first t h i ng tha t attrac ts the reader is t he wonderfull y v i v id presen tati on of character #especiall y t hrough the br i ght and w itty con versati on . P ride and P rejudice , dea l s w ith the

10、eve ryday life of s m a ll and bi g landlords and the i r fam ilies i n the Eng lish country si de , parti cular l y w ith the love and m arriage o f t he younger m e m bers of t hose fa m ili es . The story centers round t he hero i ne E liza beth Bennet and the hero F itz w illi am Da rcy and a m

11、i nor couple , her sister Jane and his fr i end Charles B i ng ley . T he uneventful v ic i ssit udes of t he lives of these characters , inc l udi ng teas and v isits and wa l ks and dances and conversati ons and o t her expected o r unexpected happen i ngs , fi nall y l ead t o t he happy un i ons

12、 o f the t wo coup l es . H ow ev er , i n sp ite o f the rathe r narrow li m its o f the them e i n her nov e, l Jane A usten succeeds i n produc i ng very v i vid portra its o f her ma jor characte rs and i n pa i nti ng rea listi c andco lorful pictures o f the life and manners of the uppe rm i d

13、dle class in rural Eng l and of her ti m e . ? . Natu ra l Insti nc ts of DarcyM o st o f t he person t hought i n Pr i de and Prejud ice w o m en have been po rtrayed by nove list i n m any w ays . A s a ma tter of fact , M r . D arcy o ccup i es a pivota l po siti on i n the wo rk and he has t he

14、equal i m po rtant p l ace w ith hero i ne M i ss E lizabe t h . So if you want t o kno w D arcy s character very w e l, l you w ill unde r stand P ri d e and P rejudice fro m t he o t her ang le .2. 1D arcy s fa m ily backg roundDa rcy is a nob l e descen t and he i nher its an enor m ous a m ount

15、o f property . So he never wo rries abou t h i s own food , clothing , shelte r and transpo rtati on . H e disli kes m ak i ng fr i ends w it h comm on peop l e ; he is a se lf-w ill ed m an and he li kes to do m i nate h i s c l ose friends . But he is a fi ne , ta ll person w ith handso m e feat u

16、 res . W hen he dea ls w ith the re lati ons w ith W ick ha m, the resu lt i s fa i r and reasonab l e and none o f critic i s m. M r . W ickham is t he son o fO ld D arcy s housekeeper , so O l d D arcy s k i ndness is li bera ll y bestow ed . In O l d D arcy s w ill he particu larly reco mmended i

17、t to D arcy to prom ote W ickham s advance m ent i n the best m anner t hat his pro fession m i ght a ll ow, and if W ickham took orders , desired tha t a va l uab le fa m ily li v i ng m i ght be his as soon as it beca m e vacant . T here was a lso a legacy of one thousand pounds . Bu tW ickha m s

18、life w as a lif e o f i d l eness and d i ssi pati on , he w as not i nterested in the o rder . A nd W ick ha m sa i d to D arcy , he has fi nall y reso lved against tak i ng o rders , he hoped D arcy should not thi nk it unreasonab le for hi m to expect som e m ore i m m ediate pecun i a ry advanta

19、ge , i n li eu of the prefer m ent by wh ich he coul d no t be benefited . So M r . D arcy#语文学刊 %外语教育教学 2010年第 10 期gave W ickha m three t housand pounds acco rd i ng to h i s request . T hen M r . D arcy not on l y carr i ed out his father s w ill but also satisfiedW ickha m s amb iti on . Bu t , af

20、ter W ickham spent free l y h i s three thousand pounds , he w anted t o g et the c l ergy m an s positi on. T he i dea was refused na t ura lly by D arcy . T hen W ick ha m abduc ted M r . D arcy s young and i gno rant sister , and let her e l oped w ith h i m . F ortunate l y D a rcy reached the p

21、 lace i m m e d i ately and put an end to W ickham s sche m es and tr i cks . But D a rcy did not i nvestigate t he ung ra tefulW i ckha m and he hi m self d i d no t expand the i nfl uence because o f i n f ur i ation . A nd he did not tell anybody even h is good friend B i ng ley. So w e can say ,

22、 when M r . D arcy i s i n a rage he can contro l h i m se lf by sense , he not only preserves h is si ster s reputation but a lso lets W ickha m leave the place qu i e tl y . In those nob l es , D arcy has plenty of bra i ns . So we can call h i m a true m an .W hen M r . D arcy deals w ith such a

23、knotty relati on , it sho w s tha t he is an open- m inded , magnan i m ousm an , it sho w s t hat he has defi n ite v i ew s of his own and has sense of propr i e t y . Then the autho r , Jane A usten sa i d ! It i s right tha tw ha t Da rcy does . ? H o w ever , when D a rcy dea l s w ith the deep

24、est e m otion of hu m an be i ng s #l ove s re l a ti on , he undergoes t he tor m ent about sens i b ili ty and sense . H is fee li ng is m i xed , he is at t he end of his tether . T he beautif u l expression o f E lizabeth s da rk eyes , the li ve l y , playful cha racter and her easy , una ffect

25、ed dispo siti on at tracts D arcy . In the Chapter V III o f t he w ork , the author g ives us a h i nt ! IsM i ss D arcy much grown si nce the spr i ng? M iss B ing ley askedM r . D arcy ; ! w ill she be as ta ll as I am? ! I th i nk she w il, l she i s now aboutM i ss E li zabeth Benne t s he i gh

26、t , or rather ta ller . ?2. 2D arcy s senseT he O l d T i ppler s deli ght resides not i n w i ne but in the m ounta i ns and wa ters . D a rcy j udges his dea r sister s fi gure by E lizabe t h , the de licate p l ace i s t hat i n fact he a l w ays perce i ves E lizabe t h and l oves the young m i

27、 ddle class l ady . But he contro ls h i s own fee ling fi rm ly , espec i a lly he does no t express his thoughts . T hen there a re m any d ifferences bet w een t hose m en who fa ll in l ove at the first si ght and l ove fast but g ive up fast . A t the sa m e ti m e , D arcy s sense m akes hi m

28、has no end of w orr i es on the l ove . H e dislikes M rs . Bennet s vu l gar is m, he has seen through m i ddle c l ass soc ial i nte rcourse s place i n H artfield on l y the m arket t hat m arry daughters . In a wo rd , t he traditiona l prej udiced though ts fette r h i s cho ice about l ove . I

29、n h is l ove , D arcy show s h i s contrad icti on on sens i bility and sense . A nd t he contra d i ction i s m ade o f fa l sehood . O n t he develop m ent of the story , he co rrects his false feeli ng fina lly and develops his fee ling , a t last he fu lfills h i s happy m arr i age .Sense is ad

30、justed reasonably by e m oti onal e ffect ; emo ti on can deve l op hea lt h ily because it has reasonab l e cond iti ona lit y . It is the pr i nciple tha t Jane A usten uses w hen she creates D arcy s character .But D arcy s e m otion and sense are no t abstract , because they have socia l conten

31、t and e ra s co l o r . Jane A usten had nev er m arried , one reason w as that she never found her i dea l lover , the o t her reason m ay be the gentle m an d i ed suddenly . A usten m et w it h h i m in the sho re and she ever loved h i m . The pa i n al w ays ex isted i n the w o m an author s m

32、 ind , so s he crea ted D arcy , the m an s cha racte r t h rough w o m an spec i a l carefu l i m ag ina ti on . She put her own opi n i ons about m an s cha racte r and l ove s i deal on Da rcy s character . T hen , the m an s cha racte r , D arcy had the de m ands and love wh ich w o m en i m ag

33、i ned . A nd it expressed Jane A usten s opi n i on about l ove .Da rcy does no t li ke t hat k i nd of w o m en who only can pa i nt tables , cover screens , and net purses and w ho only w ant to beco m e m en s accesso ries . H e still asks wom en to read m any books , w i den the i r know l edge

34、, hav e rea l ability and learn i ng . To m arriage , D arcy i s a ser i ous m an ; to E lizabeth , he i s head over heels i n l ove . H e sti cks to the rea l love as ma rriage s basi s and Da rcy pays great attention to the e m oti onal factor i n the m arriag e and he th i nks h i ghly of love s

35、p l ace .2. 3D arcy s pr i deH o w ever , i n rationa l factor feuda listi c fa m il y s concept ti es Da rcy fir m l y, so h i s nob l e breedi ng m akes h i m very hesitant in the face of wom en . D oes he s how his fee li ngs un i ntenti ona lly o r contro l his f ee li ngs unreasonably ? T he m

36、atter a l w ays w orr i es h i m . W hen he falls i n l ove w it h E lizabe t h , ! H e w ise l y reso l ved to be pa rticularly care f u l tha t no si gn of ad m i ration shou l d now escape hi m , nothing t hat could e leva te M iss E lizabe t h w ith the hope o f influenc i ng h i s fe licity . ?

37、 It show s his wo rry t ow ards w o m en , i n other w ords he wo rries E lizabeth has ! the hope o f idea? w hich express he a l w ays th i nks he is a cu t above o t hers on fa m ily s concept . W hen he f a ll s i n love w ith E lizabeth , he has not the equa l attit ude , he on l y has re m nant

38、 consciousness o f feu da lis m. T hat i s t he reason why he has a pr i de , hype rcr iti ca l character . T he re is no doubt t ha t the ! pri de , hypercritical cha r ac ter ? depends on a l o t o f prope rt y, noble soc ial status and strong po w er . But although even ts f o rce D arcy to m odi

39、fy his snobb i sh i dentifi cation of soc ial desirab ility and so cial status , his pr i de i s revea led to have a stronger root i n h is consc i ousness of be i ng the possessor o f super i or i nte lli gence and w il. l T h i s m akes h i m contemptuous o f t he triv i a l soc i a lity t hat a m

40、uses h is friends , and d i sda i nful of Caroli ne B i ng ley s vulgar pursu it . H e has the v irtues of h i s soc i a l po siti on ; he i s li bera l and hono rable #and in the end , hu mb le as we l. lO f cou rse , i n Jane A usten s per i od she d i d not have the class consc i ousness . A nd s

41、he cou l d not explain t he m eani ng of sense and sensibility exactl y . But she depended on reali stic cog n iti on and descr i pti on s m ethod , to D arcy , she al ways had an analytic attitudes . So s he wrote out ob j ectively t wo t houghts strugg le i n D arcy s charac ter .&. T he chang

42、e of Darcy s characterOw i ng t o t he requ irem ent of nove listi c art structure , in P ri de and P rejud ice D a rcy is not descr i bed in detai. l D arcy enters the p l o t a l m ost acc i denta lly , through his fr i endship w ith B i ng l ey . Da rcy s character is cha llenge to the percepti v

43、eness o f all the o ther persons i n the nove. l T he m any diff e rent interpretations of h i s pe rsonality estab lish h i m as one of those ! intr i cate? charac ters j ust as E lizabe t h says , a re mo st a musing . A l ong w ith E liza beth andM r . Bennet , he is capab l e o f thought and se

44、lf-scruti ny . H i s true co m plex ity and m oral w orth i s revea led g raduall y and is a co rre l a ti ve to E lizabe t h s o w n essay i n se lf-d i scovery . A l m ost a l one of a ll the characters is he va ri ousl y i nterpreted . T he reader i s not g iven a co m plete p ict ure d i rectl y

45、, bu t rather D arcy is presented through E lizabe t h , B i ng ley , G eo rg iana , W i ckha m, #LI T ERATURE Dong H ui /Analysis of Darcy s Character i n P ride and P rejudiceCaro li ne , M rs . Benne t , M rs . R eyno l ds , M ery t on , Pemberley , Lambton . But i n Da rcy s character , he has c

46、onflicted bet ween sensibility and sense , be t w een bourgeo is l ove s v i ew and feudal isti c fa m ily s thought . So h i s charac ter is not li ke tho se m en w ho are i n rea listi c nove ls i n the 18th century , D a rcy s character is changeab l e instead o f unalte rable . If D arcy can dea

47、 lw it h t he re lati on be t w een sensibility and sense , if he can so lve the con flict bet ween t wo t houghts , it need his characte r s deve l op m ent . N ex t ana l yze deepl y on D arcy s character about changeable m o ti ve , for m a l basis , conti nuous crisis and deve l op m en tal f ut

48、ure . 3. 1Chang eab l e mo ti veE lizabe t h is a m iddle c l ass l ady w ho is lov ed by D arcy , her fate i s pathe tic i n t hat so cia l condition . F or m ost #and especial ly for t he m i dd l e class #be i ng we ll m arr i ed means m ak i ng a good busi ness transacti on , i m prov i ng one s

49、 f o rt une . W o m en must m arry t hen they have life gua rantee , so does E lizabe t h . But she is no t li ke othe rs , she not only seeks equa l l ove but a lso g ets equa l persona lity and life gua rantee . Then , when D arcy proposed to E lizabeth w ith pe rfectl y safe feeli ng and height a

50、ttit ude , he suffered pa i ned l esson . E lizabet h said to h i m ang ril y :! F rom the ve ry beg i nning , from t he first mom ent I m ay al m ost say , of my acqua i ntance w i th you , you rm anners i m pressing me w ith t he ful lest be lief o f your arrog ance , your conce it , and your self

51、ish dis da i n o f t he fee li ngs o f o t hers , w ere such as t o for m tha t g round-w ork o f d i sapproba ti on ? ? A lthough D arcy w ants to s how his feeli ng and though tw ith his su i tab l e w ords , i n one way he says so m e s w eet w ords and honeyed phrases , i n the o t her w ay he s

52、ays lots of ove rbea ri ng and haughty wo rds . In the wo rk , the autho r m entioned :! D arcy spoke w e l, l but there w ere f ee li ngs besi des those o f t he hear t t o be de tail ed , and he w as not mo re eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride? ? It show s that D arcy d i d not r

53、espect E li zabeth even if he proposed t o her . E li zabeth s re f usalm ade D arcy no less resent m ent t han surpr ise . H is co m p l ex i on beca m e pale w ith ang er , and t he dist urbance o f h ism i nd w as v isi b l e in every feature . T hen after w ard he had to exam i ne h i s ab ility

54、 and w age an ideo l og ica l strugg l e i n h i s m i nd .3. 2Fo r m al basi sP ri de is one m an ifestati on o f cha racte r , charac ter s for m a ti on i s by no m eans w ithout f oundati on , wh i ch need so m e specia l so il and gro w i ng process . Psy cholog i sts ever sa i d :! W hen you a

55、nalyze one person s character , you m ust consi der h is life s soc i a l h i stor i ca l cond iti ons and you m ust cons i der h i s educationa l tendenc i es , too .? In the gro w i ng h i story o f D arcy , he w as edu ca ted by typical nob l e breedi ng w hen he w as a young ch il d . So he has

56、a narrow fi e l d of v ision , fierce sense o f super i or ity , clear class thoughts and strong fam il y s concept . Just li ke D arcy expla i ned h i m se l. f ! A s a chil d I was taugh twhat was ri ght , but I w as not taught to correct m y te m pe r . I was g i ven good pr i nc i p l es , but l

57、eft to foll ow t he m i n pri de and conceit . U nfortunate l y an on l y son , (for m any years an only chil d I was spo ilt by my parents , w ho though good t he m selves , (my fathe r pa rti cularly , all tha tw as benevo l ent and a m iab l e , all owed , encourag ed , al m ost taught m e to be

58、se lfi sh and ov erbeari ng , to care for none beyond m y o w n fa m ily c ircle , to t h i nk m eanly o f a ll the rest of the w orld , to w i sh a t l east to th i nk m eanly o f the i rsense and w orth compared w ith m y o w n . Such I was , from e i ght to e i ght and t w enty . ?3. 3Conti nuous

59、 cr i sisDa rcy li ved i n t he uppe r soc i a l c irc le , so he never sa w the traditi onal consc i ousness be i ng changed . W ith t he Industr i a l R evo l ution s e m ergence , Eng li sh i nternationa l status s chang e and F rench Enli ghten m ent s disse m i nati on , one socia l equa l thought are risi ng inc reasi ng l y . Personality s i ndependence and respect persona li ty have per m eated a ll k i nds o f classes in Eng lish soc i ety . In D arcy s m i nd , feuda li stic consciousness and ob j ec ti ve s