The Analysis of Equality between Men and Women of Jane Eyre

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The Analysis of Equality between Men and Women of Jane Eyre
【Abstract】Jane Eyre is written by Charlotte Bronte who is a famous realistic novelist in 19th century. It successfully builds the vivid image of Jane and reveals the misery which women and natural resources were almost oppressed by men at that time in England. In the novel, she mainly describes a woman struggling for the social equality and financial independence. The author shows the desire for feminism and natural release as well as for the development of female self-consciousness and for the establishment of the harmonious and equal society.
【Key words】Equality;Independence;Feminism
0Introduction
Jane Eyre is such a great novel that it plays an important role in the history of British literature. It also has been popular with readers all over the world since its publication in 1847. The author is a famous talented realistic woman novelist, who was born in a poor family at Thornton Yorkshire in 1816. Because of the spread of men’s oppression and the discrimination to women, Charlotte Bronte created Jane who had the same sufferings and experiences to express her desire for the equality between the sexes and the acquirement of freedom and independence.
1Feminism in Jane Eyre
1.1The definition of “feminism”
Feminism is a collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies largely motivated by or concerned with the liberation of women. In simple terms, feminism is the belief that men and women should be equal in society, politician and economy, and it is also a movement organized around the belief that genders should not be the primary factor shaping a person’s social identity or political or economic rights.
1.2The equality of social classes between Jane and Rochester
As we know, Jane is a girl who does not have a noble position, an illustrious background, and a beautiful appearance. But she never feels that she is inferior to others. Owing to Jane’s qualify of mind, courage, independence and strong personality, Rochester can not help falling in love with her. The strong thing is that it is Jane who declares her love to Rochester before he makes his sentiment clear to her. Jane expresses her feelings without hesitation. Evidently, Jane loves Rochester because he regards her as a human or even as an equal what is she strives for.
1.3Jane’s opinion of equality between men and women
In “Jane Eyre”, everything shows that Jane struggles continually to achieve equality and to overcome oppression. In addition to class hierarchy, she must fight against those people that regard women are inferior to men. In the book, Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester and St John Rivers threaten her desire for equality and dignity, who want to keep Jane in a submissive position. And in front of them, she is unable to express her own ideas and feelings. We could see that women’s social status was so low that they were eager for equality and freedom in the 19th. Just because of this, Jane did not marry to Rochester until she made sure that they were
equal with each other. Jane’s attitude to marriage showed her pursuit to happiness and reflected her expression towards equality of men and women.。