《傲慢与偏见》和《南方与北方》中的女性形象对比分析

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Abstract British went through a golden age in 1813-1873 during which many outstanding authors like Jane Austin emerged. Plenty of female writers appeared to pay more attention to social and family status of the women. Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice and Mrs. Gaskell’s North and South portrayed two heroines Elizabeth and Margret. The thesis uses the theory of Animus to compare the two heroines concerning with their family backgrounds, behaviors, and characteristics. It concludes that Elizabeth and Margaret with feminine consciousness waking up fight with marriage and destiny but eventually compromise to the reality.54729

Key words: female images; feminine consciousness; fight against destiny; compromise to reality

摘要1813-1873是英国小说的黄金时代,这一阶段女性作家纷纷出现，她们关注女性在家庭和社会中的地位。本文作者因而从中挑选出具有代表性的由奥斯汀的创作的《傲慢与偏见》和盖斯凯尔夫人的《南方与北方》，用阿尼姆斯原型理论来对这两部作品中的两位女主人翁进行对比，从他们的家庭背景，行为举止和性格特征来探究她们在工业革命迅速发展的维多利亚女王时期观念的转变，同时呈现她们对命运的抗争和对现实的妥协过程，试图说明这一时期的女性意识已经开始觉醒。

毕业论文关键词：女性形象；女性意识；对命运的抗争；对现实的妥协

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. Differences between Elizabeth and Margaret 3

3.1Disparity of family backgrounds 3

3.2 Distinction of behaviors 4

3.3 Diversity of characteristics 7

4. Conclusion 10

Works Cited 12

1. Introduction

Jane Austin was one of the best and greatest novelists in the 19th century, during which she depicted images of women in sharp writing style and perspicacious languages. Pride and Prejudice is one of her most classical works in which the heroine Elizabeth described is different from the former traditional female images which are prudent, elegant, innocent, virtuous, polite, dedicated, and amiable. Men hoped women could be the angel of family at that time, but Jane Austin portrays the image of women distinguished from the 18th century. Women are thirsty of equality of the sexes and independence of social status.

With the development of the industrial revolution, another outstanding female author emerged in and broke through the rule of the men in literature. Elizabeth Gaskell paid more attention to the status of female in the 19th century. North and South is her representative novel in which Margaret Hale is not only a beautiful, seminal, wise, and educated woman, but is more brave, stubborn and independent than the male.

The reason why I compare the two works of female image is that Elizabeth and Margaret the two heroines have similarities in images, however, they have more difference due to family background, social environment, personal characteristics, and marriage attitudes and so on. Contrastive analysis can help me conclude that feminine consciousness is waking up at that time. The development of society made the transition of feminine awareness so that they realized that they need more independence, and hoped to be equal to the male in the society. Elizabeth and Margaret both are acknowledgeable women who have awareness that women shouldn’t be timid and fragile. Just as famous English critic David Manahan said,” British women are less respected in the 18th century than in any time.源'自:优尔`!论~文'网www.youerw.com

Lunge’s animus theory can be used deeply to analyze the female images and realize which women struggled with men, marriage, and society and finally compromised to the reality. Owing to the immaturity of feminine consciousness, there are many defaults in the imagess of the female. Women acquire some concrete images through interacting with men since father is the first men whom girl contact with. Therefore, thry become the incarnation of Animus.