Tocompare Jane Eyre and Great Expectations简爱与远大前程比较分析.doc

Tocompare Jane Eyre and Great Expectations, the first thing to do is to have abetter understanding of their authors. As we all know, Jane Eyre is written byCharlotte Bronte, one of the most famous authoresses.?Charlotte?was short, unlovely, self-contemptuousdeep inside, which made her sensitive. However, all these couldn’t ruin herdesperation for bright, holy and good life. Like Charlotte Bronte, CharlesDickens, the author of Great Expectations, was also born in 1810s, who was the representativeof the realism literature in that time. He made his way to success by studyingindependently assiduously and working hard. ?Besides what I’d like to mention is that inthe middle of the 19th?century,?England?was transiting from anagricultural country to an industrialized country, during which period, theemerging bourgeoisie is growing rapidly. The social status really left animprint on their works. Next,I will compare Jane Eyre and Great Expectations from the following threeaspects, character, writing technique and theme. First, let’s talk about Jane Eyre and Pip. They are both orphans, depending on somebody for a living. However, Jane has her own belief, protecting her from desperation, self-destruction and downfall. All the unfortunate just brings her confidence and courage which are required in constructing the indomitable personality. Oppositely, Pip lacks such a powerful inner strength and denies himself constantly. The changing of his personality can be divided into three phases. Initially, Pip is a kind young boy, who is innocent and generous. With the changing of the environment, he becomes snobbish, seeking for vanity and self conceited and a little greedy. After going through ups and downs, he turns into a person with high morality. Besides, as we can see, the characters in Great Expectations are richer and more varied than that in Jane Eyre, and the relationship among them is more complex. Apart from Pip, some other characters also leave a deep impression on us reade