Abstract
The famous novel Emma, written by British female novelist Jane Austen, describes a distinctive heroine: Emma Woodhouse success of the novel Emma lies in its vivid description of the personality of the heroine, a typical British girl in the 19th century. The paper presents the whole process of Emma’s growth of personality. Her concept of equality of marriage in hierarchy, social status appeals her to plunge into the outside world. Her proudness, wrongdoings and confusions in her arrangements of others marriage drive her back to the traditional womanhood, and in the end, led to her submitting to Mr. Knightly, the ideal gentleman of the Author, Jane Austen. The novel shapes vividly the heroine Emma, a typical middle-class girl of alternating personality, by describing Emma’s domination for others’ marriage and the maturity of her own emotion. Emma’s experience has shown that the society helps to form her alternating personality. Conversely, her personality determines her fate: her demerits cause her failure in her flight from traditional womanhood, whereas her honesty helps her face bravely her own faults and obtain her maturity after a series of setbacks.
Key Words: Emma; flight; return; marriage; personality; womanhood
摘要
英國女作家簡•奧斯汀的著名小說的《愛瑪》講述了1位個性獨特的女主人公愛瑪•伍德豪斯的故事。作者對愛瑪這位109世紀典型英國女孩性格的生動描寫，使該小說獲得了巨大的成功。本文將主要論述愛瑪從逃避到迴歸傳統女性地位的整個性格成長過程。愛瑪對自主和平等婚姻的強烈渴望，使她毅然走出閨房，投入到外面的世界，而她對婚姻傲慢無知，玩世不恭甚至與之格格不入的態度迫使她最終又回到了傳統的女性地位，且被小說中那位完美的紳士奈特利征服。這部小說通過描述愛瑪試圖主宰和安排他人及自己的婚姻，成功地塑造了愛瑪這1位有着多重性格的中產階級女孩。從愛瑪這1人物的成長經歷可以看出，社會背景促成其性格，而其多重性格反過來又決定了她的`命運：她的缺點導致她試圖逃避傳統女性地位的失敗，而其誠實的本質使她在1系列挫折後勇於面對錯誤最終獲得性格上的成長。
關鍵詞： 愛瑪、逃避、迴歸、婚姻、女性地位、性格
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