The image of the "strong" woman in Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" and Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

It is with their help that Austin shows how the heroine exposes the worst traits of Mr. Darcy's character that drive her crazy. But despite all her negative views regarding his habits and negative attitude, these repetitions of place names focus on the fact that the heroine constantly thinks about Mr. Darcy, whatever he may be, in what and all the irony lies.2.2. Pursuit for esteem.One example of Jane's individuality and feminine strength will be her behaviour at Lowood Institution. She does her best to convince her only friend, Helen Burns, to stand up for herself. Helen assures Jane to be more accommodating to those of higher social status. «I heard her with wonder: I could not comprehend this doctrine of endurance; and still less could I understand or sympathise with the forbearance she expressed for her chastiser» (Brontë, 1847).Jane also supports the view that a woman has her rights and feelings, she is as equal as a man: 10.«Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags» (Brontë, 1847).Elizabeth Bennet cares little for what her loved ones think of her. And she is not afraid to speak out against the society she has grown up in. Her precise, mocking and sometimes cruel comments horrify her family:11. «There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense» (Austen, 1813).Elizabeth is an example of a new woman with a rebellious spirit. Elizabeth despised a gentlemanly upbringing that catered to men's tastes. She loved to read «useless» books and express her original thoughts. She rejected the convention that a lady should be elegant and well-groomed. I dearly love a laugh... Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can I am very fond of funny things... Stupidity and quirks, whims and inconsistencies seem funny to me, and when I succeed, I laugh at them.2.3. Pursuit for true love.In her relationship with her cousin St. John, Jane Eyre showed perseverance and determination. She did not accept his proposal of marriage, for she knew that St John only wanted her for his great mission in India: 12. «If I join St. John, I abandon half myself: if I go to India, I go to premature death» (Brontë, 1847).She did not want to suppress her real self and sacrifice her heart and all her strength. After proving her independence, she returns to Mr. Rochester. Jane gave him all the love and tenderness she was capable of.Unlike the stereotypical female character of the time, who could only be expected to care about being a good wife and servant to her husband, Jane stands firm: «I have not yet said anything condemnable of Mr. Rochester's project of marrying for interest and connexions. [...] All their class held these principles: I supposed, then, they had reasons for holding them such as I could not fathom. It seemed to me that, were I a gentleman like him, I would take to my bosom only such a wife as I could love; but the very obviousness of the advantages to the husband's own happiness, offered by this plan, convinced me that there must be arguments against its general adoption of which I was quite ignorant: otherwise, I felt sure all the world would act as I wished to act» (Brontë, 1847).For a woman in Victorian times, a «good» marriage was able to solve many financial problems. Elizabeth, on the other hand, is convinced of something else: «If it is designedly done, they cannot be justified; but I have no idea of there being so much design in the world as some persons imagine» (Austen, 1813).And her contempt for a marriage of convenience has been rewarded. Having refused a lucrative union with a distant relative, which would surely have saved not only the girl herself but her entire family, she chooses to remain faithful to her ideals. The result of such integrity is a happy marriage to the wealthy Mr. Darcy. Having analysed these examples of Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Eyre's character phrases, it is shown that the characters inspire only admiration and respect in readers. They are the ideals of the strong and independent woman of Victorian literature. They remain good people who believe in the best, fighting for their ideals, freedom, happiness and independence.The prevailing stylistic devices used by the author include various epithets, pickup, repetitions, a rhetorical question, inversions. The use of stylistic means in comparison and opposition of certain figurative characteristics allows the reader to decipher the various levels of the author's ideological intent. "When my eyes were opened to his real character—Oh! had I known what I ought, what I dared to do! But I knew not—I was afraid of doing too much. Wretched, wretched mistake!"13. “But my eyes were opened to him!” If only I had known then what I could, no, what I was obliged to do! But I did not understand - I was afraid to go too far. Irreparable, terrible mistake!14.Your ladyship wants Darcy to marry your daughter; but would my giving you the wished-for promise to make their marriage at all more probable? Supposing him to be attached to me, would my refusing to accept his hand make him wish to bestow it on his cousin?15. Would you, Your Grace, wish Mr. Darcy to marry your daughter? But if I made the required promise, would marriage between them become more likely? How, with his inclination towards me, could I, by rejecting his hand and heart, induce Mr. Darcy to propose to his cousin?In a number of cases, the excited, expressively colored speech of the characters is characterized by the repetition of certain parts of the statement (“Oh, mamma, mamma! Oh, rara! Oh, mamma, come here. Oh, rara, oh!”). Such a repetition of words and whole combinations in the emotional, excited speech of the heroes of the novel is a regularity both in the original and in translation (Oh, mom, mom! Oh, dad! Oh, mom, come here! Oh, daddy, oh!).DiscussionThe aim of this research was to analyse the images of strong women in Charlotte Brontë’s «Jane Eyre» аnd Jane Austen’s «Pride and Prejudice». Both characters were examined with the help of three main distinguishing features: pursuit for equality and independence, pursuit for esteem, pursuit for true love. According to the results of the study, it can be noted that the heroines seek for equal rights, as they are not afraid to express their point of view, and they do not choose the role of a “convenient” wife. Jane Eyre and Elizabeth Bennet do not accept the Victorian ideal of marriage and love, and are willing to fight the difficulties that will stand in the way of their personal happiness. It’s said that young girls like dreaming and “blue” is just the color of the dream. Maybe every girl as Jane a is eager to expect that beautiful sunshine comes into her own room through the blue curtains.And also there is almost a direct speech in bot of poems. It may be noticed that both women from reputed families like Elizabeth and those without backgrounds such as Jane Eyre were all longing for equality and freedom, they were eagering to extricate themselves from patriarchy.If such figures of speech as metaphor, comparison and epithet are associated with the expression of stylistic categories of expressiveness, appraisal and emotiveness in general, then such stylistic devices as lexical repetition, rhetorical question and deviation from the usual norms of pronunciation and spelling of words to characterize the socio-cultural environment characters in most cases are due only to the desire of the author to make the text of fiction more expressive. The systems of images used in the novel involve the use of a wide range of means of expressing expression, evaluation and emotion, among which metaphor, comparison, epithet and rhetorical question play a decisive role (how has he been living? how has he got rich? Wuthering Heights, the house of a man whom he abhors? - How did he live? How did he get rich? Why did he settle on Wuthering Heights, in the house of a man he hates?). In the novel by E. Bronte, metaphors and other tropes are used primarily to recreate the real picture of the characters' lives, the psychological accuracy of the description of suffering, the intensity of their emotions, the feeling of their helplessness and vulnerability.During the development of feminism literature in the 19th century, lots of females broke the discourse confinement bravely and highlighted their self-consciousness through different approaches. For example, Elizabeth Gaskell revealed women's ability and quality in the field of social politics through her novels. Caroline Norton urged the Marriage and Divorce Bill to abolish the unfair treatment to married women by writing protest letters. Austen and Brontë completed the construction of women’s discourse power in the literary world in a plain, sincere and even naive way. They attracted large amount of readers and supporters, at the same time, inspired many women who need identity recognition.The character of Elizabeth Bennet is revealed gradually through a complex system of relations between the heroine and her parents, friends, sisters, those who wish her happiness and her ill-wishers, and those men who were applicants for her hand. For all In the impersonality of the narrative, the author's attitude towards her expresses itself already in what features of her character stand out, first of all: a sense of humor, a cheerful, lively disposition. Upon hearing Darcy's first, unflattering opinion of her, Elizabeth “told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition which delighted in anything ridiculous.” Here the epithets lively (full of life and spirit), playful (full of fun, fond of play) to the noun disposition (one's nature or temper) perform a characterological function. Their positive connotations are an indirect confirmation of the author's approval of the heroine. In Elizabeth's speech part, the words "laugh, laugh" do occur repeatedly. She talks about herself: Elizabeth Bennet's speech is distinguished by its emotionality and expressiveness, it often contains exclamatory sentences. This is especially appropriate in relation to the inner speech of the heroine. Consider examples. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling she had been blind, prejudiced, partial, absurd. Elizabeth's speech contains figurative expressions, metaphors: "Oh! no, my regret and compassion are all done away by seeing you so full of both. “Oh no, my sympathy and pity vanished as soon as I saw how much they overwhelm you. "In what an amiable light does this place him!" thought Elizabeth. "In what a favorable light these words portray Mr. Darcy!" Elizabeth thought. The characteristic of the heroine's linguistic personality is also the high emotionality of her statements, which is not inherent in other characters of the play, their bright expressive coloring. At the grammatical level, this is expressed in the active use of interjections - a universal category, the main content and functional purpose of which is to convey emotions: Oh, papa, what news—what news? “Oh, dad, what is it?” Any news? Oh Lydia! Oh Lydia, Lydia! We can also observe examples of rhetorical questions, also used to enhance the expressiveness of the heroine's speech: Internal monologues in Jane Austen's novel serve to convey the thoughts and feelings of the main character.Speaking of the role of women in Victorian society, it can be said that gradually the woman in the works of the Victorian era acquired a new social status, namely, there are images of spiritually sophisticated and noble women with a pronounced sense of dignity.In conclusion, the study has achieved its purpose and ultimate goal. It can serve as a basis for a more detailed analysis of the image of the Victorian woman.ReferencesГражданская 3. Роман Шарлотты Бронте «Джен Эйр» / 3. Гражданская // Бронте Ш. Джен Эйр / Ш. Бронте. Саранск, 1988. - С. 455-462.Иванова С.А. Викторианская эпоха в истории Великобритании // Историк. Общественно-политический журнал. – 2006. – серия 9. – С. 22-30.Проскурнин, Б.М. 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