摘要

   《傲慢与偏见》是英国女作家简·奥斯汀的杰出作品，在这部作品中作者在那个特定时期对乡绅阶层的女性们的生存状态进行了深入的描写，本文通过对《傲慢与偏见》中三个女性人物简，伊丽莎白以及夏洛特的分析，探究她们在婚姻，爱情以及家庭等问题的观念和行为所体现出的那个时代不同的女性形象和女性意识。并指出，由于时代和阶级的束缚，这些女性意识都具有一定的局限性。

关键词  简，伊丽莎白，夏洛特，女性意识

Abstract

   Pride and Prejudice is an outstanding work of British writer Jane Austen, in this novel, the author explored in depth the gentry women’s living positions in the specific period. This paper is exploring Jane, Elizabeth and Charlotte’s female consciousness by analyzing the three female characters’views and behaviors on love, marriage and family life. And we can learn that how they think of women at that time. And we can also see, due to the time and class, these kinds of female consciousness have limitations.

Keywords  Jane, Elizabeth, Charlotte, female consciousness
 
1  Introduction
Jane Austen is a famous English novelist. Her romantic fictions made her one of the most popular writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. She was born in Hampshire, England in 1775. She always read books in her father’s library and showed a talent for writing at a young age. Jane Austen did not get married all her life because she failed in her puppy love. She wrote six novels during her life. Most of her works center on the lives of young women of the middle class. In particular, her works focus on the marriage and love affairs between ladies and gentlemen. Jane Austen comprehends the hopes and fears of women at that time because they had to rely on marriage and family to provide them with a comfortable life.
Pride and Prejudice is considered as Jane’s most famous and successful novel and it is also one of the greatest fictions written in English. It tells the stories of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and handsome Mr. Bingley and Mr Darcy, who is a friend of Mr. Bingley have moved into their neighborhood. It is a great work not only because of its wonderful plots and its female perspective on problems but also because of its significance in guiding readers to re-think what true love is. Austen portrays several marriages in this novel such as Elizabeth and Darcy’s marriage, Jane and Bingley’s marriage, and Charlotte and Collins’s marriage, through those she expresses her personal views on love and marriage and particularly shows her concerns for women’s life and condition in the society.