摘 要
  
《爱玛》是简·奥斯丁的代表作之一，小说突破传统，塑造了一个不完美的女主人公形象。爱玛虽聪明、漂亮、热心，却又自私武断、势利虚荣、保守固执、自负爱嫉妒。本文详细分析了爱玛的性格缺陷，并从社会背景，家庭因素以及爱玛的朋友三个方面来分析造成其性格缺陷的成因。其中，当时十九世纪英国功利主义的社会现实是造成爱玛性格缺陷的根本原因。本文分析造成爱玛自私势利、保守自负等诸多性格缺陷的社会及家庭原因，批判以财富和社会地位来衡量彼此的社会弊病,并讨论小说主题在当代社会的现实意义。

关键词：《爱玛》；爱玛；性格缺陷；原因.
 
Abstract

Emma is one of Jane Austin's representatives, which breaks the tradition of a perfect heroine and creates an imperfect one. Emma is a smart, beautiful and warm-hearted girl, but she is also selfish and opinionated, snobbish and vain, conservative and stubborn, conceited and jealous. Through the detailed analysis of Emma's character flaws, we will find out that there are three factors that cause the character flaws, which are social background, family environment and her friends. Among them, the utilitarianism of British social reality in the nineteenth century is the fundamental root that causes Emma’s character flaws. By analyzing social and family reasons which cause Emma’s several character flaws such as being conceited and selfish, snobbish and conservative, this paper aims to criticize the social illness that measures others by their wealth and social status and then discuss its realistic meaning of the theme in the contemporary society.

Key words: Emma; Emma; character flaws; causes