疯女人伯莎·梅森与《简·爱》

The Mad Woman Bertha Mason and Jane Eyre

伯莎·梅森作为夏洛蒂·勃朗特的自传体小说《简·爱》中的一位人物 ,往往被人们所忽视 ,人们只是把她看作使剧情起波澜的配角。自从美国两位女教授把她从小阁楼中“解放”出来之后 ,人们逐渐认识到伯莎不再只是个使剧情曲折的配角 ,她具有更深远的意义 ,她同简之间有着密切的关系 ,她透射出简的内心世界。她是另一个简·爱 。

Bertha Mason,a character in the autobiographical novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte,has always been ignored and regarded only as a supporting part that makes the plot turn and twist. Since the two American women professors' liberated' her from the attic, people have realized that she is not merely a supporting part-she has profound meanings. There is a close relation between her and Jane Eyre: she is a second Jane Eyre. Her behaviors reflect Jane's inner world, and she is the prolocutor of Charlotte Bronte in real life.