Abstract:Jane Eyre in the heroine Jane Eyre from childhood suffered misfortune, she in the ups and downs step by step growth, she although the appearance of ordinary, but is a self-esteem, self-improvement of the new woman. Jane Eyre is a dare to express and pursue love to the person you love. And the character of her lover, Rochester, to understand the two people’s view of love. In the Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu, as Miss Commoner, also has a revolt against the feudal society system, she yearns for free love, but eventually withered, Jia Baoyu’s character and in the society, he and Lin Daiyu’s love tragedy. There are significant differences in the concept of love between East and West culture, this paper is through a comparative analysis of Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre’s Love concept, and explore the different life background and family environment, two very different love outcomes, but also a brief introduction to the differences between the East and West Love view.

Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre’s sad and happy love outcome shows that on the one hand is the inevitable result of social development, but also has the influence of the heroine’s own character factors. Jane Eyre and Dream of Red Mansions are two classic masterpieces in the history of Chinese and foreign literature. Jane Eyre is a very life-dynamic woman in Charlotte Bronte’s pen, and Lin Daiyu is a tragic image of Cao Xueqin pouring all his love and talent, so that countless readers are moved by it. Although the two have similar lives and the pursuit of love, the two heroines have their own unique and distinct brand of traditional culture. This paper compares the differences between the personality, the Hero’s family education environment and the social system, and compares the differences between the two aspects of the personality characteristics of Rochester and Jane Eyre and the social system, the 

understanding and understanding of the eastern and Western cultures, and reveals the reasons for the tragedy of their love—The differences between Chinese and Western cultures. It can be seen that the social and cultural environment of a person’s life has a great influence on his character development, life pursuit and so on.

Key words: Jane Eyre and Rochester；Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu；love view；Chinese and western cultures

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

Introduction-１

Ⅰ. A Brief Analysis of Their Characters-３

A. Jia Baoyu’s Character-３

B. Lin Daiyu’s Character-４

C. Jane Eyre’s Character-４

D. Edward Rochester’s Character-６

Ⅱ. Different Views on Love-９

A. Jia Baoyu’s Love View-９

B. Lin Daiyu’s Love View-１０

C. Jane Eyre’s Love View-１１

D. Edward Rochester’s Love View-１２

Ⅲ. The Differences of Love View between Home and Abroad-１３

A. Chinese Love View-１３

B. Westerners’ Love View-１４

Ⅳ. Reasons for Differences-１７

A. Different Cultural Traditions-１７

B. Different Ideas of Family Education-１８

C. Different Social Systems-１９

Conclusion-２１

Acknowledgements-２３

Bibliography-２５