Abstract:Jane Eyre is written by famous English woman novelist Charlotte Bronte in 1846. It is Charlotte Bronte’s second novel and one of her masterpieces. The novel narrates Jane Eyre’s life experiences from an orphan to an independent woman. She represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic right and equality as a human being.

　　　In this novel there are many similarities between Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte herself. They are similar in many aspects including their life experiences, attitude toward love and equality .It can be assumed that Charlotte creates the role according to her own experiences. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the author’s creation by analyzing the characters of Jane Eyre, the factors of forming these characters and comparing their life experiences.

Key words: Jane Eyre; Charlotte Bronte; independent woman; ideology; creation

摘要:简爱是英国著名女作家夏洛特勃朗特于1846年创作的，这是她的第二部小说，而且是她的代表作之一。小说叙述了简爱从一个孤儿变成一个独立女性的人生经历。她代表了中产阶级劳动妇女对她们基本权利的认可，和男女平等的追求。

　　通过阅读小说，读者们不难发现简爱和夏洛特有很多的相似，包括在人生经历，对待爱情的态度以及男女平等的追求等方面，甚至可以说夏洛特是根据自己的人生经历来塑造简爱这个角色的。本文的主要目的在于通过分析简爱的性格、她的性格的形成因素、对比简爱和作者的人生经历来探讨夏洛特对简爱这个角色的塑造。

关键词：简爱；夏洛特勃朗特；独立女性；意识形态；塑造