여성과 남성의 신분상승 비교: 『제인 에어』와 『위대한 유산』을 중심으로
A Comparison of the Rise of the social class in Man and Woman: A Study of Jane Eyre and Great Expectations
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This paper discusses the attitude to the class consciousness in the 19th century novels through Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. There was a changing social attitude about the class over the society at large. Many people in lower class aspired to be higher in the social class, and if they, mostly men, achieved economic success, his social rank could be higher. However, women were difficult to have upward opportunities. Many women wanted to be high class through the marriage, but economic value was more important than marriage. In this respect, Brontë and Dickens show desire about upper class and process of the rise of the social class at that time. In Jane Eyre, Jane as a governess was neither a maid nor the working-class. Jane as a low middle-class married an upper class man. However she achieved higher social rank with a legacy from her uncle before marriage, and her legacy was an opportunity to enable her to marry Rochester who was the gentry. Brontë shows that economic power is more important than marriage in woman's rise of the social class. In Great Expectations, Pip was affected by the notion of the gentlemanship at that time. Traditionally gentleman was regarded as the gentry but self-made men could become a gentleman in the mid 19th century. Expectations Pip received was the money from the convict, and unsuitable for a noble gentleman. Dickens shows that true gentleman have to possess the spiritual values as well as the material values through the growth of Pip. Eventually, Pip realized his wrong desire to be a gentleman and acquired the value of the true gentlemanship. Brontë and Dickens reveal a prevalent view about desire and process of the rise of the social class in their novel, but at the same time, they emphasize that hierarchical structure by succession can be changed, depending on material condition and education.
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This paper discusses the attitude to the class consciousness in the 19th century novels through Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. There was a changing social attitude about the class over the society at large. Many people in lower class aspired to be higher in the social class, and if they, mostly men, achieved economic success, his social rank could be higher. However, women were difficult to have upward opportunities. Many women wanted to be high class through the marriage, but economic value was more important than marriage. In this respect, Brontë and Dickens show desire about upper class and process of the rise of the social class at that time. In Jane Eyre, Jane as a governess was neither a maid nor the working-class. Jane as a low middle-class married an upper class man. However she achieved higher social rank with a legacy from her uncle before marriage, and her legacy was an opportunity to enable her to marry Rochester who was the gentry. Brontë shows that economic power is more important than marriage in woman's rise of the social class. In Great Expectations, Pip was affected by the notion of the gentlemanship at that time. Traditionally gentleman was regarded as the gentry but self-made men could become a gentleman in the mid 19th century. Expectations Pip received was the money from the convict, and unsuitable for a noble gentleman. Dickens shows that true gentleman have to possess the spiritual values as well as the material values through the growth of Pip. Eventually, Pip realized his wrong desire to be a gentleman and acquired the value of the true gentlemanship. Brontë and Dickens reveal a prevalent view about desire and process of the rise of the social class in their novel, but at the same time, they emphasize that hierarchical structure by succession can be changed, depending on material condition and education.
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