摘  要

狄更斯常被大家誉为一个伟大的幽默家,但他在文学方面的伟大创新更重要。狄更斯和他的作品有很多未解之谜。许多评论家从不同的角度,用不同的方法来研究他和他的作品,并得出不同的结论。在狄更斯的《远大前程》中描绘了几个突出女性个性特征的形象,这篇文章分析了远大前程中赫薇香小姐的形象,反映出维多利亚时期的女性形象及她们的社会地位。本文从社会的各个方面,他们的家庭和人物的悲惨结局的原因,旨在揭示男性为中心的社会下的悲惨状况,并在维多利亚时期的英国女性的结局。同时,了解作者的对妇女的看法,在一定程度上,读者可以有更深入地了解有关工作中的人物和主题的主题,更好地体验远大前程的魅力。

关键词：远大前程；女性形象；维多利亚时期

Abstract

Dickens is often said to be a great humorist, but more importantly the great innovators in the literature. There are a lot of mysteries about Charles Dickens and his works. Many commentators from different perspectives use different approaches to study Dickens and his works, and draw different conclusions. Charles Dickens' Great Expectations portrays the image of a few prominent female personality characteristics. This paper analyzes the reasons of Miss Havisham's tragic ending from the aspects of the society, her family and herself, aiming at revealing the tragic status and endings of the females in the Victorian England under the male-centered society. At the same time, understand the author's views on women, to a certain extent, readers can have a deeper understanding of the characters in the work and the theme of the subject, and better to experience the charm of Great Expectations.

Key words: Great Expectation; The image of female; Victorian

1 Introduction
Great Expectation is one of Charles Dickens’ greatest novels. This paper analyzes the female character of Miss Havisham and the reasons of Miss Havisham's tragic ending from the aspects of the society, her family and herself, aiming at revealing the tragic status and endings of the females in the Victorian England under the male-centered society. Miss Havisham as one of the major figure in the novel, she has the distinctive character and she encountered a variety of misfortune. As well as she impose a variety of unimaginable cruelty to the people around her. All of this are sufficient to show that she is a very representative figure in this novel, and it’s necessary to analysis her image.The character Miss Havisham reflects the Victorian women’s social status and living conditions. From the image of Miss Havisham readers can have a deeper understand of the female image in Victorian, and can also know more about the social and historical situation at that time.