摘  要

林黛玉，作为曹雪芹笔下著作《红楼梦》中的女主人公，随着《红楼梦》一书被推崇为中国古代“四大名著”之一，其“心似比干多一窍，病如西子胜三分”的形象随着《红楼梦》一书被推崇为中国四大名著之一可谓是家喻户晓。《简.爱》，19世纪英国著名女作家夏洛蒂•勃朗特的代表作，主人公简•爱虽相貌平平很是一般，但是她以其自尊自主的性格，一生为自己的命运而奋斗的叛逆精神却至今亦活跃于千千万万人们的心里。这两个女主人公都以在女性不被重视的时代背景下，其女性自我意识的觉醒以及对命运抗争而为古今中外的人们所赞颂。虽然她们的爱情的果实是甘甜与苦涩的不同结局，但从精神层面而言，她们都是胜利者，这点对大学生的人生观的形成具有积极的指导作用。

关键词：林黛玉；简爱；女性自我意识

Abstract

Lin Daiyu, as the heroine in Cao Xueqin’s work of Dream of the Red Chamber, described as “owning a more sensitive heart than BiGan’s and with a more ill-appearance than Xi Zi’s”, she was popular among thousands of people with the book Dream of the Red Chamber being recommended as one of the Four Classical Chinese novel. Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte Bronte, who was one of the most outstanding British writers in nineteenth century. Though Jane was a plain and inconspicuous girl, she did not stop struggling for her spirit of independence and self-dignity. So she left a deep impression on people today. These two women are all famous for their women’s self-awareness as well as for the brave to fight for their own fate in the era that women are not attached importance to. Although their love ended in an opposite way, they are both spirit winners. Their spirit has a positive effect on college students’ outlook on life.

Key words: Lin Daiyu; Jane Eyre; women’s self-awareness

1 Introduction
This paper focuses on the reasons from different aspects which lead to the different fate of Jane Eyre and Lin Daiyu. Lin Daiyu as the heroine in Cao Xueqin’s work of Dream of the Red Chamber, she moved the readers into tears unconsciously for what she had suffered from. She was described as “faint just like Xi Shi, but even more beautiful” and was known by thousands of people with the novel, one of the four greatest classical Chinese novels —Dream of the Red Chamber, being enjoyed widely throughout the following two hundred years since its creation. Lin Daiyu was fostered by her grandmother because of her mother’s death. However, owing to her long time illness and her foster life, Daiyu is much more sensitive than the other girls in the Rongguo House. Unfortunately, she had no father or brothers to arrange her marriage issue on her behalf; she could not get married with Baoyu the man who she loved. As to her grandmother who loved and cared her most, she did not take action to win her love and affection, but behaved according to her own will without considering any of her grandmother’s minds.