Abstract

 Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre as the heroine of Dream of Red Mansions and Jane Eyre are two very distinctive features of the literary characters. They have a striking similarity in terms of life experience, etc., but entirely different in encounters and love. Comparing their similarities and differences not only help readers deepen their understanding of two literary works, and it helps the reader understand the cultural differences between Chinese and Britain. The thesis compares and analysis Lin Tai-yu with Jane Eyre from the cross-culture cultural point in their personalities, similar life experience and love but different life circumstances and emotional journey to explore and reveal the concepts of love between Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre and the cultural roots, thus accelerating cross-cultural communication between China and Britain and promoting the relationship between two peoples.

Keywords: Lin Tai-yu; Jane Eyre; Concepts of love; culture roots

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

2.Literature Review1

3.Brief Introduction of Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre...2

3.1 Lin Tai-yu2

3.2 Jane Eyre3

4. The Concepts of Love of Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre.5

4.1 The birth of love5

4.2 The development of love ...5

4.3 The end of love ...9

5. The Reasons for the Differences in the Concepts of 

Love Between Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre ..10

5.1 Differences in the living environment.10

5.2 Differences in social time background.10

5.3 Differences in Chinese and British culture in that time.11

6. Conclusion.13

Works Cited...14